New Zealand's heavy metal trailblazers ALIEN WEAPONRY will soon make their long-awaited return to the states! Elevated by the recent release of their earthshaking sophomore studio album, 'Tangaroa', the band will tour in the US this Fall as a support act for the one and only GOJIRA. The tour will also feature a handful of one-off headlining dates for Alien Weaponry in cities like Austin, Chicago, New York and more!
The upcoming tour will kick off on October 8th in Boise, ID, with the Gojira run ending in Ft. Wayne, IN on November 7th, and the band's headlining dates extending the tour for an additional two weeks, concluding on November 21st in Denver, CO. Tickets for these shows are available now at www.alienweaponry.com. A complete list of dates can be found below.
ALIEN WEAPONRY Tour Dates with Gojira & Knocked Loose:
^ = ALIEN WEAPONRY ONLY/HEADLINER
October 8 – Boise, ID @ Revolution Center
October 9 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock (festival)
October 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
October 13 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
October 14 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
October 15 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
October 16 – Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock @ House of Blues^
October 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre *SOLD OUT*
October 19 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live
October 20 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
October 22 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works *SOLD OUT*
October 23 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium *SOLD OUT*
October 25 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater
October 26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus^
October 27 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
October 28 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory
October 29 – Cleveland, OH @ The Agora *SOLD OUT*
October 30 – Albany, NY @ Albany Capital Center
November 1 – Richmond, VA @ The National
November 2 – Knoxville, TN @ Civic Auditorium
November 3 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal *SOLD OUT*
November 5 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
November 6 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory at The District
November 7 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ The Clyde Theatre
November 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line^
November 10 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge^
November 12 – Cincinnati, OH @ Madison Live^
November 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl^
November 14 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome To Rockville (festival)
November 16 – Austin, TX @ 3 Ten @ ACL Live^
November 17 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill^
November 19 – Tucson, AZ @ Encore^
November 20 – Window Rock, AZ @ Navajo Nation^
November 21 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater^
Run The Jewels have released the Digital Deluxe version of their acclaimed RTJ4 album and along with it, a new version of their modern throwback classic “ooh la la” featuring Lil Wayne. The Digital Deluxe package also includes alternate album art, remixes from Royal Blood, What So Not, the exclusive “No Save Point” from Cyberpunk 2077, plus instrumental & album versions of all original RTJ4 tracks.
Released in June 2020, into a spreading pandemic and less than 2 weeks after the murder of George Floyd, RTJ4 immediately connected with the zeitgeist sweeping society, both domestically and beyond, resonating with critics and fans alike as one of the most important and compelling albums of the year.Debuting at #10 on the Billboard album charts after only 3 days of eligible sales, the album firmly established itself as a mainstay on mid-year and year-end best-of lists, including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Complex, Hypebeast, NPR, SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today and TIME, while also being named Album of the Year by NME and Artist of the Year by SPIN. It is a quintessential RTJ offering - equally bombastic and nuanced, pivoting from incisive social commentary to boisterous hilarity and back with astounding agility, all buoyed by outstanding feature appearances from Pharrell Williams, Zack de la Rocha, Mavis Staples, 2 Chainz, Josh Homme, DJ Premier, Gangsta Boo and more. The group, who recently completed festival performances at BottleRock, Riot Fest and Summerfest, head out on the rescheduled and highly anticipated Rage Against The Machine Tour in March of next year.
“’LIFEFORMS’ feels like it’s designed to change our consciousness, because it is.” - Esquire
“‘LIFEFORMS’ will silence anyone still questioning DeLonge’s musical decisions. An urgent punk record with all the ambition of a band out to change the world, their sixth album depicts a band with a purpose.” - NME
September 24, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, Angels & Airwaves – consisting of Tom DeLonge (lead vocals, guitar/synths), Ilan Rubin (drums/guitar/backing vocals/synths), David Kennedy (guitar) and Matt Rubano (bass) - release LIFEFORMS, their first album in seven years. The 10-song album arrives via Rise Records/BMG.
The band will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 28 and their US tour, supported by Bad Suns and, on select dates, 1990nowhere and My Kid Brother, begins in Riverside on September 29. Tickets and all dates are available HERE.
Listen to LIFEFORMS HERE.
Pre-order/merch HERE.
