September 2, 2019

Metallica gave more than $1.6 million to charity during summer tour

Metallica have donated more than $1.6 million to various charitable causes during their 2019 European tour.  The metal band has donated money to a different cause in each city of their summer WorldWired tour with their foundation All Within My Hands. They visited 25 cities in total.  Read more: Kurt Cobain royalty check from 1991...

Halloween, yoga come together in skeleton planters from Trader Joes

It’s finally September, which means summer is gone and it’s officially acceptable to start stocking up on Halloween decorations.  This year, Trader Joe’s has something we just couldn’t keep to ourselves — a cute planet of a skeleton doing yoga.  Read more: Kurt Cobain royalty check from 1991 found by Seattle record store staff The in-store...

Kurt Cobain royalty check from 1991 found by Seattle record store staff

The staff at a record store in Seattle found something unusual in a collection from the ‘90s — a royalty check issued to Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.  The check, which dates back to 1991, was found at Easy Street Records.  Read more: Awsten Knight puts his own spin on Justin Bieber track in Twitter clip...

Awsten Knight puts his own spin on Justin Bieber track in Twitter clip

Waterparks frontman Awsten Knight posted a short clip of him covering “Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber.  Knight took to Twitter with his guitar in hand to make Parx lovers and Beliebers everywhere swoon.  Read more:  Facebook considering hiding like counts on users’ News Feeds While the clip is less than 30 seconds long, it was a...

Facebook considering hiding like counts on users’ News Feeds

It looks like Instagram might not be the only social media platform ditching likes as parent company Facebook says they might also get rid of like counts in the News Feed.  Instagram is currently testing hiding its like counts in 7 countries including Canada because they want to users to “focus on the photos and...

Slipknot drummer recreates photo of him with band as a kid in same venue

Slipknot percussionist Jay Weinberg shared a recreation of a photo of him as a child meeting the band backstage, and it’s absolutely adorable.  Weinberg, who has been a long-term fan of Slipknot, has been a drummer for the band since 2014 after he auditioned to replace Joey Jordison.  Read more: ‘Harry Potter’ books banned from...

'Harry Potter' books banned from school library due to "actual" curses, spells

Harry Potter fans celebrated the date that marked their return to Hogwarts yesterday, but it looks like not everyone has a reason to rejoice. The book series has been removed from a Catholic school library in Nashville after claims that they contained “actual curses and spells.” This is getting Riddikulus. Read more: Taco Bell is saying adios...

KISS sell misspelled shirts at Cincinnati End of the Road tour stop

KISS are currently embarking on their End Of The Road tour, creating and selling special shirts for each city stop on the tour. On August 29, the band performed at Riverbend in Cincinnati, Ohio where fans were quick to notice a spelling mistake on the tour shirt. Check out the T-shirt below! Read more: Taco Bell...

AP&R: Flirty alt-rock, SoundCloud rap-rock and Weezer on acid

You’re welcome: We’ve made finding new songs by rising bands easy. Each week, we’re gathering the best from the underground and offering it to you in one concise AP&R list. Scroll below and check out our Spotify Discover playlist, featuring these tracks and more! In return, we want to hear your favorite. Let us know...
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