Iron Maiden are beating ticket scalpers
No one wants to pay more than face value for an amazing show. Iron Maiden has heard your pleas and has started new ticket initatives that has stopped ticket scalpers in ther tracks. These ticket intiatives have caused listings on secondary sites to down by over 95%. Read more: Iron Maiden tour poster banned for being...
Makari (InVogue Records) cover the Weeknd's "Starboy"—exclusive
Orlando, Florida's Makari have put their spin on the Weeknd's “Starboy,” which we're exclusively premiering below. We also brought you the band's most recent EP, Elegies, a highly recommended listen from InVogue Records (“Think the post-hardcore intensity of Circa Survive and Emarosa meeting the darker alt-pop properties of PVRIS”). HEAR MORE: Listen to Panic! At The...
Suspect in police chase decides not to carjack Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge
Yesterday morning (March 1), Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge was casually driving his car on the Pacific Coast Highway in California, according to Easy Reader News. Suddenly, in his rear view mirror, police lights interrupted his drive. Read more: http://www.easyreadernews.com/147029/carjacking-suspect-decides-not-carjack-pennywise-guitarist-redondo-beach/ They weren't going after Dragge, however—instead, Dragge had found himself in the middle of a slow...
Can't Swim stream hard-hitting debut album over a week early—listen
[Photo Credit: Rob Scheuerman] “This record feels like the beginning of our band. The first chapter and the reason why we started playing music. It's really the template to our future,” Can't Swim frontman Chris LoPorto says about their debut album, Fail You Again. “Writing and recording it all ourselves gave us so much insight...
Disney will have its first gay character in 'Beauty and the Beast'
Character development is a good thing, having gay and lesbian characters in movies and television is a good thing, and now we know that the new Beauty and the Beast movie coming out in about two weeks will have both of those things. It has now been revealed that Gaston's comedic sidekick LeFou will have romantic feelings...
Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan says Nirvana and Pearl Jam success caused “suicidal depression"
In a recent appearance on the podcast Why Not Now?, a self-improvement podcast hosted by Amy Jo Martin, Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan explained how the success of Nirvana and Pearl Jam affected his mental health. (via Consequence Of Sound) “Within a short span of time I went from thinking I was very successful within...
Avril Lavigne shares update on new album: "I wanted to write about topics I hadn't hit on before"
After Avril Lavigne announced late last year that she would be releasing new material in 2017, she has since given an update with even more detail about her forthcoming LP—and we’re too excited. “I’ve been working really hard on the new music, and it’s a reflection of my journey over the last few years,” Lavigne says in...
Watch Louis C.K. hysterically explain why music is a dumb career choice
In an interview from December, comedian Louis C.K. talks to Conan O'Brien about what he sees as dumb career choices—and it's just too good. While explaining that dancing is, in fact, the worst career choice, Louis says “Even being a musician, what are you doing? Don’t be a musician. That’s a stupid thing to do...
Nine Inch Nails' newest EP comes with weird black powder
They say that good music sticks with you, but what if good music comes with a weird black powder that also sticks to you and makes quite a mess? A strange black powder with an omnious warning is exactly what you got if you preordered Nine Inch Nails newest EP Not The Actual Events along with a...