Category: Alternative Rock

The Strokes’ ‘The New Abnormal’ Out Now

Today, Friday, April 10th, is the day The Strokes have dropped their their sixth album, The New Abnormal. This is release is definitely better late than never, with a whopping six years between their last full-length release, 2013’s The Comedown Machine. Recorded at producer Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, the nine-track album features previously […]

Motley Crue’s Tour is Still Happening

On Wednesday, Tommy Lee spoke to media outlets saying their summer stadium tour is still on despite the world’s current circumstances with COVID-19. The Stadium Tour will also feature Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. “Everything’s still a go,” reports Lee. “We’re all in constant communication. [Bassist] Nikki [Sixx] and I have […]

Rocklahoma Postponed to 2021

It has been reported that Rocklahoma has been postponed to 2021. On Tuesday, April 7th, organizers of the event released a statement regarding the matter. “This is tough. For thirteen straight years Rocklahoma has been America’s Biggest Memorial Day Party.. Not being able to bring it to you for year fourteen breaks our hearts, but […]

Fall Out Boy Donate $100K to COVID-19 Relief in Chicago

Fall Out Boy have announced that they have given a $100,000 donation to the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund. The Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund is a partnership between the City of Chicago and United Way of Metro Chicago. It was set up to merge funds raised by Chicago philanthropies, corporations, and individuals and use […]

The National Cancel 2020 Homecoming Festival

It has been reported that rock band The National has announced that this year’s Homecoming festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been canceled and will not return until 2021. “We made every attempt to reschedule Homecoming for 2020, however due to circumstances beyond our control, the festival will not take place this year as planned,” the […]

Fountains of Wayne Cofounder Adam Schlesinger Dies of COVID-19 Complications

Adam Schlesinger, The musician and Emmy-winning songwriter highly regarded for his work as a member of Fountains of Wayne, has died as a result of coronavirus complications. The decorated musician passed away at 52 years old. Schlesinger has been nominated for Oscars, Tonys, Grammys and Emmys and won the latter two awards. At the 2018 […]

Shinedown Advocates for Social Distancing

Shinedown wants to assure the world that we can hold each other up in these trying, uncertain times. The band’s previously unreleased song “Atlas Falls” speaks to our ability to rally during times of crisis. “During the writing and recording of the Amaryllis album there was a song that meant a great deal to me […]

OneRepublic Performed New Single from Home on Fallon

OneRepublic streamed into The Tonight Show: At Home Edition on Monday (March 30) to perform their latest single “Didn’t I.” “Didn’t I” serves as the third single off the pop outfit’s upcoming fifth full-length studio set, Human, following lead single “Rescue Me” and mid-tempo jam “Wanted.” The album, the band’s first follow-up to 2016’s My […]

Cypress Hill Frontman Announces New Collab

Grenco Science, the leader in advanced technology cannabis vaporization, announced a new brand partnership with B Real, the critically acclaimed artist, Cypress Hill frontman and cannabis entrepreneur behind Dr. Greenthumb’s Dispensaries. The historic partnership represents a revolution in cannabis retail and product development as the two pioneers in music and cannabis collaborate on the global […]

Billie Joe Armstrong, Backstreet Boys and More Come Together for COVID-19 Relief

Bell Media announced today the all-new one-hour music benefit event, THE IHEART LIVING ROOM CONCERT, broadcasted on Sunday, March 29 at 9 p.m. ET on Much, MTV, and CP24, with audio available on the iHeartRadio Canada app and iHeartRadio.ca. Airing commercial free, the benefit concert provides entertainment relief and support to help fight the spread […]