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Video: The Smashing Pumpkins Release Official Music Video for 'Spellbinding'
by Michael Major - June 29, 2023 Directed by Kevin Kerslake, who previously directed videos for the band (Cherub Rock and I Am One), worked closely with Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha and Jeff Schroeder to create digital avatars of themselves, existing within an other-worldly fictional universe that is ATUM, created by f...
Chicago's Evidence of a Struggle Presents High-Octaine 'Sal-E' Single
by Michael Major - June 26, 2023 Under the guiding hand of renowned sound engineer Sanford Parker (Voivod, Russian Circles, Yob, Eyehategod, Wovenhand, Darkthrone, Youth Code, Pelican), this record takes the listener on a great instrumental journey, combining numerous sub-genres spanning the art rock and alternative music realm. ...
Tristan Tritt Releases New Single 'Nervous System Overload'
by Michael Major - May 10, 2023 Tritt’s intention was to create an unpredictable rock track to help portray the chaos and feeling of anxiety. Co-produced by Steven Patrick Wilson and Kelly Paige, and co-written by Wilson, Paige, and Tristan Tritt, the song delves into the overwhelming influence of social media on our daily lives....
Teenage Wrist Share New Single 'Diorama'
by Michael Major - May 09, 2023 Their full-length debut, Chrome Neon Jesus, followed in March of 2018, produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, The Linda Lindas, HUNNY). After a lineup change that propelled Gallagher into the role of front man for 2021's Earth Is a Black Hole, produced by Colin Brittain (Basement, A Day to Rememb...
The Smashing Pumpkins Release Final Act of Trilogy Album 'Atum'
by Michael Major - May 05, 2023 The sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God, ATUM features 33-tracks in 3 acts and was written and produced by Corgan over the past 4 years. Act 3 arrives with a special edition boxset featuring all 33 album tracks plus 10 additional unreleased songs...
IAMX Releases New Song 'The X ID'
by Michael Major - April 21, 2023 The song is the first new lyrical material from the project since 2018’s Alive In New Light and builds on the grinding modular sounds of 2021’s Machinate. The first of two albums across the next year, the Fault Lines project explores the rifts and fractures of our lives, both psychologically and wit...
Video: Supergroup Hellings Drops New Single "A Fool In Love"
by A.A. Cristi - April 17, 2023 Hellings, the all-star supergroup featuring Brett Hellings; Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses), Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires, Warlock, Lady Gaga, Meat Loaf), Buck Johnson (Aerosmith, Hollywood Vampires), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Steve Vai), and Kenny Aronoff (J...
Teenage Wrist Share Blissful New Single 'Sunshine'
by Michael Major - April 12, 2023 LA rockers Teenage Wrist bring us their latest single “Sunshine” - the first new music from the band since the sophomore album Earth Is A Black Hole (2021). The feel-good track finds them looking towards the light while “letting go of past trauma, being present and finding love inside yourself,” acc...
Graham Czach Announces LP 'Originalien' (Ropeadope) & Shares Single 'Follow Me and I'll Follow You' Feat. Rachel Eckroth
by Michael Major - March 29, 2023 The album was orchestrated, arranged, produced, engineered, and mixed in Los Angeles by Graham Czach with additional production by Dylan McGee Jones, mastered by Howie Weinberg and Will Borza at Howie Weinberg Mastering in Los Angeles, and “Come Home Again” was mixed by Geoff Foster at AIR Studios i...
The Smashing Pumpkins Announce 2023 North American 'The World Is a Vampire' Tour
by Michael Major - March 28, 2023 The Smashing Pumpkins, have announced their 26-date North American THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE TOUR. Produced by Live Nation, the tour is set to start on Friday, July 28 at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The tour will feature special guests Interpol, Stone Temple Pilots and Rival Sons as s...
Skating Polly Announce First New LP in 5 Yrs With Single & Tour Dates
by Michael Major - March 06, 2023 The LP will be released through the band’s longtime label El Camino Media and was produced by frequent collaborator Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins). Along with the news, Skating Polly is releasing the LP’s frenetic lead single and music video for “Hickey King.” Check out a comp...
Bad Sounds Shares New Single 'Hard MF 2 Luv'
by Michael Major - February 09, 2023 Bristol based duo Bad Sounds return with smooth, new track “Hard MF 2 Luv”. A soothing offering just in time for Valentine’s Day. Self-produced by Bad Sounds, and mixed by Nathan Boddy (Mura Masa, Biig Piig, PinkPantheress), the band have continued to evolve their magic formula, which now, sees them...
We Are PIGS Releases 'PIGS,' Co-Written & Co-Produced with William Patrick Corgan
by Michael Major - January 27, 2023 Co-written and co-produced with William Patrick Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), “PIGS” is a tribute to the late Bjorn Thorsrud: a friend to both Corgan and Jones who passed in 2021. Thorsrud was a respected music producer, programmer, and audio engineer who produced film scores and albums for rock a...
