The FMs have just released their new single “Silent City” on TRAX records. Oddly prophetic, the song was written a year ago by frontthem Matte Namer about a pandemic hitting NYC and forcing everyone to stay inside. During the month of April, The FMs shot a music video for Silent City, being creative while working
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Let It Roll was one of the last holdouts of the European summer festival season and they tried, they really did, to keep the festival going. Working directly with the Czech Culture Minister, posting livestreams and even creating a hashtag, which they successfully got trending. #letssavethesummertogether was focused not only on trying to keep the
In recent weeks, the members of Clutch have played a few live-streamed mini-sets. Now the veteran rockers are teaming with several other bands to put on a virtual concert. “Live From the Doom Saloon, Vol. 1” will take place May 27, with the band supported by Crowbar, Blacktop Mojo and Saul. Each of the acts
One of the most genre defying, musically insane bands Revolushn has recently released a new single called “Electric.” Because of the timely theme of the song, the super-sensational video, and the genius of frontman and writer “No” (aka Frank Schubert), the song has sky rocketed creating a massive Spotify buzz. I revisited the California based
Wakaan has officially announced it will not move forward with its 2020 installment. Just months ago, Wakaan Music Festival celebrated its inaugural year and set the bar remarkably high for bass music events to come. Needless to say, the label headed up by Liquid Stranger was looking forward to another extraordinary, cultivating year — but it
Playing music can bring immense joy, and you definitely can see the joy coming from 10-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell, as she absolutely crushes one of her favorite rock songs, “Out of the Black,” from Royal Blood. Bushell has become a YouTube sensation over the past year, with her passion on the kit catching the eye
Recently signing to Insomniac’s HARD Recs, Wuki revealed a new album is on the way with “Chicken Wang” featuring Diplo and Snappy Jit as the first release from the upcoming collection. “Chicken Wang” delivers the perfect high-energy and twerk-ready bounce sounds that global audiences around the world have come to love from Wuki and Diplo
Looking to make a big splash in the world of kids’ entertainment, rock group Sharky Sharky, who formed in 2013 and even made an appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, have released the debut episode for their new animated show, The Adventures of Sharky Sharky. The project began as an offshoot of the power metal band Ascension, whose
There’s no doubt that we live in strange times. Though many have lives through various pandemics over the past 75 years, nothing has ever compared to the global crisis that COVID-19 has caused. And beyond the economic turmoil, there’s also a social turmoil brewing, at least according to the Dutch who criticized their government for
The idea of artificial intelligence bots creating music is one that doesn’t seem to sit right with a lot of people. At the very least though, these bots are pretty useful when it comes to writing parody songs. So, what happens when all of AC/DC‘s lyrics and music are filtered through AI? The hysterical song “Great
Hans Zimmer has famously composed the score for some of our favorite movies of the past few decades, including Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” in 2010. The song “Time” from that score has become a favorite of that score, and is also Zimmer’s current most-played song on Spotify. Now, Alan Walker has come to give it a
The coronavirus pandemic has left bands scrambling to fill suddenly wide open schedules. Anthrax know you have a lot of free time and want to help you become a better musician, which is why they’ve just launched a series of virtual classrooms. Each member will conduct a variety of online sessions ranging from something as fun
Carnage, Disco Donnie Presents, and Medium Rare have partnered to announce North America’s first ever drive-in festival of the COVID era, THE ROAD RAVE. The ROAD RAVE is set to make history on June 6th from 7PM – 11PM at The Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando featuring Carnage, Riot Ten, Blunts & Blondes, Nitti Gritti,
Porter Robinson‘s Secret Sky online festival was a massive success no matter how you look at it — the artists, the fans, and especially the money raised for MusiCares. The collaboration between Brownies & Lemonade, Goldenvoice and SLUSH Management truly broke the internet over the weekend with 14 hours of captivating music and visuals. To celebrate
EDC Las Vegas is due to go digital this weekend on its original dates when it would have been held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, if not for COVID-19. Though the festival is now tentatively scheduled for October, Insomniac is still throwing a full virtual rave for three days this weekend. Set times for
Spotify is connecting friends and family with a brand new group feature perfect for parties (whenever we can actually get together again). Group Session allows the platform’s Premium users to share control over the music within the same physical space, up to 100 individuals. This allows for listening parties and exploration of musical interests within
Blackout Music’s Evolutions series always features the best breakout stars of hard drum and bass but for this cycle they’ve really outdone themselves. Evolutions vol. 8, due out on Monday, features heavy hitting and technically insane bangers from the likes of AKOV, Missin, Disphonia, Cod3x and the danceable yet emotive and experimental “The Breach” from Austrian producer Screamarts.
System of a Down‘s inability to see eye to eye on a new album has been well documented, but all may not be lost as vocalist Serj Tankian has a new EP coming that will include songs he initially targeted for System. Speaking with Spin, the vocalist stated, “Originally I had these songs in mind