10 best band fansites and websites, from Linkin Park to ATL
Once upon a time, fan clubs were run via postal services, paying a certain amount of money for various gifts and letters from bands. Then the internet happened, and forums began with pages and pages of like-minded people sharing their opinions, recent acquisitions and meeting-the-band stories. Now, we’re at a point where we can find...
Fox News played a Power Trip song and the band aren't happy about it
Fox News apparently can't stop butting heads with rock bands in increasingly cringeworthy ways. This week, the news channel played a song by Texas metalheads Power Trip on the air—and the band aren't having it one bit. Read more: Couple get engaged at Power Trip gig Let's recap, shall we? Last year, Fox News called...
This Fall Out Boy GIF is one of the Top 25 GIFs of 2017
We cannot be the only ones who use GIFs to speak exactly how we feel when words just can't. Of course, there have been a few GIFs that have dominated our personal GIF keyboard (anything Brendon Urie, you know…). But, there are a few that dominated 2017 on GIPHY—including an epic Fall Out Boy gif...
Black metal and power metal lead Spotify's Emerging Genres for 2017
[Photo by: Spotify] It looks like some extreme metal genres were on the come-up during 2017 on Spotify! Power metal and black metal lead the list of Emerging Genres published by the streaming service based on data collected during the year. Read more: 11 metal memes that make headbanging hilarious With 2017 winding down, Spotify...
Our Most Anticipated alternative releases of 2018
[Pictured L-R: Brendon Urie, Twenty One Pilots, Tonight Alive, Waterparks, State Champs; photos by: Douglas Sonders, Neal Walters, Jawn Rocha, Elliott Ingham] We can’t predict the future, but we can assure you that 2018 will bring plenty of awesome new music. We talked to some of your favorite artists, from Marmozets to State Champs, who are in various...
Watch surviving members of Nirvana perform together
Earlier this week, the surviving members of Nirvana shared a special moment on-stage at Foo Fighters' show in Eugene, Oregon, with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic joining the band for a performance of “Big Me.” Read more: Three Kurt Cobain Pop! figures are coming soon Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl gave Novoselic...
Blink-182's 'California' certified Gold
Congrats to Blink-182! The band's recent album California has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association Of America, along with another Gold record for that album's lead single, “Bored To Death.” The means both the 2016 full-length and its first single have moved over 500,000 units. Read more: Watch Lil Peep cover Blink-182's “Dammit”...
Comic writer Matthew Rosenberg on the importance of music in comics
Matthew Rosenberg has written some of your favorite Marvel characters in Kingpin, Rocket Raccoon, The Punisher and Phoenix Resurrection. His background in music and running an independent record label gave him the DIY work ethic to grind it out doing creator-owned comics for Black Mask Studios, eventually working his way up the food chain to...
Ryan Reynolds will star in live-action Pokémon movie
[Photos by: Ryan Reynolds/Touchstone Pictures, Pikachu/IGN YouTube] Yep, you read that right: Ryan Reynolds is set to star in a forthcoming, live-action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu. Read more: Another Pokémon game is coming to your phone The Deadpool star will be starring alongside Justice Smith, who's starring in the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, as...