IAMX Unveils Two Tours & Albums For 2023
by Michael Major - January 17, 2023 On stage the band, comprised of Corner and logtime live collaborators Janine Gezang (vocals, keys, bass) and Jon Siren (drums), will combine muscular classics from throughout the expansive IAMX catalog with the bold new material of Fault Lines. Fans can expect the awe of IAMX’s psycho-sexual, explos...
Bad Sounds Release New Single 'More Than I Can Afford'
by Michael Major - January 06, 2023 Bristol based duo Bad Sounds kick the year off with their fresh and addictive new single “More Than I Can Afford” with Nettwerk. Self-produced by Bad Sounds, and mixed by Nathan Boddy (Mura Masa, Biig Piig, PinkPantheress), the band have continued to evolve their magic formula, which today, sees the...
VIDEO: SHINER Frontman Allen Epley Unveils New Music Video For 'The EMT' Off Upcoming Debut Solo LP 'Everything'
by Michael Major - January 03, 2023 The result is a record that begs and rewards repeated listenings, 9 songs and 41 minutes including a reimagined song from his band The Life and Times. It’s a rich production that echoes the AM Gold of his childhood but reaches into artistic territories that were generally reserved for Elliott Smith ...
Bad Sounds Return with New Track 'Nu Me Nu Yu'
by Michael Major - October 18, 2022 They’ve had their finger on the pulse collaborating with lots of important new acts coming through, including Arlo Parks (co-writing and producing track ‘Bluish’ off her debut album) and others like Rose Gray, Miso Extra, Joey Maxwell, Devon, Max Pope, VC Pines, SOFY and LCYTN. Listen to the new sin...
SHINER Frontman Allen Epley to Release Debut Solo Album 'Everything'
by Michael Major - October 17, 2022 Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life and Times) spent more hours than his friends on the block did imprinting his parents' record collection on his psyche. He would pore over the cover art and liner notes and enter the world wrought by the giants of AM Gold — Bread, James Taylor, Carol King, Three Dog Nigh...
Ben Kweller Announces 'Sha Sha' 20th Anniversary Release
by Michael Major - October 14, 2022 Ben Kweller, celebrates the 20th anniversary of his debut album Sha Sha, by announcing the 2023 release of a triple vinyl that features the album along with 22 demos, B-sides, live recordings, and other rarities never before released. The first single, a cover of the Smashing Pumpkins' 'Today,' was ...
Star-Studded Let Me Help The Children Of The World 6 Hour Mega Music Festival Streams Globally
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2022 In an unprecedented globally streamed phenomena on Saturday October 1, International Music Day, artists from all over the planet joined together as FENIX360 and WOW TV presented the Let Me Help the Children of the World 6-hour benefit concert extravaganza. ...
The Smashing Pumpkins Release New Single 'Beguiled'
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022 ATUM will feature 33-tracks --with each track to be revealed chronologically each week on Corgan’s podcast-- and is the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God. ATUM was written and produced by Corganover the past 4 years. Each act of eleven songs wi...
BLACKSTARKIDS Release 'CYBERKISS 2 U*' Single Featuring beabadoobee
by Michael Major - September 08, 2022 BLACKSTARKIDS have released their new single “CYBERKISS 2 U*” featuring award-winning Gen Z icon beabadoobee from their upcoming project CYBERKISS*, out September 23 via Dirty Hit. “CYBERKISS 2 U*” is a genre-bending earworm that captures the overwhelming spectacle and unrestrained joy of New York’s...
Tegan and Sara Cover Smashing Pumpkins' 'Today' on Amazon Music
by Michael Major - September 07, 2022 Amazon Freevee released the trailer for its highly anticipated YA series High School, based on Tegan and Sara Quin’s New York Times best-selling memoir of the same name. The trailer includes an Amazon Original cover of the song “Today” by The Smashing Pumpkins, performed by Tegan and Sara, which is ...
One Ok Rock Share New Single 'Vandalize'
by Michael Major - September 07, 2022 Available now on all streaming platforms, “Vandalize” will be the ending theme for SEGA’s upcoming game Sonic Frontiers, releasing on November 8th. SEGA and ONE OK ROCK have also shared a new video where you can listen to a sample of the track alongside Sonic Frontiers game footage. Plus, check out ...
Child Seat Announce West Coast Tour Dates
by Michael Major - August 31, 2022 Moonboot! Records and LA-based indie pop-rock duo Child Seat are excited to share West Coast tour dates in support of the band's debut album Bad Holiday out now via Moonboot Records. The tour will begin on September 22 at Naked Lounge in Chico, CA and will include shows in Placerville, Davis and San... |