Machine Gun Kelly is slated to hit the road on his massive Mainstream Sellout Tour. The 52-stop run throughout North America and Europe will include support from Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, blackbear, Trippie Redd, WILLOW, iann dior, PVRIS, and 44phantom. The North American leg kicks off June 8 at Moody Center in Austin. The entire […]
Following their first collaboration, “True,” last year, Danny Elfman tapped Trent Reznor to perform lead vocals on”Native Intelligence.” The track is off Elfman’s latest double album, Big Mess. [embedded content][embedded content] “Native Intelligence” blends both Reznor and Elfman’s vocal styles with its orchestral arrangements and striking instrumentation. They had previously remixed “True” in August 2021. Elfman’s […]
Times Like These The Pretender Learn to Fly No Son of Mine The Sky Is a Neighborhood Shame Shame Breakout My Hero These Days Walk Guitar Solo / My Generation / Keyboard Solo / Gonna Make You Sweat / Blitzkrieg Bop (band introductions) Somebody to Love (Queen cover) All My Life, Run Wheels This Is […]
Ukrainian punk band Beton transformed the Clash‘s “London Calling” into a protest song called “Kyiv Calling.” The trio received permission by the surviving members of the Clash to re-record their 1979 hit and changed the lyrics to a call to action for other Ukrainians, and the rest of the world, to rise up and resist […]
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has teamed with NASA for a video for his song “Invincible,” which features footage of the agency’s upcoming Artemis I Moon mission interspersed with a live performance of the track from his recent solo album, Earthling. [embedded content][embedded content] In the coming months, Artemis I will lift off from NASA’s […]
It’s been a busy few days for Arcade Fire. They announced a new album and shared a new single on Thursday and played a triumphant intimate show in New York City last night. However, in a series of tweets on Saturday, founding member Will Butler announced he was no longer in the band. “Hi friends— […]
Kanye West has been barred from performing at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony. The Blast originally reported on Friday that the Recording Academy “unfortunately” decided to pull him from the show’s lineup “due to what they deem to be concerning online behavior.” The rapper’s rep confirmed the news to SPIN. The decision was made after […]
This week, I wanted to share something I wrote one day when thinking about those who experience mental health challenges wanting to experience a feeling of “normalcy”. Many musicians, artists, creatives, people of all walks of life, at one point and time, have felt what the below describes. Are we meant to be; Statistics stacked […]
Duran Duran brought their upbeat new song “Tonight United” to the Late Late Show with James Corden. “This song is about the world coming together over music,” said Simon Le Bon as Nick Rhodes, wearing a conspicuous blue-and-yellow suit in honor of Ukraine, ramped up the synths. The new song, from the band’s new album […]
Sacred Rose, a massive new music festival for fans of jam, indie, psych-rock, and soul music, is coming to Chicago’s SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois on August 26-28, 2022. Tickets go on sale Monday (March 21) at noon central time. The lineup includes Phil Lesh & Friends, Khruangbin, The War On Drugs, Black Pumas, Kamasi […]