Posted by Lauren Corey on March 6, 2017
Last night (5), punk rock legend Iggy Pop performed alongside metal icons Metallica to conclude a trio of shows in Mexico City. Pop opened for Metallica for multiple shows during their tour and were honored to have Pop jam with them to the Stooges’ classic “TV Eye.” Billboard reports Metallica’s James Hetfield expressed to the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 19, 2016
We’ve gotten a lot of great music this year, and while you may have been following along with our list of the best music of 2016 as according to us, the artists that made some of that music should have a say in it as well. That’s why we reached out to a handful of […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on January 27, 2016
One of the latest collaborations we reported on these past few days was Iggy Pop and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, who released a surprise record called Post Pop Depression. The duo made a debut of the project during The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where they performed “Gardenia” and to take things into full-swing, the musicians […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 22, 2016
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngIWkQVPgU[/youtube] Yesterday, Iggy Pop and Josh Homme surprised everyone with the announcement that they recorded a new album together called Post Pop Depression, slated to be released on March 18. Then just hours later, the duo made its live debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. With a backing band that consisted of Queens […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 21, 2016
The last we heard from Josh Homme, he was struggling to hold it together in an emotional interview with his Eagles of Death Metal co-founder Jesse Hughes, speaking about the Paris terror attacks. And while many were waiting to hear about the next Queens of the Stone Age album, it turns out that Homme had […]
Posted by Gabby Vice on June 18, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/BD0F3HNOT8A[/youtube] Initially, when Guitar Hero announced its track listing for their franchise reboot Guitar Hero Live, people weren’t too happy. We contributed to the general disdain of disappointed metal fans everywhere (but mostly on Facebook) when we revealed that the tracks on this particular roster would include an interesting array of songs from Ed Sheeran to […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 10, 2015
We’d already known that Slipknot and Faith No More were playing the Heavy Montreal Festival (aka, the best reason to go to Canada other than the exchange rate). But yesterday, the Fest released the full lineup, and it’s ridiculous. Korn will be performing their debut album in full. Meshuggah is playing, as are Gojira and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 13, 2014
A few weeks ago, website Priceonomics did some number crunching and found out what it would cost to book a number of bands. At the time, we noted that the math was a little bit off, due to the fact that it was through a third party booking agent. We also noted that some of the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 12, 2012
As word starts to spread about the CBGB Festival, much of the interiors of the original club are literally being packed into boxes and sent to Savannah GA, where a movie is being filmed about the legendary East Village club. When CB’s closed in 2006, owner Hilly Kristal, who must have known that he was […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on June 6, 2012
While Dave Grohl is working on his own documentary, his bandmate Taylor Hawkins is making his own entrance into cinema. The Foo Fighters drummer has just signed on to play Iggy Pop in a new film about the CBGB club and its founder Hilly Kristal. Also appearing in the film, simply titled CBGB, will be […]