DRAKE RETURNS TO #1 AROUND THE GLOBE WITH HIS TENTH #1 ALBUM DEBUT
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY ACHIEVES TOP CONSUMPTION & OVERALL STREAMING DEBUT OF 2021 WITH OVER 1 BILLION STREAMS IN ITS FIRST WEEK
CAPTURES #1 ON BILLBOARD 200 CHART, #1 ON TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS CHART AND #1 ON TOP RAP ALBUMS CHART IN U.S.
DRAKE BECOMES FIRST ARTIST TO DEBUT WITH TOP 5 SONGS ON BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART
SETS ANOTHER RECORD WITH MOST FIRST-WEEK ENTRIES ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART AS “WAY 2 SEXY” FEATURING FUTURE & YOUNG THUG DEBUTS AT #1 WITH 9 ADDITIONAL SONGS DEBUTING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE TOP 10
Drake has notched his tenth #1 album and the biggest album debut in over a year with the release of Certified Lover Boy (OVO/Republic). The album has amassed an astounding 1 billion plus streams within its first week with global consumption approaching 1 million units.
What’s more, it has bowed at #1 across multiple charts including #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart, #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, and #1 on the Top Rap Albums Chart,with the #1 Consumption and Overall Streaming Debut for 2021. Certified Lover Boy has smashed the record for “most first-week entries on the Billboard Hot 100” with “Way 2 Sexy” featuring Future and Young Thug debuting at #1 and an unprecedented total of 9 simultaneous entries within the Top 10. This marks the first time in history that an artist has ever debuted with the Top 5 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. It is also the first time an artist has ever debuted with 9 songs in the Top 10 and one of the rare and special occasions when an artist captures #1 on both the Billboard 200 Chart and Billboard Hot 100.
Drake has also set a “new record on Apple Music with the biggest album debut ever on the platform,” surpassing his own record from 2018 when Scorpion opened with 170 million streams. He became the service's “most-streamed artist in a day for 2021.” Certified Lover Boy continues to break records on Apple Music, with three songs from the project “beating the record for most-streamed songs in 24 hours.” “Girls Want Girls (feat. Lil Baby),” “Champagne Poetry,” and “Fair Trade" (featuring Travis Scott) are the three biggest song debuts ever on Apple Music, surpassing Drake’s “Nonstop” from his 2018 album Scorpion. On Spotify, Drake topped his own all-time record for single-day streams with Scorpion notching 132 million single-day streams with this release.
Other #1 debuts include the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, The Netherlands and more. It emerges as his fourth #1 in the UK.
Certified Lover Boy is available everywhere now. Get it HERE (OVO/Republic).
Be on the lookout for more news soon.
Toronto’s Drake remains one of the best-selling artists of all-time and the most influential of his generation. The RIAA has recognized him as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States. Among dozens of honors, he has garnered four GRAMMY® Awards, six American Music Awards, a record 27 Billboard Music Awards, two BRIT Awards, and three Juno Awards. He has broken and achieved numerous records that are most likely to never be surpassed, including “the most Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100,” “the most charted songs of any artist ever on the Hot 100” with 29, “the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 songs in a single week” with 27, “the most continuous time on the Hot 100” with 431 weeks, and “the most Hot 100 debuts in a week” with 22. He released his six full-length album, Certified Lover Boy, in 2021.
BILLY TALENT TEAM WITH RIVERS CUOMO OF WEEZER ON NEW SINGLE "END OF ME" — LISTEN
BAND ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM CRISIS OF FAITH AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE
Juno Award-winning rockers Billy Talent have joined forces with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer on their new single "End of Me."
The song is the latest new music from the band, following a string of recent hits that include the No. 1 singles "Reckless Paradise" and "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)," along with the anthemic prog-inspired "Forgiveness I + II." The new single arrives with a lyric video, which can be seen here.
Click here to hear "End of Me" (Feat. Rivers Cuomo).
"This is a full circle moment for us," the band says. "We've admired and have been fans of Weezer since the Blue Album until now. Before we had a title, this song was originally called 'Hendrix+Weezer,' so it only felt right to ask Rivers to sing on it. The song encompasses the essence of '90s alt rock, which was a hugely impactful and influential time for our band. We're proud of the song and very happy to have Rivers be a part of it."
In addition to the new single, Billy Talent have completed recording and announced a release date for their forthcoming album CRISIS OF FAITH. The 10-track LP was produced entirely by the band's guitarist and main songwriter, Juno-nominated producer Ian D'Sa, in the band's Toronto studio. It was mixed by the legendary Chris Lord-Alge.
The album will drop on January 21, 2022.
Those who pre-order CRISIS OF FAITH will have the opportunity to win a one-of-a-kind Player Series Fender Stratocaster modeled after D'Sa's own Strat. Click here for all the details.
