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Waterparks have shared another cryptic teaser for their upcoming fifth album, cluing fans in on what to expect from the release. In a post shared to the band’s Twitter page overnight (February 22), they teased that if their fourth full-length effort – last year’s ‘Greatest Hits’ – was “an indoor nighttime album”, the new record

The video for “Wicked Mind,” the initial single from Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs’ forthcoming album featured the guitar legend in a coffin. Thankfully, the second single, “Electric Gypsy” finds Campbell in a less morbid setting. The longtime guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers calls “Electric Gypsy” one of his favorite tracks on

A new short film telling the story behind the late Andrew Weatherall‘s mantra ‘Fail We May, Sail We Must’ has been released. Watch Sail We Must below. READ MORE: From Primal Scream to New Order: the mighty Andrew Weatherall’s finest ever remixes The 11-minute documentary unveils the story of Weatherall’s encounter with fisherman Gerard Sheehy in

The home where Lynyrd Skynyrd’s founding vocalist Ronnie Van Zant grew up is now available to book for stays via Airbnb. Known as “The Van Zant House,” the Jacksonville, Fla. property is listed as an official heritage site. A plaque in front of the home notes that Ronnie — along with his brothers, current Lynyrd

Jamal Edwards has passed away, aged 31. The news was confirmed by representatives of Edwards’ media company to the BBC earlier this evening (February 20) following reports on social media that the entrepreneur, author, director, DJ and founder of the influential online urban music platform, SB.TV., died unexpectedly today. Edwards attended the BRIT Awards earlier this month and

Duran Duran don’t necessarily need a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction to confirm their greatness. After all, the UK band has sold over 100 million records, won countless awards and have one of the most dedicated fanbases around. They’re also still a vibrant creative force making fantastic records, including 2021’s futuristic electro-rock fantasia

Figures from the UK live music industry have spoken out on the government’s decision to scrap self-isolation rules in England for those who test positive for COVID. Downing Street has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal details of his “living with COVID” plan on Monday (February 21) – outlining that factors such as

Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti has announced that he is battling prostate cancer. The 68-year-old singer and lead guitarist revealed the diagnosis in a Facebook post on Friday, explaining that the cancer was caught at an early stage and that, according to his doctor, the likelihood of survival is very high. Still, in his post, Meniketti encouraged his fans to keep

Dave has been forced to postpone his upcoming London shows at The O2 due to the damage the venue suffered this week at the hands of Storm Eunice. The rapper was due to perform at the venue on Monday (February 21) and Tuesday (22) as part of his ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ UK

Joe Satriani has released a poignant new single titled “Faceless” off his upcoming album The Elephants of Mars. You can listen to it below. The second single off his new LP, “Faceless” follows the groovy ”Sahara,” which Satriani released in January. The Elephants of Mars comes out on April 8. After his tour was sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the

There are moments in Beach House’s eighth album so full of texture and detail, the effect can be overwhelming. In “Pink Funeral” – one of many songs on Once Twice Melody in which the Baltimore duo make startling use of arrangements by Beck and Adele collaborator David Campbell – that phenomenon begins to happen even

Tom Morello, Nandi Bushell, Julien Baker and more have teamed up with an Afghan charity on a new single, ‘God Help Us All.’ Listen to it below. The musicians have teamed up with The Miraculous Love Kids, a non-profit organisation that teaches music to young Afghan girls, to cover Morello’s Nightwatchmen song. The organisation was

Billy Joel marked his 50th year as a solo artist by launching the “New York State of Mind” Landmarks site, an interactive 3D map showcasing 50 New York spots connected to his life and songs. Fans can scroll through the map and select locations — from specific businesses highlighted in his lyrics (Empire Diner, a restaurant mentioned

Near the start of Brent Wilson’s modest, elliptical, ultimately desperately moving new documentary, the director sits Brian Wilson at a piano in his lambent Beverly Hills mansion and tosses him a few questions about his unexpectedly productive third act. “You’ve been working non-stop since your late fifties. Where did this sudden surge of creativity come

Kid Cudi has teamed up with DJ and Bape founder Nigo for a brand new single called ‘Want It Bad’ – listen to it below. Produced by Pharrell, it’s the second preview of Nigo’s upcoming album, ‘I Know Nigo’. The first track to be released from the project was last month’s A$AP Rocky-featured ‘Ayra’. On

Singer Stephan Jenkins has confirmed that a scene from the new Hulu series Pam & Tommy, in which his band, Third Eye Blind, bumps Motley Crue out of studio time, never happened in real life. “Motley Crue and I’ve never been in the same studio,” Jenkins explained to Variety. “I recorded my whole first album

Perhaps it is the awareness, inescapable of late, that life is both precious and fragile, but the fourth album by Modern Studies exhibits a toughening of sinew, a quickening of intent. The sense of urgency marks a small but significant evolution from their last record, The Weight Of The Sun, released in early summer 2020.

Liam Gallagher has hit out at Damon Albarn‘s recent comments about Taylor Swift and declared her to be “fucking cool”. The Blur and Gorillaz frontman was on the receiving end of a backlash last month when he said that Swift’s “co-writing” approach was at odds with his “traditionalist” view of songwriting. This led to Swift hitting back with

Over the past 40 years, rock has gone from the unquestioned king of genres to a footnote in the hierarchy of mainstream music. In 1982, a rock artist held the No. 1 song in the U.S. for 44 of the year’s 52 weeks. That amounts to just less than 85 percent of the year, a staggering