CBDB, the popular Alabama-born jam band, announced Wednesday the group will take an “indefinite hiatus” beginning this summer. The band posted a message on their Facebook page “to all of our fans, friends, and family” that after the upcoming “Deebs Days” event at Avondale Brewing Company, the break will begin. The band is currently scheduled […]
Bob Dylan’s largest-ever sculpture, of a railway freight carriage, has been unveiled on a French vineyard. The monumental piece, entitled Rail Car, is built from about seven tonnes of iron and installed on train tracks at Château La Coste in Provence. Exposed to the elements, it features motifs of ladders, wheels and tools. Dylan said […]
For the year-end project of San Francisco State University’s video game composition class, the assignment was to help players find their way out of a hedge maze. The only clues revealing the correct path to the exit were of the musical variety. A wrong turn might result in a dissonant clash of violin harmonies, while […]
At no point do Sunflower Bean sound out of their depth; if they adjusted their coordinates to include a Dan Nigro cowrite or talky post-punk, they’d probably pull that off too. The hooks, the flashy guitar solos, the profanity that will serve as the pull quote in any blurb: Headful of Sugar worked very hard […]
Even before Lzzy Hale was recruited by Gibson as the brand’s first female ambassador last year, the rock hero had already collaborated with the company for a trio of signature guitars: the Gibson Lzzy Hale Explorer and Lzzy Hale Dark Explorer, and a budget-friendly Epiphone iteration. As such, the Halestorm titan’s signature six-string catalog makes […]
6ix9ine has a new target–Young Thug. After beefing with everyone from Lil Durk to Fivio Foreign, the notorious troll is taking aim at the YSL rapper in the wake of his arrest on racketeering and gang-related charges. In a series of posts on Instagram Stories, the “GINÉ” rapper made light of Thug’s plight while poking […]
WHITESNAKE launched its farewell tour Tuesday night (May 10) at Dublin, Ireland’s 3Arena. The band’s 14-song set, which was part of a European tour with special guests EUROPE and co-headliners FOREIGNERmarked WHITESNAKE‘s inaugural performance with the group’s two latest two additions, keyboardist, guitarist and backing vocalist Dino Jelusickand Irish bassist Tanya O’Callaghan. WHITESNAKE kicked off […]
slipknot is really getting themselves out there in the digital realm lately. The band recently announced a partnership with The Sandbox for their brand new Web3 Knotverse venture, and now they’ve teamed up with Titan Forge Games to become playable characters in the smite game. All nine band members are available in the game as […]
After a quarter-century of albums with The Roots, Black Thought expanded into a solo catalog in 2018. That year, he released not one but two projects. thefirst, Streams Of Thought, Vol. 1, was produced by 9th Wonder. The Grammy-winning Salaam Remi handled the beats on the second volume. In 2020, Tariq Trotter followed with Streams […]
Grungy. Wu Tang Clan. Radiohead. “Wonderwall.” The music of the ’90s was as exciting as it was diverse. But what does it say about the era—and why does it still matter? 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s is back for 30 more episodes to try to answer those questions. Join Ringers music writer and ’90s […]