Rock

Critics. Who needs them? According to Paul Stanley of Kiss, nobody. The legendary vocalist has weathered his share of critical drubbings from the day Kiss first stepped on stage nearly 50 years ago. He remains unfazed. “Critics want you to believe that you need them,” he tells UCR. “And you don’t. You don’t need anybody to tell

It seems an obvious thing to say, but you get the feeling Neil Young’s new record is important to him. In the old days – the days that press behind the simple, shaky, beguiling, bemusing, finally burning surfaces of these songs – your first impression of the album would have been its cover. And there,

Olivia Rodrigo has shared a Christmas song called ‘the bels’ on her fan Discord page – find out how to listen below. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” The track was written by Rodrigo when she was just five years old and she shared a clip of

Feuds have been prevalent throughout rock history, and 2022 gave us plenty more to add to the list. Whether on social media, face-to-face or through their lawyers, the following acts had no problems airing their grievances this year. In some cases, a war of words erupted due to a simple difference of opinion. Such was

From about the mid-1980s onwards, Tom Petty’s output was defined by a frequently infuriating contradiction. While Petty and his Heartbreakers were (obviously) as fine and fierce a rock’n’roll band as had ever been assembled, Petty seemed peculiarly insistent on making records from which you wouldn’t necessarily know it. There was rarely much wrong with the

Pixies have confirmed details of the first leg of their US headline tour in support of new album ‘Doggerel’ – get tour dates below and tickets here. READ MORE: Pixies – ‘Doggerel’ review: still the alt-rock gold standard The band, who are currently touring Australia and New Zealand, will be making their way to North

Update 12/15: After crowd-shot footage of Mike Patton’s onstage battle with a drone went viral, video taken from the drone itself has emerged on YouTube. The clip below, uploaded by a user named Sebastian Yañez, starts with the drone providing an aerial view of the Mr. Bungle performance at Knotfest Chile. It doesn’t take long

Vernon of SEVENTEEN has revealed plans to release his debut solo mixtape later this year. The rapper announced the forthcoming release of his solo project, titled ‘Black Eye’, through a teaser image posted to SEVENTEEN’s official social media accounts earlier today. According to the teaser image, Vernon’s debut solo mixtape is due out on December

Jeremy Jordan’s Neil Bogart minces no words about the meteoric rise of Casablanca Records in a new trailer for Spinning Gold. “We were in the business of making dreams come true,” the label boss says. “Sold over 200 million records. Became the soundtrack of your life. But how do you expect me to tell you

A survey from Pirate has found that 65 per cent of DJs don’t play their favourite music at gigs. In the survey, 260 DJs from across the UK were asked about their everyday listening habits (using data from their 2022 Spotify Wrapped) as well as the types of music they play in their DJ sets.

It’s been a tough couple of years for the music industry. After the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shut down live shows, many artists struggled to figure out their next moves. But as many musicians have noted over the past two years, the gradual shift back to live performing has been a relief. Not only is touring one of

A clubber has been given a lifetime ban from Fabric after filming and mocking a dancing guest at the club on social media. On Monday (December 12), a Twitter user by the name Doddsy shared a video of a man dancing freely in the London club, with the caption: “Yo I’ll never be going to

Paul Stanley predicts Kiss fans will still get to see the band in some capacity even after they complete their End of the Road farewell tour and ostensibly retire from touring. “Kiss is like an army or a sports team,” Stanley tells UCR ahead of his Saturday exhibition at Short Hills, N.J.’s Wentworth Gallery, where he’ll show

Hundred Reasons have shared another new single, ‘The Old School Way’ – check it out below. The track is the third single to be taken from their upcoming album ‘The Glorious Sunset’, after the title track and ‘New Glasses’. ‘The Glorious Sunset’ is their first release in over 15 years and is set for release

When Norm Macdonald closed out his Dec. 13, 1997, “Weekend Update,” the Saturday Night Live star had no idea he’d never sit at the “Update” desk again. Nobody at Saturday Night Live knew that Macdonald would be fired from his job as SNL’s fake newsreader before the show returned from its holiday hiatus or that

South Korean boyband OnlyOneOf have announced a Grand America Tour of 2023. Earlier today (December 14), US-based event organisers Studio PAV took to its social media to announce that the group will be embarking on a tour across the United States next year. OnlyOneOf will be kicking their tour off in late March 2023 in

Ozzy Osbourne recently praised his Black Sabbath replacement, Ronnie James Dio, for doing ”a good job” with his old band — even though he never listened to the albums they made together. The Prince of Darkness reflected on his successor in a new episode of “Ozzy Speaks” on SiriusXM. “Ronnie did a good job,” Osbourne admitted of the singer, who

German electronic music pioneer Manuel Göttsching has died at the age of 70. The musician and producer, who was known as the guitarist of the 70s Krautrock outfit Ash Ra Tempel, “passed away peacefully on December 4” surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on his official website. “The void he leaves behind

After enduring a myriad of health problems over the past few years, Ozzy Osbourne is eager to get back on on stage. But he says there’s one obstacle left to overcome. “My head is alright, my creativity is OK, my singing’s OK but I just can’t fucking walk much now,” the Black Sabbath and solo