Rock

Jim Morrison wanted to pivot from rock stardom to filmmaking shortly before his death, according to a recently unearthed note that will appear in a new anthology of his writings. Morrison’s sister, Anne Morrison Chewning, has compiled the late Doors singer’s poems, screenplay ideas, lyrics and other assorted writings into a book titled The Collected Works

jxdn has announced the release of his debut album, ‘Tell Me About Tomorrow’ – listen to new single ‘Think About Me’ below. Produced by Travis Barker, the 18-track LP comprises 14 new songs, including a feature from Machine Gun Kelly on the track ‘Wanna Be’. It will be released on July 2 via DTA Records.

Billy F. Gibbons has been one-third of one of the most famous power trios in rock history for more than half a century. ZZ Top possess a special kind of chemistry, a type of lightning that rarely strikes twice. But you can still see the scorched earth smoldering from the initial meeting that brought Gibbons together with

Chvrches have spoken about the grounding experience of writing their fourth album ‘Screen Violence’ during the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish trio spoke to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story interview, in which bandmember Martin Doherty described the writing and recording process as “stabilising” in an otherwise uncertain year. “Making this record was really

Bubba Jone is a strange swamp-rock saga about a man just trying to catch a fish. As story-songs go, there’s not very much to it, but Tony Joe White manages to invest it with some humour and some gravity. Over a bluesy guitar lick and a humid groove, he savours the back-country details, even telling you

A new album from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss is reportedly in the works. The duo famously collaborated on 2007’s Raising Sand, which earned platinum sales and took home five Grammy awards, including Album of the Year. During a recent episode of the Everyone Loves Guitar podcast, Greg Leisz, the pedal steel guitarist who played on Raising

Wolf Alice have announced that they’ll be embarking on a 2021 North American tour in support of their new album, ‘Blue Weekend’. The London band’s third LP arrives tomorrow (June 4) via Dirty Hit, featuring the singles ‘How Can I Make It OK?’, ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’. The US tour begins on October

The Beach Boys will release a new five-CD box set, Feel Flows — The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971, on July 30. They previewed the project with the previously unreleased track “Big Sur.” Originally recorded for the group’s 1971 LP, Surf’s Up, the tranquil song gazes out reverently at the titular California coastal town: “Cashmere hills

Frank Sinatra believed that Marilyn Monroe was murdered, a revelatory new book claims. Monroe was found dead from an accidental overdose in August 1962, but the book alleges that the Rat Pack icon believed her death was linked to renowned affairs with President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Bobby. In the book, titled Sinatra And

Wolfgang Van Halen recently spoke about how the coronavirus pandemic torpedoed his “master plan” to play onstage with his late father, Eddie Van Halen, during a gargantuan Van Halen farewell tour that would have delighted fans of all stripes. In a new interview with The Washington Post, the Mammoth WVH leader revealed that in 2019, he had

Denzel Curry has shared a metal-infused new single, ‘Bad Luck’, from the forthcoming soundtrack to DC Comics’ Dark Nights: Death Metal series. The track sees Curry, alongside collaborator PlayThatBoiZay, spitting bars over a bed of shredding guitars and punchy drums. In a press statement, Curry explained that although he was initially apprehensive towards the idea,

Prince would have preferred to have his Purple Rain costar Apollonia Kotero all to himself, but there was one man between them: Kotero’s boyfriend at the time of the movie’s filming, Van Halen singer David Lee Roth. In a new interview with The Sunset Sound Roundtable, Kotero recalled how Prince insisted she break things off with Roth at the time. “I

Pa Salieu has teased a new song that may well feature a guest spot by Slowthai. The BBC Sound of 2021 winner posted a snippet of a new track on his Twitter yesterday (June 1) in which he’s seen bouncing to the beat on a chair in a recording studio. Today (June 2) he followed

Van Halen took a year off after the tour in support of OU812 and then needed another year away to put together a follow-up album. And even though the band had gotten a bit keyboard heavy on its recent records, Van Halen’s first music of the ’90s found them getting back to basics, with Eddie Van Halen showing he still had some

Taylor Swift has joined the cast of an upcoming film by David O. Russell, the director of Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. According to Showbiz 411, which first broke the news of Swift’s casting, the film has already wrapped production. Swift joins a sprawling ensemble – Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Robert De Niro,

Foo Fighters announced the first headlining U.S. dates of their 25th 26th Anniversary Tour. The six confirmed shows, featuring openers Radkey, are July 28 in Cincinnati; July 30 in Milwaukee; Aug. 3 in St. Louis; Aug. 5 in Bonner Springs, Kan.; Aug. 7 in Oklahoma City; and Aug. 9 in Albuquerque, N.M. You can also find the full

Kate Nash has spoken to NME about new single ‘Misery’, as well as the future of hit show GLOW and how mental health shaped her new material. Watch our video interview with Nash above. Her first new material in 18 months, the bittersweet new single ‘Misery‘ comes as the first taster of the singer-songwriter and

Roger Waters has revealed that the long delay in releasing a new version of Pink Floyd‘s Animals has been caused at least in part by a battle over the album’s liner notes – and he’s attempted to bypass the problem in a most unusual way. In a new post on his Twitter account and official

Thursday have shared a cover of one of Bruce Springsteen‘s biggest hits, ‘Dancing in the Dark’. The American post-hardcore band were enlisted to cover the song by the YouTube channel Two Minutes to Late Night. The channel’s host, Gwarsenio Hall – aka Jordan Olds – joins the band on keyboards for the cover. The cover was