alternative rock
News: Live Skull Announce new album ‘Dangerous Visions’ – A collection of new and old recordings, including unreleased tracks from their 1989 Peel Session
NYC’s Live Skull have announced a new album, ‘Dangerous Visions’, to be released via Bronson Recordings on December 11th. Emerging in the early 80s at the end of New York’s legendary No Wave scene alongside Manhattan comrades Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull reshaped the aggression of burned-out post-punk into heavy, guitar-driven rock. This new release showcases their evolution, with Side 1 featuring …
Track: Pixies – Hear Me Out
Pixies will release a limited edition double A-side single on October 16th. Pressed on 12” yellow vinyl, it will feature the new track ‘Hear Me Out’ alongside the band’s gritty interpretation of the T-Rex classic ‘Mambo Sun’. ‘Hear Me Out’ The song was written by frontman Black Francis and Lenchantin at Dreamland Studios during sessions for ‘Beneath The Eyrie’, with production courtesy of the Grammy-nominated Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Ghost, etc.). “Black …
News: The Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Double Album Plus Details And Trailer For Forthcoming Animated Series ‘In Ashes’ – Created By Billy Corgan
Following the release of their critically acclaimed singles ‘Cyr’ and ‘The Colour Of Love,’ alternative rock luminaries The Smashing Pumpkins have revealed details on their forthcoming eleventh studio album, titled CYR, which is set for release via Sumerian Records on Friday, November 27. The 20-track full-length double album was produced by frontman Billy Corgan and …
Track: Smashing Pumpkins Share Two New Tracks ‘Cyr’ And ‘The Colour Of Love’
The Smashing Pumpkins return with two new tracks, ‘Cyr’ and ‘The Colour Of Love,’ out on Sumerian Records. Recorded in Chicago and produced by Corgan, the new tracks come with the news of a forthcoming studio album in the works with founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, with longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder. “Cyr …
Track: Halestorm Share a Re-recorded Version Of Their Track Break In (feat Amy Lee)
Halestorm have announced their new Reimagined EP due August 14, 2020. For the new EP, the group re-recorded various fan favourites from their back catalogue catalogue. To introduce the project, they have shared the first single “Break In” [feat. Amy Lee]. ‘Break In’ originally appeared on the band’s gold-selling 2012 album, The Strange Case Of… During the Carnival of Madness Tour, the Evanescence front woman joined the group for …
Track: Corey Taylor Announces Solo Album And Shares First Two Singles
Corey Taylor has announced that his hotly anticipated debut solo album, CMFT, arrives on 2nd October via Roadrunner Records. Today, the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman has shared the album’s first two singles: ‘Black Eyes Blue’ and ‘CMFT Must Be Stopped’ [feat. Tech N9ne & Kid Bookie] which are available now on all streaming platforms. We all know this guy has …
Track: Pardon Band – Eliza M
One man wonder John Cornwell, who had been delighting audiences whilst part of Little Mirrors, now goes under a couple of monikers of Pale White Dot and Pardon Bank has shared a new track – ‘Eliza M’ under Pardon Bank. Bright chirpy electric guitar is joined with strummed acoustic where Cornwell’s seductive baritone plays out …
Track: The Levellers – Generation Fear
Folk rockers The Levellers have shared their new single ‘Generation Fear’, taken from their upcoming studio album Peace, which will be released on the 14th August via On The Fiddle recordings. Written during the album recording process, the track evolved as a full band collaboration and its immediacy comes from a lot of the band laying their …
News: Blonde Redhead Reissuing Fifth Album
Veteran New York City alternative rockers Blonde Redhead are releasing a 20th anniversary deluxe vinyl edition of their fifth album, ‘Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons’, on September 4th via legendary Chicago noise rock label Touch and Go. Copies of the release will be limited to 2000 and pressed on 180-gram opaque magenta pink vinyl. The …
Track: The Blinders- ‘Black Glass’
THE BLINDERS’ latest track, “Black Glass”, is a seamlessly evolving, six-minute behemoth, is the final single to be featured from their upcoming album. The track begins tantalisingly slowly, before lead vocalist Thomas Haywood’s commanding “Black Glass” cry is subsequently offset by a parry of jolting lead guitar. The pace then catapults into a violent and …