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Day in Rock Report for 04/21/2023


The Devil Wears Prada will release the deluxe edition of their eighth album Color Decay on May 5 via Solid State. Today, the band has shared the video for the additional song "Ignorance."

The expanded version will be available digitally and on vinyl. It will include 10 additional tracks - a treasure trove that features two new songs, acoustic versions of Color Decay (continue)

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Volumes have dropped Happier? (Instrumental Edition) today, April 21. The album is what its title states - all the songs from their fourth studio album, 2021's Happier?, without vocals.

This instrumental edition allows the listener to focus on the band's massive and beautifully-produced grooves, and is a "must get" for diehard fans. There is surgical precision about the way the music is written, and this translates through the performances of its instrumental members of the band. Soudani takes care of the bass and programming side of things, while Ursich sits behind the drumkit. There is so much articulation and hardly a note is wasted by either member; they're all played and created in a specific way to serve a purpose in the tracks. The focused listener will hear every single thing contained within the music. (continue)

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Against The Current have shared their newest single "good guy." Vocalist Chrissy Costanza describes the track as "all about going from anger to apathy, recognizing that this person that hurt you is too sad to hate," and urging listeners to "don't ignore the red flags, trust your gut."

Recently, Against The Current shared and acoustic version of their track "blindfolded", available to stream now here. The initial release of "blindfolded" was featured on Spotify's All New Rock and Fierce Femmes, Apple Music's The New Rock and Breaking Rock, Amazon Music's Fresh Rock, and other notable playlists, as well as landing the band as cover artists on Spotify's All New Rock playlist. (continue)

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Frank Zappa's incredibly rare recordings, believed to have been planned for a potential sequel to his iconic Hot Rats album, have been unearthed from the vault and compiled as new collection, Funky Nothingness, which will be released on June 30th with the unreleased song "Work With Me Annie/Annie Had A Baby" now streaming.

In 1969, after The Mothers of Invention disbanded, Frank Zappa released his groundbreaking solo debut, Hot Rats. Fusing jazz and rock, the innovative album became one of the artist's bestselling releases, thanks to classic tracks like "Peaches En Regalia" and "Willie the Pimp." Over the following year, in between various projects (including producing Captain Beefheart's debut, Trout Mask Replica, and emceeing Belgium's Festival Actuel, where Zappa met British drummer Aynsley Dunbar), he assembled a core group to lay down tracks at Los Angeles' recently opened Record Plant. (continue)

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The White Stripes are continuing the 20th anniversary celebration of their RIAA Double Platinum-certified 2003 fourth studio album, Elephant, with today's release of a limited edition 2xLP version on Red Smoke (LP1) & Clear with Red & Black Smoke (LP2) colored vinyl. Additionally, get a replica handkerchief inspired by Meg's own hanky from the album cover, as well as an indie-exclusive 11" x 17" glossy promotional poster at select record stores worldwide with the purchase of Elephant vinyl (while supplies last).

A brand-new official music video for "Black Math" also premiered today. Directed by acclaimed cartoonist/animator Wartella (Ozzy Osbourne, The Raconteurs, MAD Magazine) and produced by his Dream Factory Animation, the innovative new visual weaves a variety of groundbreaking digital and practical animation techniques in combination with AI-generated imagery. (continue)

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The Used have shared their newest single "Numb" off of their upcoming album Toxic Positivity, out May 19 via Big Noise. The track tackles the all-too-familiar sensation of feeling too much and nothing at all simultaneously.

The reoccurring line - "does anybody else feel numb?" delivered in Bert McCracken's passionate voice - is as much a reminder as it is a question, searching for reassurance that we aren't alone in this feeling. (continue)

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Fans had to wait six years but now veteran US heavy metallers Jag Panzer are back with full force and yet another sonic preview of their anticipated new album, The Hallowed, set for release on June 23rd, through Atomic Fire Records.

