Music

The music industry was going through seismic changes at the turn of the 21st Century, thanks to accelerating advancement of technology, the Internet and a specific revolutionary catalyst called the MP3 file, which allowed fans to indiscriminately share music, both digitally and illegally, via groundbreaking digital tools like Napster. Every musical artist on earth, without

Guitar Center has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy along with efforts to restructure and refinance the company. Even before the pandemic happened and the shutdown began, online retailers such as Sweetwater became direct and fierce competitors with Guitar Center. Still, the nation’s largest retailer of music instruments expects to bounce back from bankruptcy by the end

Let’s get one thing out of the way — 2020 sucked. It was an absolute shit show. We don’t have to go into detail about the COVID-19 pandemic, because it’s something that has impacted the entire world. And the music and live entertainment industries felt that impact hard. After March, all major tours were canceled. Albums

Today, an all-star roster of electronic music talent, professional athletes and gamers are participating in “Friendsgiving In Verdansk,” a Call of Duty battle royale extravaganza streaming live beginning at 12pm PT. Fans can tune in to Nerd Street Gamers on Twitch as Afrojack, Excision, Cheat Codes, Nicky Romero, Ookay, Snails, and more are set to

The body is a canvas, and the heavily tatted Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is always up for some fresh ink. He’s recently added some new pieces, including face and knee tattoos, to his growing collection of body art. Earlier this month, Barker visited Chuey Quintanar for a late night tattoo session in which he added

Sound In Noise’s (SIN) first track on RAM was a retro liquid jam on the label’s 2017 Annual compilation of promising new artists and sick upcoming releases. From there is seems SIN was gunning for RAM (or maybe vice versa) so it was only a matter of time until, after four more tracks on comp albums,

Trust him. Scott Stapp‘s heard it all before, but he’s got a pretty good sense of humor in rolling with the punches over his dramatic vocal delivery in Creed‘s massive 2000 rock hit “With Arms Wide Open.” In fact, while chatting with The Ringer’s 10 Questions With Kyle Brandt (viewed below), he reveals that even

When video game No Man’s Sky first released on August 9, 2016, many of the core features that developers had promised players were missing. At the time, the game was losing users by the thousands, but English indie studio Hello Games worked tirelessly and offered massive, free patches one after another to make it into

Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar recently offered some words for fans who wish Wolfgang Van Halen‘s music sounded more like the musician’s father, the late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Earlier this month, Wolfgang debuted his new rock act Mammoth WVH with a touching tribute to his dad, the propulsive and melodious ”Distance.” It didn’t quite sound

In shocking news today, techno artist i_o, real name Garrett Lockhart, fka Fawks, has died. He was 30. Rumors began swirling earlier today after deleted posts from both his girlfriend and management began subtly circulating on the web, and the news was confirmed to Your EDM by a private source. It’s now been confirmed via

Shinedown have announced the launch of their new “SD Limited” premium apparel line offering a fresh take on band-branded clothing. The line was conceived by guitarist Zach Myers, with the idea of re-imagining and elevating their concert merch into everyday streetwear pieces. The guitarist says, “We are thrilled that ‘SD Limited’ is finally coming into

The sudden and tragic news of i_o’s death today has shaken many fans and friends. Contemporaries like Kayzo, Jauz, Sullivan King, and others who attended Icon Collective with him in Los Angeles left especially heartfelt messages in his memory, as well as frequent collaborators and partners No Mana and Deadmau5. Ray Volpe, Subtronics, and others

Queen‘s quintessential Greatest Hits album has shot to a position within the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time since its release nearly 40 years ago. Indeed, as the weekly music sales compendium reported this week (Nov. 22), the Queen Greatest Hits album reached No. 8 on the chart ranking the 200 most

BrunchBeatz is a next up producer making serious waves — and we can hear his style loud and clear on his new single, “Facturas.” Recently featured on Excision‘s massive Subsidia release, BrunchBeatz now joins the 40oz CULT family as the label strives to push his music even further. That being said, “Facturas” speaks for itself with expertly

Sevendust just dropped their 13th album, Blood & Stone, earlier this year and celebrated with a livestream release day event that served as their one and only concert performance for all of 2020. Next year is looking at least just as busy onstage as they’ve just revealed they’ll be playing their 2001 record Animosity in its entirety

Nostalgix has mastered her craft and it comes through in remarkable ways on her newly released Act Out EP — a spunky, powerful new wave of nostalgia that’s insanely fun to listen through. The release features four brand new productions, including the leading title track “Act Out” for which Nostalgix wrote, produced, and rapped on

AC/DC‘s brand new album, Power Up, has been climbing the charts worldwide. The record already ascended to No. 1 in eight countries across Europe and the U.K. and now the latest from the rock powerhouse has reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as well. After being released on Nov. 13, Power Up soared to No. 1