Nickelback have collaborated with a British group that made the Canadian band’s song ‘Rockstar’ into a sea shanty – and it has since gone viral. The group, Lottery Winners, posted their sea shanty version of the Nickelback’s 2005 single last Monday (January 18). Nickelback spotted the cover a couple of days later, and by Friday
Month: January 2021
By 1970, Cat Stevens had been absent from the charts for three years. Rendered hors de combat by a life-threatening bout of tuberculosis, the time out also offered an opportunity for a major reset. The likes of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor were ushering in the age of the sensitive acoustic troubadour, and
Jon Bon Jovi “never listened to” Judas Priest before touring with the heavy metal giants in the ‘80s. The Bon Jovi frontman made his admission during a conversation with U.K.’s The Guardian. Recalling his band’s early years, Bon Jovi admitted he’d originally wanted to tour with more pop-minded acts, rather than heavy rockers. “I said: ‘I want
Sabrina Carpenter is setting the record straight. On Sunday (January 24), the Girl Meets World alum took to Instagram to confirm whether or not her new song “Skin” is about her love triangle with fellow Disney Channel stars Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett. Among the lines in “Skin” that appear to directly reference Rodrigo’s surprise
The 2021 Grammy Awards, originally slated for Jan. 31, have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the ceremony tentatively rescheduled for March 14. Some of the most coveted awards include Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Since the ceremony began in 1959, then
We review Kylie Minogue’s sublime 15th studio album, ‘DISCO.’ Kylie Minogue’s DISCO went further to making 2020 bearable than any other album, but the pop icon isn’t done just yet. The enduring hitmaker has released a remix of “Real Groove” remixes including the Studio 2054 remix featuring Dua Lipa. (They memorably performed the song together
Rising pop star Sabrina Carpenter rolls out ‘Honeymoon Fades’ in time for Valentines Day. If you’re over 21, chances are you might be a little lost about the “love triangle” currently dominating social media, particularly TikTok. So, here’s the short version. High School Musical (the TV reboot) stars Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo were dating.
This year has been many things, but as we say goodbye to 2020 let’s just choose to remember it as a load of shit with some decent music in the background. A playlist of the Top 45 singles of the year? Is that what you want? Well here one is. If you don’t like embeds,
You might say “Peter why have you put a 28-year-old song at the top of the New Music Friday, are you having another meltdown” and, yes, fair point but: a) America: What Time Is Love? hasn’t been commercially available for nearly three decades after The KLF threw a strop and deleted their entire catalogue. (The
Griff’s really done it this time. Heartbreak really shouldn’t sound this spectacular but, well, here we are. What a song. The Black Hole artwork features a hole with a black border, ie the opposite of a black hole, but on the upside it does feature Griff ON HORSEBACK. Look at this: Incredible. Also: ELIO releases
Deftones have announced the latest beer to bear their name, a pale ale in honor of their most recent album, Ohms, which finds the group once again collaborating with the brewers at Belching Beaver. The beer will arrive in select U.S. markets on February 1. Here’s a description of what fans can expect from the
Every day here at MetalSucks, we get hundreds of e-mails asking the same exact question: “WHEN OH WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO FINALLY MASH-UP METALLICA’S ‘RIDE THE LIGHTNING’ WITH JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST’S ‘N****S IN PARIS’?!?!”*. Well, rest easy, dear friends: YouTube’s William Maranci has FINALLY made your dreams come true. You can check out
Tribulation guitarist Adam Zaars is our guest this week. We discuss the band’s new album, Where The Gloom Becomes Sound, and the departure of guitarist Jonathan Hultén, who wrote most of the material on it. Adam tells us that the band discussed breaking up after Jonathan’s departure, mulls over how the writing dynamic will change
There are a plethora of discernible influences Code Orange’s new animated music video for their song “Autumn and Carbine”: The Matrix, Tron, The Dark Knight, The Bible, Halo, etc., etc. But the one that really jumped out at me, for whatever reason, was The Lawnmower Man, the 1992 movie named after, but not actually based
Chance the Rapper and Kanye West’s friendship turned hostile at one point. Damon Dash has shared never-before-seen footage of Chance’s visit to Kanye in Wyoming while Ye was finishing his album last July. In the 30-second clip, Chance can be seen calmly approaching Kanye before Ye gets up and starts screaming at him. However, it’s
Keyshia Cole and Ashanti’s Verzuz broke records, but it didn’t come without some drama. Following Thursday’s battle, Keyshia took to Instagram Live with Elijah Blake to address her hour-plus tardiness and reveal what transpired behind the scenes. She started off by thanking her fans for tuning in to “the highest-rated Verzuz” before issuing an apology
Source: Monica Morgan / Getty Jonathan “Chico” DeBarge has been busted for drugs, again. This time the story is sprinkled with extra struggle since the crooner allegedly tried to hurl one of his brothers under the bus. TMZ reports that back on January 13 Chico got pulled over in Burbank after he was spotted driving
Source: kali9 / Getty An unnamed woman in New York has garnered the support of her community after she was brutally attacked outside a Harlem liquor store. Now, the whole neighborhood is on the lookout for the criminals and a rally was helped in support of the woman as well. By way of interviews with
First day out. Kodak Black celebrates his newfound freedom with this post-jail release, “Last Day In”. On the reflectful tune, the 23-year-old rapper does a little soul searching while sharing a moment of clarity on his incarceration, his first day out, the new legal woes that lie ahead, and his recent struggles in life. Kodak
Higher than I ever fuckin’ been. Eminem brings the UFC to the latest visual off his album, Music To Be Murdered By-Side B (Deluxe). In the black-and-white video, Eminem steps up to the mic in the ring, hits the weights in the gym and fields questions at a press conference. The clip also features fighting