Weekly Music News 11.06.23
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning June 11, 2023
It is an incredibly busy time for Duff McKagan. Fresh from his whirlwind visit to Tel Aviv, he is preparing for shows in the UK and Europe while announcing his third solo album and releasing its first single. "Lighthouse", the follow-up to 2019's "Tenderness", arrives on October 20. The album features some famous friends: Slash, his Guns N' Roses bandmate, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, and Iggy Pop. The title track is already available to hear:
Also, Alice Cooper has announced details of his new album, "Road". Its 13 songs arrive on August 25. The godfather of shock rock explains that his touring band, guitarists Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen and Nita Strauss, bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Glen Sobel, played a bigger part in creating this album. Alice has also released its first single, "I'm Alice":
What is this?? "The Hives" have released a single and video from their forthcoming album, "The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons", due August 11. Howlin' Pelle describes "Countdown to Shutdown" as "a versatile banger for all your summer rock needs".
What an interesting cover... Listen to "Black Veil Brides" perform "Temple of Love", the Sisters of Mercy classic. Ahead of their North American tour, BVB singer Andy Biersack says he is excited about the cover. He hopes those who know the song will enjoy the band's version, and those who have never heard the original will enjoy it and discover the greatness of the Sisters of Mercy.
Also, "Greta Van Fleet" share another new single, "Farewell for Now", from their forthcoming album, "Starcatcher". According to bassist Sam Kiszka, the song is about the band's feelings and longing to stay onstage, savoring a little more of the magic created between band and audience during a show.
Even our own Ninet Tayeb has a new single with Tuna. "Kacha Ze" ("That's How It Is") was written by Ninet, Tuna (Itay Zvulun) and Yonatan Galila, who also produced it. It deals with their experience of success and the public's expectation of constant attention from them. The song comes from Ninet's next album, due July 5.
The band "Queens of the Stone Age" releases its eighth album, "In Times New Roman...", today. Its first album since 2017's "Villains" was recorded at singer Josh Homme's Pink Duck studio in Burbank, California, and Rick Rubin's Shangri-La studio in Malibu, California.
Listen to In Times New Roman on Spotify: Spotify
Fifth Angel releases its fourth album, "When Angels Kill". For those unfamiliar with the band, Fifth Angel formed in the Seattle area in the early 1980s, alongside bands such as Queensrÿche and the emerging grunge scene. They released two albums before disappearing amid disappointing sales. Nearly 30 years later, in 2018, they returned with the excellent "The Third Secret". Israeli guitarist Ethan Brosh subsequently joined the band and is still aboard for the fourth album. We will play a song from it on our upcoming Sunday show.
Listen to When Angels Kill on Spotify: Spotify
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard releases its 24th album today!!! You will not believe how long its title is... Oh my... "PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation". That is it, we have nothing more to say. We have run out of words, so all that remains is to listen.
And the Icelandic band whose mesmerizing music is so hard to define, "Sigur Rós", releases its eighth album, "Átta" (Icelandic for "eight"), today. It is their first studio album in ten years, since 2013's "Kveikur", and the first since 2012's "Valtari" to feature keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, who rejoined in 2022. The seven-minute lead single, "Blóðberg", arrived on June 12, 2023, with a new video. The band is about to tour with a 41-piece orchestra!!!
Listen to Átta on Spotify: Spotify
This week, the owner of a small record shop in Oakham, Rutland, received a visit from rock royalty: none other than Robert Trujillo, bassist of "Metallica". Taking a break between the band's Download Festival shows, Trujillo dropped into Dean Poole's Rocka-Buy Records. Poole said Trujillo stayed for two hours, was lovely, and chatted about music. Trujillo even bought an Ian Dury album, paying with £20 and four plectrums the band had used at the festival. Poole also posted a TikTok video of this royal encounter.
The Till Lindemann story continues to make headlines. This week, Berlin prosecutors opened an investigation into allegations of sexual offenses and drug-related activity involving the Rammstein singer. The allegations followed public accounts including that of fan Shelby Lynn, who said she suspected her drink had been spiked before the band's May 22 concert in Vilnius, Lithuania, and that Lindemann reacted angrily when she declined sex. Lynn explicitly said Lindemann did not touch her and that she had never accused him of rape. Lindemann denied the allegations through his lawyers.
(Photo: Jens Kalaene)
Love "The Rolling Stones" and have your eye on Skechers shoes? Then you can start celebrating. All you need is a spare $80-$90. Skechers is teaming up with the Rolling Stones for a new shoe collection carrying the band's famous logo. With styles for women, men and children, you are sure to find something that suits you. Shop the collection here:
This week, Paul McCartney confirmed that a new song from an old recording by "The Beatles" would be released later this year: the final Beatles song, made possible with help from artificial intelligence. McCartney said the technology was used to extract John Lennon's voice from an old demo, with help from director Peter Jackson, who worked on the Beatles documentary "Get Back". The film's team had managed to separate Lennon's voice from the instruments. Amid speculation that the song was Lennon's 1978 composition "Now and Then", McCartney confirmed that he received the demo from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. It was one of several songs on a tape labeled "For Paul" that Lennon recorded before his death in 1980.
(Photo: Central Press)
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