In addition to being available digitally, on CD, and on vinyl LP, a special limited-edition Deluxe Vinyl Package of the new album is available for pre-order. A multi-channel Dolby Atmos mix of the album will also be available digitally.
Pre-order/Pre-save CRISIS OF FAITH here.
Billy Talent are one of Canada's most successful bands. They have sold nearly one million albums in Canada alone and nearly 3 million albums internationally. They have won 7 Juno Awards and have been nominated 23 times, including three nods for their most recent studio album Afraid of Heights (for Group of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, and Ian D'Sa for Producer of the Year). They have also been nominated for 32 MMVA Awards — taking home the prize 10 times. In 2018, the group was honored with the Legends of Live Special Achievement Award, presented by Canadian Music Week. Most recently, Billy Talent have launched the Billy Talent Charitable Trust to give more back to the organizations that the band supports.
Platinum Certified singer, songwriter, and producer Chelsea Cutler reveals her anxiously awaited sophomore album, When I Close My Eyes, will be released on October 15th—pre-save it now HERE. To celebrate the announcement, Chelsea teams up with friend and fellow “Stay Next To Me” tour mate Quinn XCII on her new single, “Calling All Angels,” out today—listen HERE.
Chelsea Cutler wrote “Calling All Angels” with Quinn XCII, ayokay, and Hazey Eyes during a writing trip to Newport, RI, where much of the album was written and recorded. The song rides a dreamy bass line and steady cymbals towards a fingersnap-laden hook. Chelsea says, “My mom used to always say, ‘Calling All Angels’ to me as a kid. It always made me think of protection. The song is a well wish to other people.” Quinn XCII chimes in, saying, “Chelsea and I have been collaborating on each other’s projects for years, and I’m always so honored to be a part of her journey. Every time we make a song together, it feels particularly special because it is always effortless and something we feel our fans will always love. I can’t wait to play this together every night on tour the next few weeks.”
“Calling All Angels” follows Chelsea’s recently released singles, “You Can Have It” and “Walking Away,” the latter of which was lovingly dubbed the “Jeep Song” by her fans after she teased a short snippet of the track on Instagram months before it was released. Together, the songs have amassed nearly 8 million combined streams to date and have been praised by the likes of Entertainment Tonight, UPROXX, Consequence, HYPEBAE, Ones To Watch, and more.
As Chelsea gears up to release When I Close My Eyes, she is currently on her co-headline “Stay Next To Me Tour” with Quinn XCII, which includes two upcoming sold out shows at New York’s iconic Radio City Music Hall on September 17th and 18th. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.chelseacutler.com/.
This exciting new chapter follows Chelsea’s critically acclaimed 2020 debut album, How To Be Human, 2021 brent ii EP with Jeremy Zucker, and a slew of widely praised collaborations over the past year, including “Stay Next To Me” with Quinn XCII, “Little Things” with Louis The Child and Quinn XCII, “Crying Over You” with The Band CAMINO, and “Crazier Things” with Noah Kahan. Stay tuned for more new music to come from Chelsea Cutler this fall!
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES TRACKLIST:
“Forever”
“Calling All Angels” feat. Quinn XCII
“Easy”
“Devil On My Shoulder”
“When I Close My Eyes”
“Walking Away”
“Without You”
“Under”
“Red Flags”
“You Can Have It”
“If I Hadn’t Met You”
“You’re Gonna Miss This”
Ohio quartet The Plot In You — Landon Tewers [vocals], Josh Childress [guitar], Ethan Yoder [bass], and Michael Cooper [drums] —have shared the video for "Paradigm."
The song is erected on a thunderous riff, with nuanced vocals and other unexpected sonic flourishes throughout, like an utterly chaotic and powerful breakdown.
"I wrote 'Paradigm' for another band in 2020," Tewers reveals. "I kept coming back to it with my own vocal ideas and ultimately decided to keep it for myself. 'Paradigm' is about the ridiculousness of worshipping artists and content creators — most of which don't care about impact or message they bring."
The track appears on the band's forthcoming fifth album Swan Song, out September 17 via Fearless Records. Pre-order the album, which follows 2018's excellent Dispose, here.
After racking up over 100 million streams and receiving praise from Billboard, Rock Sound, Alternative Press, and more, The Plot In You have crafted an album that addresses the end of various things and situations in life. It was a way for the members to expunge some negative things from their lives through their art. With this record, the band stared down years of negativity, soured friendships, disappointment, and mistakes and catalyzed those experiences into hammering distortion, towering melodies, epic production, and unapologetically cathartic lyrics. It's an album that their fans and beyond will intimately and instantly relate to.
