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NEW MUSIC: BABYMETAL Releases Explosive New Single “Kon! Kon!” feat. Bloodywood

July 14, 2025

BABYMETAL releases explosive new single “Kon! Kon!” featuring Bloodywood. This is the fifth single off their upcoming album METAL FORTH out on August 8 via Capitol Records. They also put out an accompanying music video for the song, filmed at their show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, that showcases their high-octane performance with Bloodywood. They are currently on tour together on their biggest North American tour to date. Tickets are on sale now at BABYMETAL.com. Upcoming Album ‘METAL FORTH’ Out August 8 via Capitol Records Meaning “beyond metal,” METAL FORTH features collaborations with Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello, Bloodywood, Electric Callboy, Polyphia, and Slaughter to Prevail – artists BABYMETAL has connected with while touring the globe. Fans can stream the previously released singles “RATATATA” (with Electric Callboy), “from me to u (feat. Poppy)”, and “Song 3” (with Slaughter To Prevail) now on all digital platforms. METAL FORTH follows 2019’s METAL GALAXY and THE OTHER ONE, their 2023 concept album. PAPER said, “On THE OTHER ONE, the band cracks open the Metalverse, surfing through parallel universes and a dizzying maze that tests their perceptions of truths, lies, and what rests beyond the darkness.” For the first [Read More]

Featured Spotlight: Rocket Ready for Liftoff with Debut Album and Headlining Tour

July 14, 2025

Our spotlight band this week is Rocket, an alt-rock quartet from Los Angeles that’s poised to blast onto your radar in a big way. Their sound—equal parts fuzzy alt-rock and dreamy pop—is both nostalgic and refreshingly new, and it’s about to reach a whole new level. Rocket just announced their highly anticipated debut album, R is for Rocket, set for release on October 3rd via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The first single, Wide Awake, is a powerful intro to the band’s evolved sound—ethereal yet gritty, and impossible to ignore. The band comments, “R is for Rocket is about relationships, the most important part of life; relationships with your friends, your parents, your girlfriend or boyfriend, and most importantly your relationship with yourself. ‘Wide Awake’. is the perfect balance of all the elements of this record, after years in the making and countless versions, we’re excited to finally share it.” Check out the lead single here: Before they launch their first U.S. headlining tour this fall, Rocket will be supporting The Smashing Pumpkins across [Read More]

PARAMORE’S ZAC FARRO RELEASES NEW TRACK & VIDEO FOR “1”

July 14, 2025

This week Zac Farro will release his solo album Operator, his first album under his own name – after years working under the moniker Halfnoise, in addition to his work in Paramore. The album is out July 18 via Congrats Records, a label founded by Farro. Ahead of the release, check out the new video and track for 1 which is an ode to the kinds of people who make a life whole, the weirdos and genuine originals. Zac spoke on the track saying “’1′ is a song about someone being completely and utterly unique. One of one, no carbon copy. When you’re truly yourself it inspires others to be more themselves.” Watch the video below. Last month saw the release of “My My,” an ambling country-folk song about dealing with a family member’s sickness. Stereogum described the song as a “a mellow pop song with a bit of a yacht rock groove, a laid-back Motorik beat, and a healthy dose of twangy steel guitar.” Operator explores timeless, but endlessly fascinating, questions: What goes on in those heads of ours? Why can the simplest interactions [Read More]

Role Model releases The Longest Goodbye (ft. Laufey) and catch him at Outside Lands

July 14, 2025

Our featured video for you to check out is The Longest Goodbye (ft. Laufey) by Role Model. Role Model (Tucker Pillsbury) shared the official video for “The Longest Goodbye” (feat. Laufey). Directed by Neema Sadeghi, the black and white video leans into the song’s nostalgic vibe while reimagining it as a duet. Tucker trades verses with GRAMMY® winner Laufey, accompanied by a band playing vintage instruments. View HERE. “The Longest Goodbye” video made its global broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop and across MTV’s global network of channels, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards. Tucker’s original solo version of the song appeared on Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye), the deluxe edition of his new album, which was released earlier this year by Interscope Records. Check out episode 4 of Tucker’s “No Place Lie Tour Diaries,” which begins with Laufey joining him onstage for a live performance of “The Longest Goodbye,” HERE. On Kansas Anymore, Role Model laid his heart bare and fans embraced him as he grieved his previous relationship on the set of folk-tinged, lyric-driven songs. Awarding the album four stars, DIY marveled that “a record ostensibly about heartbreak [Read More]

