R. Kelly's streams increase following removal from Spotify playlists
[Photo by: Nicholas Ballasy/Wikimedia Commons] R. Kelly's streams have increased since Spotify made a move to remove his music from featured playlists. Read more: R. Kelly’s music removed from Spotify playlists after sexual misconduct allegations On May 10, Spotify announced it would remove material by Kelly from its playlists after the singer's long history of sexual misconduct allegations has again come to...
Switchfoot’s BRO-AM Beach Fest lineup announced and other news you might have missed today
[Photos: Switchfoot/Facebook, Baggage/Facebook, Everything Everything/Facebook, Light This City/Facebook] Watch new music videos from Harm’s Way—plus, don’t miss streams of new albums from Retirement Party and Light This City. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Dave Grohl says he’s “ashamed” of “massive jerk” Donald Trump in new interview 1. Switchfoot’s...
Dave Grohl says he's ashamed of "massive jerk" Donald Trump
[Photos by: Wikimedia Commons] “I am ashamed of our president,” says Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in a new interview with the British edition of GQ magazine. Calling the president a “massive jerk,” the musician speaks ruefully of the United States' current commander in chief. Read more below. Read more: Listen...
Frank Iero hints at new band with "surprise" musicians
What is Frank Iero up to? The Frank Iero And The Patience frontman and former My Chemical Romance member took to Instagram to tease some sort of new music collaboration with “suprise” band members—check it out below. Read more: Frank Iero trolls fan with epic MCR joke On Tuesday, Iero shared some cryptic images online,...
Slayer's merchandising company files a lawsuit to stop counterfeit merch
The company that holds the rights to Slayer’s merchandise has filed a lawsuit in order to prevent other sources from selling counterfeit Slayer merchandise following the band’s farewell tour. Read more: Slayer announce second leg of final North American tour According to a report from Northern California Record, Slayer’s merchandising company, Global Merchandising Services, asked...
Silent Planet vocalist helps shut down creepy DMs on Twitter
Silent Planet fans are well versed in vocalist Garrett Russell's semi-trolling Twitter technique, in which he'll tweet at celebrities, politicians and others with humorous entreaties to listen to his band—often with a meaningful message attached. Now, his amazing Twitter game has an added bonus for users: you can use it to shut down creepy DMs!...
YouTube unveil its new streaming service, YouTube Music
In what seems to be years in the making, YouTube has finally unveiled its new music streaming service, YouTube Music, to the world, and we’re stoked that the days of flipping from one app to another are finally over. Read more: Instagram finally adds a mute button, and we’re fully here for it Last week, we...
Bleeding Through frontman offers harsh critique of modern metalcore
Bleeding Through vocalist Brandan Schieppati is no stranger to voicing his opinions, as evidenced in our recent interview with the frontman for the band's new album, Love Will Kill All. Now, the musician is airing his grievances with what he perceives as the stale state of modern metalcore, saying that “every record sounds exactly the...
'Riverdale' to get original and companion book series from Scholastic
The dramatic second season of The CW's Riverdale came to an end, which left us with more questions than answers, and now we're wondering what on earth we'll possibly do without our weekly dose of Jughead? Read more: The CW announce new fall schedule, adds new and old programs If you're in the same boat like...