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ELECTRIC CALLBOY Turns Nostalgic Boy Band Love Ballad Into Most Unexpected Single Yet With ‘The Way You Are’

  • Electric Callboy release new single "The Way You Are"
  • Song shifts from boy-band ballad to heavy deathcore
  • Album "Tanzneid" out 7 August 2026, tour to follow

Electric Callboy have released a new single, "The Way You Are", which starts out as a nostalgic late-1990s-style boy band love ballad before abruptly shifting into one of the heaviest tracks the German band have ever produced. The song is a preview of their forthcoming album "Tanzneid", due…

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Tom Morello Launches New Album With “Date Night”

  • Tom Morello released new solo album Everyone Gets Everything They Want on 25 September.
  • Single "Date Night" retells Dutch teens who killed Nazis in WWII.
  • Morello headlines Power to the People Festival in Washington, D.C. on 3 October.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has released his seventh solo album, Everyone Gets Everything They Want, on 25 September via Mom + Pop Music, marking his first solo record since 2021's The Atlas Underground Flood. The launch was accompanied by the track "Date Night", a ballad…

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The 1968 album that finally made Steven Spielberg feel like everyone else

  • The White Album helped Spielberg feel part of his generation.
  • He had previously felt culturally behind his peers.
  • The album made him an immediate Beatles fan.

Steven Spielberg has said that The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled double album, commonly known as the White Album, helped him feel more connected to people his own age. Having grown up relatively sheltered in Arizona and focused on filmmaking rather than the counterculture of the 1960s, he described hearing…

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2nd Grade – “Cellophane Girls”

  • 2nd Grade sign to Philadelphia label Lame-O Records
  • New single "Cellophane Girls" released to mark the move
  • Follows two albums on previous label Double Double Whammy

Philadelphia power-pop band 2nd Grade have announced they have signed to Lame-O Records, marking a new chapter for the group after two albums released on Double Double Whammy. The move was revealed alongside the release of a new single, "Cellophane Girls", which offers a first taste of the…

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Ariana Grande Debuts New Character in Teaser for ‘Petal’ Visual Ahead of Album: ‘Hello, I’m Pepper’

  • Ariana Grande unveils new character Pepper ahead of Petal album
  • Teaser shows a black-and-white audition scene, shot on VistaVision
  • Petal album and accompanying visual arrive Friday, 31 July

Ariana Grande has revealed a new alter ego named Pepper in a teaser for a visual accompanying her forthcoming album Petal, due for release on Friday 31 July. The retro-styled, black-and-white clip shows Grande, as Pepper, attending an audition and being brushed off by a receptionist, though the…

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Judiciary Announce New EP Stalagmite Angels: Hear “Wall Of Skulls”

  • Judiciary announce new EP "Stalagmite Angels", out 4th September
  • Lead single "Wall Of Skulls" released with music video
  • First new music since 2023's "Flesh + Blood" album

Texas hardcore band Judiciary have announced a new five-track EP, "Stalagmite Angels," and released a video for its lead single "Wall Of Skulls." The release marks the band's first new material since their 2023 album "Flesh + Blood," continuing their reputation for heavy, riff-driven hardcore with influences spanning…

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Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine announces new LP ft. Kneecap & more (new single & exclusive vinyl)

  • Tom Morello has announced a collaborative new LP.
  • Kneecap are among the featured artists.
  • Release and vinyl details were unavailable.

Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine, has announced a new LP featuring collaborations including Irish rap group Kneecap. The announcement is notable because it brings together Morello’s politically charged rock background with contemporary artists known for outspoken, genre-crossing work. The available article text does not provide…

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How Sniff ‘N’ The Tears Disbanded, Reunited (Sort Of), and Then Enjoyed Their Biggest Hit in 1979

  • "Driver's Seat" became Sniff 'n' The Tears' sole big hit in 1979.
  • Paul Roberts wrote it in 1973, but the band split before playing it live.
  • It reached No. 15 in the US after a 1977 record deal revival.

Sniff 'n' The Tears, a British band fronted by Paul Roberts, is remembered as a one-hit wonder for their 1979 song "Driver's Seat", which reached No. 15 on the US charts. The track's success is notable because it was written years earlier, in 1973, and the band broke…

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“It came on the radio. None of us knew it had been edited. We all sat up and said, ‘What’s going on?’”: Yes’ record label hacked an eight-minute track into a three-minute single without telling them. Jon Anderson, for one, couldn’t be happier

  • Yes's label secretly edited Roundabout into a 3:27 single in 1972
  • The unauthorised edit hit US chart number 13 and won a BMI award
  • Jon Anderson later called it a turning point for the band

In 1972, Yes's record label released an edited three-minute-27-second single version of their eight-minute-29-second track Roundabout without informing the band beforehand, a move that initially shocked the group but ultimately proved pivotal to their commercial success. Singer Jon Anderson has since credited the unsanctioned edit with helping secure…

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The “powerful” 1983 album Dave Grohl knew was perfect

  • Grohl called Hüsker Dü’s 1983 album perfect.
  • The record embodied intense early American punk.
  • Its influence extended into alternative rock.

Dave Grohl has praised Hüsker Dü’s 1983 album *Everything Falls Apart* as a record he considered perfect, reflecting the lasting influence of the American punk band on his musical outlook. The article argues that the album’s force and rough-edged energy helped shape Grohl’s appreciation for direct, emotionally intense…

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