Ice Nine Kills unleash new single/video for The Great Unknown

July 9, 2025

Today, RIAA Gold-Certified horror metal madmen Ice Nine Kills unleash “The Great Unknown”, a hard-hitting, high-concept single and video sees the band stepping into the glitching heart of dystopian sci-fi inspired by The Matrix. Watch the official music video for “The Great Unknown” “The Great Unknown” pairs cinematic worship with melodic grandeur, pushing Ice Nine Kills’ signature sound into uncharted territory while retaining the polish, precision, and razor-wire wit that have defined the INKverse to date. The official music video drops the viewer into a parallel simulation—an adrenaline-fueled, bullet-time mindwarp where perception is fragile, control is an illusion, and nothing is quite what it seems. Will you wake up, press play and follow the white rabbit into The Great Unknown or choose the blissful ignorance of The Matrix? Red pill or blue pill. The choice is yours! The release of “The Great Unknown” follows weeks of escalating online speculation surrounding frontman Spencer Charnas’ increasingly cryptic and eerily odd behavior. What began as an unforced marketing misfire quickly snowballed into full-blown internet hysteria, as fans, critics, and commentators dissected increasingly [Read More]

HOPELESS RECORDS AND FAT WRECK CHORDS ANNOUNCE LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP

July 9, 2025

HOPELESS RECORDS AND FAT WRECK CHORDS ANNOUNCE LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP, UNITING TWO OF PUNK’S BELOVED ICONIC INDEPENDENT LABELS NEW MUSIC FROM BAD COP BAD COP, RARE NOFX TRACKS, AND A CLASSIC STRUNG OUT REISSUE LAUNCH THE FAT & HOPELESS ERA Hopeless and Fat Wreck Chords are today announcing a joint effort that unites two of punk’s most influential independent labels. In a full-circle moment more than three decades in the making, the alliance reflects both labels’ artist-first ethos and deep roots in the punk community. As part of the partnership, Hopeless is acquiring the Fat Wreck Chords catalog, but just as important is what’s being left behind. In a move guided by Fat Mike and Erin’s long held artist-first philosophy, all unrecouped balances for currently signed FAT artists will be zeroed out. No strings, no fine print, just a clean slate for every signed band that’s helped shape the label. At FAT’s request, Hopeless will adopt a no-new-signings policy for Fat Wreck Chords, ensuring all focus and resources stay on its existing roster. Fat Mike and Erin will retain the name, Fat Wreck [Read More]

PROFANE ELEGY Unleashes “Haunted,” A Harrowing New Single from Upcoming Album Herezjarcha

July 9, 2025

Pennsylvania-based black metal collective PROFANE ELEGY has released the second single, “Haunted,” from their forthcoming sophomore album Herezjarcha, due out January 30th, 2026. With this track, the band begins unveiling the eight-part sonic descent that defines their most ambitious and emotionally charged work to date. Lyrically, “Haunted” is a meditation on existential dread, a haunting reflection on the curse of clarity. Through blistering guitars, sweeping orchestration, and anguished vocals, PROFANE ELEGY explores the loss of innocence that comes with realizing the inevitability of death. The track asserts that ignorance truly is bliss, and once the veil of illusion is lifted, there is no returning to peace. The single showcases the evolving sound of PROFANE ELEGY: genre-defying, expansive, and emotionally visceral. Drawing from a foundation of black metal, the band integrates orchestral flourishes, progressive shifts, and subtle clean vocal passages to amplify the thematic weight of the song. “Haunted” stands as both a sonic assault and a philosophical lament. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Kevin Antreassian (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) at Backroom Studios, Herezjarcha is shaping up to be a [Read More]