The Plot In You will return to the road with Silverstein and Can't Swim this fall. All dates are below.
SWAN SONG TRACK LISTING:
"Letters To A Dead Friend"
"Fall Again"
"Face Me"
"Too Far Gone"
"Paradigm"
"Both To Blame"
"Too Heavy"
"Enemy"
"Whole Without Me"
"Freed"
THE PLOT IN YOU ON TOUR:
WITH SILVERSTEIN + CAN'T SWIM:
11/4 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues
11/5 — Royal Oak, MI — Royal Oak Music Hall
11/6 — Pittsburgh, PA — Mr. Smalls
11/7 — Cincinnati, OH — Bogarts
11/9 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall
11/10 — Lawrence, KS — Grenada
11/11 — Denver, CO — Gothic Theatre
11/13 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Depot
11/15 — Portland, OR — Hawthorne Theatre
11/16 — Seattle, WA — The Showbox
11/18 — San Francisco, CA — The Regency
11/19 — Los Angeles, CA — Belasco
11/20 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
11/21 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
11/23 — Tempe, AZ — Marquee
11/24 — Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine
11/26 — Dallas, TX — Gas Monkey Bar and Grill
11/27 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes
11/28 — Houston, TX — Warehouse Live
11/30 — St Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live
12/1 — Ft Lauderdale, FL — Revolution
12/3 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade
12/4 — Charlotte, NC — The Underground
12/5 — Baltimore, MD — Rams Head Live
12/7 — Philadelphia, PA — TLA
12/8 — New York, NY — Webster Hall
12/10 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium
12/11 — Clifton Park, NY — Upstate Concert Hall
12/12 — Toronto, ON — HISTORY
A little over two weeks ahead of the release of their sixth album, LIFEFORMS, Angels & Airwaves release a new song and video titled “Spellbound.” The video, directed by front man Tom DeLonge, uses a laser programming technique called laser banding to create a first-of-its-kind laser-walled cube that the band performs inside of. The song is their fourth new track this year and joins the six album songs, which to date have amassed over 48.6 million streams. LIFEFORMS will arrive on September 24 as the band’s first full length album in seven years, and will be quickly followed by a US tour, beginning on September 29 in Riverside, CA.
DDIE VEDDER UNVEILS NEW SOLO SINGLE “LONG WAY,” FIRST SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM EARTHLING
PRE-ORDER OF 7-INCH LIMITED-EDITION VINYL OF “LONG WAY” AND SOON TO BE RELEASED SONG “THE HAVES” AVAILABLE NOW
PERFORMING SOLO SET AT OHANA FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 25th
RECENTLY FEATURED ON FLAG DAY SOUNDTRACK OUT NOW FEATURING SINGLE PERFORMED BY OLIVIA VEDDER
Today, Eddie Vedder releases a brand-new solo single entitled “Long Way” via Seattle Surf/Republic Records. The song is the first song off Vedder’s forthcoming solo album Earthling.
Listen to “Long Way” HERE and watch the official lyric video HERE.
In creating the song, Vedder worked with producer Andrew Watt in their first collaboration together. Vedder’s iconic vocals shine through as Watt’s production drives home the emotions of the track.
Today Vedder also announces the pre-order of a special limited-edition 7-inch vinyl featuring “Long Way” and soon to be released song “The Haves.” Pre-Order the special 7-inch vinyl version of “Long Way & “The Haves” HERE and HERE via Pearl Jam’s Ten Club.
Vedder has been busy - recently collaborating with Glen Hansard on eight new compositions for the Flag Day Original Motion Picture Soundtrack—available HERE via Seattle Surf & Republic Records. The Soundtrack features noted singer-songwriter Cat Power who contributes three new original songs, along with one cove, and the debut of Olivia Vedder on two tracks. The thirteen-track soundtrack serves as the musical companion to the Cannes Film Festival selected film Flag Day starring and directed by Academy® Award winner Sean Penn and starring his daughter Dylan Penn.
Up next Vedder will be performing a string of festival dates with Pearl Jam including Sea.Hear.Now. Festival on September 18th, Ohana Festival on September 26th and again during Ohana Festival’s Encore Weekend on October 1st and 2nd. In addition, Vedder will also be performing a special solo set at Ohana Festival on September 25th. Full tour dates can be found here at www.pearljam.com/tour.
Be on the lookout for more Eddie Vedder news soon…