Weekly Music News 21.05.23
The band "Foo Fighters" releases a new single, "Show Me How", while also playing its first show without Taylor Hawkins and with new drummer Josh Freese.
It has now been officially confirmed, as the video introducing Josh also suggested, that Dave recorded the drums on the new album. There is only one week left until it arrives!!
The band "Halestorm" releases a new version of "Terrible Things", a song from its latest album, with country singer Ashley McBryde joining Lzzy Hale. Lzzy says Ashley's voice is the perfect addition, taking the song somewhere different and giving it another dimension.
Musician and guitarist Sophie Lloyd releases a new single, "Lost". Sophie teams up with guitarist Cole Rolland on the instrumental, while also unveiling her new Kiesel signature guitar in the video. She says Kiesel supported her before she even had 1,000 followers.
She wrote the instrumental as a tribute to her EP "Delusions".
A special collaboration between three acts from different parts of the musical spectrum: singer Oliver Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon, DJ duo Slander, and hip-hop singer and producer blackbear. Oliver says this is part of the band's journey of experimenting and exploring new territory with other artists, broadening its musical range.
A minute, or rather a week, before coming to Israel for a show, "Within Temptation" releases a new single, "Wireless", from its forthcoming eighth album, due later this year!!
The song is about a soldier sent to war, convinced by the government and media that he is fighting for a good cause, only to return and discover he was misled!!
"Royal Blood" releases a new single, "Mountains at Midnight", and it is wild!
It is the first taste of new music from the talented duo's fourth studio album, "Back to the Water Below". After developing their sound with what they called "AC-Disco" on the previous album, "Mountains at Midnight" finds the band firmly rooted in its heavier side!!!
The woman known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, "Tina Turner", died this week after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht, near Zurich, Switzerland. Tina began her recording career in 1958 with musician and producer Ike Turner, who later became her husband. She also made a striking appearance in the Who's rock opera Tommy as the Acid Queen, delivering one of the most memorable performances ever seen on a cinema screen. In the 1980s, she won six of her eight competitive Grammys. It was her most successful decade, with hits including "Typical Male", "The Best", "Private Dancer" and "Better Be Good to Me". Her 1988 show in Rio de Janeiro drew 180,000 people, setting a concert attendance record at the time.
(Photo: Peter Lindbergh)
The band "Metal Church" releases its 13th album, "Congregation of Annihilation", today. It is the first to feature new singer Marc Lopes, who joined in summer 2022, replacing the late Mike Howe. Guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof describes it as a new chapter in the Metal Church legacy. "I really love this album. It's a fresh approach for us in one sense, but also a return to the beginning of Metal Church." He adds that the record contains some of the most aggressive songs they have recorded, and hopes fans love it as much as the band does.
Listen on: Spotify
New supergroup "Elegant Weapons", featuring musicians associated with Pantera, Judas Priest and Rainbow, releases its debut album, "Horns for a Halo", today. Produced by Andy Sneap, the album features bassist Rex Brown (Pantera), guitarist Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest), drummer Scott Travis (Judas Priest/Fight) and singer Ronnie Romero (Rainbow).
Matchbox Twenty releases its fifth studio album, "Where the Light Goes", today. On March 17, 2023, the band released the album's first single, "Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)". It is the band's first album in more than a decade, following 2012's "North".
Listen on: Spotify
This week saw a tribute concert for Jeff Beck, who died this January. His friend Eric Clapton
organized the show, with guests including Rod Stewart, Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood and more.
Is "Oasis" reuniting? Reunion rumors have gathered pace, with Britain's Sun newspaper even reporting this week that the band could return for four shows at Knebworth in southern England in 2025. Really? The end times may be upon us. Meanwhile, let us revisit some good times at Knebworth:
And this is definitely not a rumor... Oasis' rivals "Blur" return with a new album and single. The band's ninth album, "The Ballad of Darren", arrives on July 21, 2023. It is their first studio album in eight years, since 2015's "The Magic Whip". Damon Albarn wrote much of it on the road while touring with Gorillaz in 2022.
Memorabilia from "Nirvana" keeps making headlines. A smashed Fender Stratocaster from the "Nevermind" era, signed by Kurt Cobain and his bandmates during the era of "Nevermind", sold at auction this week for nearly $600,000, far above its initial $60,000-$80,000 estimate.
Cobain smashed the Fender Strat, which was then signed by all the band members with inscriptions to Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan, the instrument's original recipient. "Hell-o Mark! Love, Your Pal, Kurdt Kobain / Washed up rockstar", Cobain wrote to Lanegan.
To mark 30 days since the death of poet, lyricist, author and journalist Yehonatan Geffen, his son Aviv Geffen releases "Achake" ("I Will Wait"), written especially in his father's memory.
Aviv first performed the song at "Rock Ball 11" in Yarkon Park around two weeks ago. Before singing, he told the audience: "I lost my dad and I still cannot process it. I am in some kind of protective mode. Sadly, he is not here today. He was supposed to come on for the final song, 'Laila Tov', to read a bedtime story, and that will no longer happen. He is my hero. He showed me many things, including how to turn tears and pain into songs."
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