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A record sold for a reported $2 million, sealed inside an ornate silver case and withheld from commercial release until 2103, has spent more than a decade existing somewhere between music history and modern myth. Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” was conceived as a singular work in […]
The grime, noise and restless energy of the 1990s East Bay punk scene set the stage for “…And Out Comes the Wolf”, which will make its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on October 16 in Newport Beach, California. Directed by Danny Peykoff, the film takes inspiration from […]
Erasure have spent four decades proving that a pristine pop song can hold an unreasonable amount of feeling. Vince Clarke builds the architecture: precise synth lines, economical rhythms, arrangements that seem to know exactly when to stop. Andy Bell then walks into that structure and fills it with everything Clarke […]
Clutch are heading into 2027 with a new album, a new song and an Australian return ten years in the making. The Maryland rock veterans have announced “Wasted Lands”, their 14th studio album, due out January 22, 2027. The following night, the band will begin their first Australian headline tour […]
Oasis may already have its 2027 summer mapped out. According to a reported leaked schedule, Noel and Liam Gallagher could be heading back onto the road next year for another run of stadium shows, with tickets allegedly going on sale within weeks. The information, reported by The Sun, points to […]
Twenty-five years after “Toxicity” changed the scale of their career, System Of A Down are finally putting one of its more elusive tracks where it can actually be heard without hunting down an old physical copy. ‘Johnny’, long absent from streaming and download services, has now been released digitally as […]
Mike Judge may be preparing to take control of “Beavis and Butt-Head” back from Paramount, potentially putting one of animation’s most gloriously dysfunctional duos back in the hands of the person who created them. According to a recent report by Puck, Judge has notified Paramount through his lawyers that he […]
Eight years is a long time to leave between records, particularly for an artist whose work has always carried the marks of whatever life has put in his way. Everlast returns today with “Embers to Ashes”, an album shaped by loss, upheaval, memory and the uneasy business of moving forward. […]
Queens of the Stone Age have seemingly settled one of the biggest questions surrounding their next chapter: the band’s ninth studio album will be called “Perfecth”. The announcement came in characteristically strange fashion, through a video built around a game of five-finger fillet. What initially looked like a straightforward reveal […]
Blink-182 are not treating their current chapter as a conclusion. Drummer Travis Barker has confirmed that the band have already begun working on a new album, suggesting that the creative momentum behind their reunion is still very much intact. The news surfaced during Barker’s recent appearance on The New York […]