rock/metal news
News: Motorhead to release cover of David Bowie’s Heroes for record store day
On April 21st – aka Record Store Day – Motörhead will be issuing a 7” picture disc of their runaway hit cover version of David Bowie’s “Heroes”, with the art featuring a new “sketch” take on the classic war-pig. The flip-side features “Heroes (the Wacken Family Choir Mix)” with previously unheard audio of the crowd at 2017’s Wacken Festival singing along to the single …
Track: Napalm Death – Call that an option, plus album and tour news
Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death have released a second glimspe of their forthcoming album ‘Coded Smears and Uncommon Slurs’ following on from Oh So Pseudo which we wrote about a couple of weeks ago. The album is out via Century Media on 30th March, on 2CD, 2LP and digital download, and includes a total of 31 …
News: Royal Trux stream three classic albums – available from today
Royal Trux (Neil Hagerty/Jennifer Herrema) are making their entire cumulative catalog (40 lps including Royal Trux, NMH, RTX, Howling Hex, and Black Bananas) available via their new home at Fat Possum. The releases will be made available to the public via streaming for the first time and the scheduled roll out has the first 3 …
Track: Moose Blood – Just Outside, plus album / tour news
Moose Blood have released a new song, “Just Outside”, available as an instant-grat download when fans pre-order their new album I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore, out March 9th via Hopeless Records. The band has released three singles from the new record: ‘Have I Told You Enough’ and ‘Talk In Your Sleep’, which …
See: Black Foxxes release video for ‘Joy’, plus tour/in store news
Exeter trio Black Foxxes have released a new video for ‘Joy’, taken from their forthcoming studio album ‘Reiði’, out on March 16th via Search & Destroy records. Gaining some significant support, not least from Daniel P Carter at the Radio 1 Rock Show, the track has this Grunge feel about it, full of highs and …
News: Queen Kwong Announce European Tour Dates
In support of the new Album ‘Love Me To Death’ , Queen Kwong will be playing a string of European dates in May. The brainchild of Carré Callaway, ‘Love Me To Death’ is set for an April 13th release on Edison Sound. As with every Queen Kwong release to date, the songs on Love Me …
News: Pulled Apart By Horse to play Fluffer Pit Party
Fluffer Pit Parties have established themselves as quite legendary in a very short space of time. Already historical shows such as Black Lips headlining the final gig held at The Coronet, Japandroids playing a secret Dalston basement and further performances by the likes of Spring King, Deap Vally and PINS all shook the capitals live …
Track: Jack White releases new single “Over and Over and Over” ahead of new album and tour
Jack White has released “Over and Over and Over”, his latest single from upcoming album “Boarding House Reach”. A music video directed by acclaimed duo Us, consisting of Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor, was filmed in London this week and is due to be released soon. Fans of Jack White won’t be disappointed by this …
See: Death From Above release video for ‘Caught Up’, plus European tour dates
Death From Above have premiered a brand new video, to accompany their track ‘Caught Up’. The offbeat video is directed by award-winning filmmaker Eva Michon and features DFA “in the midst of a spirited performance while at the mercy of mysterious forces”, fusing “brutal rock and roll attitude with hip-shaking dance-rock”. The single has a …
News: Desertfest London line-up, plus day splits now available
DESERTFEST LONDON have announced their day splits and put individual day tickets on sale, which means you can finally start planning your Desertfest weekend. FRIDAY sees KOKO back in the Desertfest fold and, as the largest venue of the day, it plays host to our retro rocking headliners Graveyard, making their long awaited UK return. Speaking of returns, they’ll be …