NEW ALBUMS
THE DARKNESS – EASTER IS CANCELLED
The Darkness have just released their sixth album, Easter Is Cancelled.
Bassist Frankie Poullain:
A lot of bands have relinquished their duty. Rock and roll is so uniform now. Everybody dresses the same, looks the same, sounds the same. It’s pathetic. It deserves to die. Let’s kill the cliché. Let’s break the crucifix. That’s partly what the album is about.
WILLIAM DUVALL – ONE ALONE
Alice In Chains vocalist, William DuVall has been releasing music since 1984 with several different bands.
Today, he’s finally released his debut solo album, One Alone. His press release describes the album as “a smoldering, all-acoustic affair — part late-night confessional, part living room concert.”
FLYING COLORS – THIRD DEGREE
Supergroup Flying Colors, featuring Neal & Steve Morse and Mike Portnoy. They’ve just released their first album since 2014’s Second Nature
GATECREEPER – DESERTED
Gatecreeper is a metal group who are routinely featured on The Pit on 93X.
Deserted is the second album from the Phoenix/Tempe/Tucson, AZ five-piece.
ISSUES – BEAUTIFUL OBLIVION
Issues‘ third studio album, Beautiful Oblivion, is drawing comparisons to Bring Me the Horizon‘s amo for dipping their foot even further into the realm of pop music.
THE MENZINGERS – HELLO EXILE
The Menzingers are one of those great heartland rock bands who continue to fly under the radar, even with receiving high praise from members of The Gaslight Anthem and Descendents.
Today, they’ve unleashed their sixth album, Hello Exile.
THE PUSH – I LIKED IT BETTER THAT WAY
Surprise! Minnesota two-piece, The Push (previously heard on 93X’s Loud & Local) released their second album on Tuesday.
The new album, I Liked It Better That Way and 2017’s Oh, Victory can both be streamed on Spotify.
THAT DOG. – OLD LP
Old LP is that dog.‘s first album since reuniting in 2011, and their first album of new material since 1997’s Retreat from the Sun.
This week, they released the Three’s Company-spoofing video for their latest single, “Just the Way”.
WHITESNAKE – SLIP OF THE TONGUE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
30 by God years of Whitesnake‘s Slip of the Tongue.
The 30th anniversary box set includes a 6CD/DVD edition which includes the remastered album, unreleased studio recordings, a 60-page hardbound book and much more.
WILCO – ODE TO JOY
Between 2016’s Schmilco and 2019’s Ode to Joy, Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy was able to squeeze in three solo albums. One each in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Stereogum has declared Wilco‘s latest, Ode to Joy:
“…their most stunning body of work since [2004’s] A Ghost Is Born“
SINGLES
ALTER BRIDGE – DYING LIGHT
We’re two weeks out from a brand new Alter Bridge album. This week, their released their fifth single from the album and the official music video to go with it.
HIGHLY SUSPECT – TOKYO GHOUL
Highly Suspect‘s third album, MCID, will be out on November 1 and it’s shaping up to be a peculiar album. In addition to the singles “16” & “Upperdrugs”, the album will feature a collaboration with Gojira.
Add “Tokyo Ghoul” to the mix. The track finds the group collaborating with rapper Young Thug and singer/guitarist Johnny Stevens taking on the rap persona “Terrible Johnny”
SIXX:A.M. – TALK TO ME
Nikki Sixx, who is also a board member for Global Recovery Initiative Foundation, has released a new song with SIXX:A.M. called “Talk to Me”. The new single addresses the stigma plaguing opioid use disorder.