Rock

Those casting a casual glance at Goat Girl’s arrival a few years back might have thought of them as gothic punks, mixing the Bad Seeds and The Libertines on singles like “The Man” and “Cracker Drool”. Exploring the patchwork quilt of their self-titled debut, though – 19 songs in 40 minutes – stranger worlds might

Universal Music Group (UMG) and TikTok have announced an “expanded global alliance” that will benefit both users of the app and artists signed to the label group. The short-form video app, which launched in 2016, allows users to use clips of songs to soundtrack their 15-second or 60-second videos. In a press release, UMG announced

Classic rock will once again be well represented in commercials airing during Super Bowl LV. This year, football fans will hear songs by the Beatles, Lou Reed and Bill Withers during the National Football League’s annual championship game, which will be played on Feb. 7 between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and last year’s winners, the Kansas City Chiefs. But,

Quentin Tarantino scored the opening moments of 2003’s Kill Bill: Volume 1 to Nancy Sinatra’s forlorn performance of “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”. It’s a canny pick, even if the title of the Sonny Bono-penned number made it an obvious choice for Hollywood’s pre-eminent record-nerd auteur, who’d just given his viewers their first

Dave Grohl has reflected on the insurrection at the US Capitol from Donald Trump supporters last month, calling it “the craziest fucking shit I’ve ever seen in my entire life”. Grohl was speaking to NME for a new cover feature around Foo Fighters‘ latest album, ‘Medicine At Midnight’. Revealing that he was in the recording

Golden Earring, the Dutch rock band known for such hits as “Radar Love,” “Twilight Zone” and “When the Lady Smiles,” has officially called it quits. The decision comes after George Kooymans, the band’s guitarist and co-founder, was diagnosed with ALS. “This is a death blow,” Barry Hay, the singer and multi-instrumentalist who has been a

H.E.R. helped kick off the Super Bowl 2021 tonight (February 7) with a performance of ‘America The Beautiful’. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs will go head-to-head in the game tonight. H.E.R. played the patriotic song, which was written by Katharine Lee Bates, from the stands of the Raymond James Stadium in

Even though Wolfgang Van Halen has yet to announce the title or release date for Mammoth WVH‘s debut album, he’s revealed the names of the record’s 14 songs. An email sent to his mailing list contained a link to a video that displayed the song titles. You can see the video and track listing below. Of particular note

Munya Chawawa is the latest artist to parody the viral Handforth Parish Council meeting – watch him turn the encounter into a drill track below. The meeting, held over Zoom in December, went viral on social media this week, owing to the chaotic nature of its arguments and discussions over town planning. It’s already been

A cassette case scattered into the Dakota archway as murderer Mark David Chapman stood over John Lennon. Inside was the completed mix of Yoko Ono‘s “Walking on Thin Ice” with one final mind-bending solo from the former Beatles star, played on an historic guitar. The Jack Douglas-produced “Walking on Thin Ice” found Ono again in

Phoebe Bridgers will serve as the musical guest on tonight’s (February 6) episode of Saturday Night Live, but she won’t be writing a song for guest host Dan Levy. The Schitt’s Creek actor and creator and the singer-songwriter are both making their debut appearances on the long-running US comedy show. In a video promo for

In 1991, Star magazine published an article claiming that founding Kiss drummer Peter Criss was homeless and living on the streets of Los Angeles. The story was eye catching and alarming — it was also completely false. Around the same time, the rocker had been tending to family matters in New York following the death

Tom Grennan put on a virtual gig last night (February 5), but things didn’t go according to plan at first due to a number of eager fans. The interactive gig, which was put on using new technology provided by inKlic, ended up having to be pushed back an hour from 7pm to 8pm after 27,000 fans

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp was “fucking furious” after his first viral video was posted online. The revelation comes from the rocker’s wife, Toyah Wilcox – a successful actress, musician and TV presenter in her own right – who co-starred with him in the clip. As Wilcox explained to The Guardian, it was her idea to

Lil Nas X has shared a snippet of his much anticipated single ‘Call Me By Your Name’ in a new Super Bowl ad – listen to it below. The 60-second Logitech commercial sees the ‘Old Town Road’ hitmaker star alongside environmentalist Leah Thomas, illustrator Mercedes Bazan, streamer Meg Kaylee and a number of others. “We stand

Brian May has discovered a recording of one of the earliest shows that Queen ever performed. He gave the news to Classic Rock, saying, “We’re always looking at finding stuff that is historically important. And this one tape that cropped up very recently which I am excited about, which is one of the first gigs

Cardi B has explained how she is documenting both her positive and negative experiences on social media on her upcoming new album. The Bronx rapper was speaking ahead of today’s release (February 5) of her latest single ‘Up’, which is her first release as a lead artist since last summer’s chart-topping ‘WAP’ collaboration with Megan

Dennis DeYoung has strong opinions on seemingly every subject you toss in front of him: modern politics, social media, the death of the record industry, musical nostalgia and, when time allows, his own catalog. The former Styx singer and keyboardist recently talked to UCR about Paradise Theatre, marking the 40th anniversary of the band’s classic

Demi Lovato and Sam Fischer have stopped caring what people think, joining forces to share why in a new single, ‘What Other People Say’, out today (February 5). ‘What Other People Say’, penned by Fischer, was, according to a press release, actually written before his breakout song, ‘This City’. Fischer – who said he was

Wayne and Garth have reunited for a new Uber Eats commercial. The Wayne’s World characters created by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey show up in a new TV spot that will air during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The clip, a playful riff on the movie’s surreal product-placement segment, centers on the public-access-TV duo’s distaste for gimmicky advertising. “We’d