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2019 AND ANNOUNCES “FOUR DECADE TOUR” TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS AS A RECORDING ARTIST, JOE JACKSON RELEASES NEW STUDIO ALBUM FOOL ON JANUARY 18th
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Following the 2015 release of the critically acclaimed Fast Forward, legendary songwriter Joe Jackson has announced the release of his new studio album Fool. The record, which is the 20th studio album of Jackson’s career, was the fulfilment of a career-long dream: to finish a tour and head straight into the studio with the band firing on all […]
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The Police Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings
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Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings (Polydor/UMG) is a six vinyl LP box set which brings together The Police‘s entire recorded studio albums, as well as a 12-track sixth disc entitled Flexible Strategies which contains exclusive bonus material of non-album recordings and B-sides. Re-mastered and cut onto 180-gram heavyweight vinyl at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, the world’s leading […]
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Taylor Grey Announces New EP 'Grey by Taylor Grey' and Return to Hotel Café
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It’s a busy time for the studious recording artist, Taylor Grey, who not only has started up another semester at Stanford but has just announced the release of her new EP, ‘Grey by Taylor Grey,’ dropping on November 16th, 2018. The 21-year-old shares how music has always been a form of therapy for her, but it wasn’t until this past year […]
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DESPERATE MAN, ERIC CHURCH'S SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, RELEASED TODAY
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In August’s candid Rolling Stone cover story shortly after Eric Church announced his sixth album was in the works, readers learned exactly what the North Carolinian has been shouldering since his Holdin’ My Own Tour wrapped last May. It was the first time the songwriter had spoken out regarding the turmoil and angst of the last year, his processing of it […]
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Arion - Life Is Not Beautiful
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The idea for symphonic metal band Arion was hatched in the fall of 2011 in the famed music school Sibelius Lukio in Helsinki,where drummer Topias Kupiainen and keyboardist Arttu Vauhkonen got together with guitar whiz kid Iivo Kaipainen. In short order, the threesome found bass player Georgi Velinov and vocalist Viljami Holopainen to round out […]
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MØ’S NEW ALBUM FOREVER NEVERLAND OUT NOW ON COLUMBIA RECORDS
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Danish superstar MØ’s new album Forever Neverland is out on Columbia Records—listen here. The release of Forever Neverland follows “Blur” which debuted as Zane Lowe’s World Recordearlier this week, plus previous album tracks “Way Down,” “Imaginary Friend” and theDiplo-produced single “Sun in Our Eyes.” The album features additional collaborations formEmpress Of, Charli XCX and Two Feet. Additionally, MØ is sharing the dates of a forthcoming headlining tour of North […]
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De-Arrow - De-Arrow
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16 November sees the release of a long awaited AOR classic – the self titled album from Australian AOR heroes DE-ARROW, compiled from a collection of high quality demos put together by keyboardist Noel Hart and guitarist Dragan Stanic. Revered in the 80’s by such highly influential melodic rock journos and industry personnel as Derek […]
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SUIDAKRA - Cimbric Yarns
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After 24 years of band history and 12 studio albums SUIDAKRA has become a flagship in the Celtic-Metalscene. During this time they toured around the globe, played any number of shows, mastermind Arkadius Antonik even spent a week on behalf of the German Goethe Institute to support regional musical projects in India and SUIDAKRA has […]
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Brothers Of Metal - Prophecy Of Ragnarök
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A new band like Sweden’s heavy/power metallers BROTHERS OF METAL doesn’t cross the music fan’s way very often. In fact, the kind of talent this 8-piece band brings to the table is very rare. But what makes BROTHERS OF METAL so special? Is it their distinctive, striking songwriting, the outstanding vocal delivery, the amazing hooks? […]
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Billy Idol's 'Vital Idol' Is 'Revitalized'
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Billy Idol‘s 1980’s remix collection, Vital Idol, is getting a modern-day upgrade with Vital Idol: Revitalized, set for release on CD and digital by Capitol/UMe on September 28. A 2LP 180-gram black vinyl in addition to a limited edition, color variant will follow on November 16. More than 30 years after his groundbreaking Vital Idol compilation cemented the vibrancy of the dance-rock remix genre in […]