"Stronger Than You Know" is the title of the band's latest single -- chapter four of their upcoming musical saga, a classic five-minute banger featuring an infectiously anthemic chorus -- that can also be enjoyed in the form of a new lyric video by the band's own Mark Briody (guitars). (continue)

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Sony Music is pleased to announce the release of Roger Waters The Lockdown Sessions on CD and Vinyl. The collection of songs were recorded and filmed at home during the Covid lockdown between 2020 and 2021. Also included with the release is "Comfortably Numb 2022" which was recorded during Waters This Is Not A Drill North American tour. The preorder link is available here.

The Lockdown Sessions were produced by Roger Waters and Gus Seyffert. Appearing on the recordings are Roger Waters - Vocals, Guitar and Piano; Gus Seyffert - Bass, Cellos and Vocals; Joey Waronker - Drums and Percussion; Dave Kilminster - Guitar and Rhythm Guitar; Jonathan Wilson - Guitar and Vocals; Jon Carin - Keyboards and Vocals, Lucius (Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig) - Vocals; Bo Koster - Hammond (on all tracks except "Mother") and Ian Ritchie - Saxophone ("Two Suns In The Sunset"). (continue)

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(hennemusic) Metallica is sharing an animated video for the "72 Seasons" track, "Room Of Mirrors." The clip was directed by Tristan Zammit, who also oversaw production of the recently-issued "Shadows Fall" video

Metallica released "72 Seasons" on April 14; the set was produced by Greg Fidelman, and band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. The band will launch a two-year world tour in support of the record in Amsterdam, NL on April 27. (continue)

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The Rolling Stones and ABKCO Music & Records Inc. have today released the official music video for "Child of the Moon," filmed in 1968. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg (Let It Be, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, Simon & Garfunkel's The Concert in Central Park), this surrealist promotional film, which features all five original band members and Emmy Award-winning actress Dame Eileen June Atkins (The Dresser, Gosford Park, The Crown), has been newly restored in both a standard definition color version and a 4K resolution black & white version.

"Child of the Moon," the Jagger/Richards-penned B-Side of the international hit single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (UK #1; US #3), was recorded and released in the spring of '68. Produced by Jimmy Miller and featuring the saxophone stylings of Brian Jones, Mick Jagger described the song that year for the New Musical Express as "a toe tapping, knee twitching, jog-along, country and western influenced mid-tempo shuffler." Shot on a farm near Enfield, outside north London, the eerie music video for "Child of the Moon" is an early example of the narrative approach, when the format was in its infancy, over a decade before the advent of MTV. (continue)

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The Offspring announces a special limited-edition 15th-anniversary reissue package of their acclaimed record, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, out June 16 via Round Hill Records/UMe. Available for the first time on vinyl in many years, this special edition will feature a bonus 45 with two new live tracks recorded at Hellfest in 2022, re-imagined artwork on the cover, and art lithos for each song. There will also be a digital version of the record that will be released along with new animated artwork for streaming services.

At the time of release, Rise and Fall, Rage And Grace cracked the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and went to #4 on Top Alternative Albums in the US, along with reaching #3 in Japan, #3 in Australia, #4 in Canada, and #6 in France. In addition, "You're Gonna Go Far Kid," the band's #1 most streamed track with over 1.9 billion global streams across streaming services, is featured on the album. To this day, it continues to be one of the band's most illustrious records, and the RIAA recently awarded it a Gold Certification. (continue)

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Beartooth - Caleb Shomo, vocals; Zach Huston, guitars; Will Deely, guitars; Oshie Bichar, bass; and Connor Denis, drums - have just unleashed their new single "Sunshine!" and it has all the hallmarks of your favorite Beartooth bangers - cranked up to 11.

There's a supremely catchy, anthemic singalong chorus and a tectonic plate-shifting breakdown that will have you pumping your fist in the air. Say hello to your feel good hit of the summer, courtesy of the 'Tooth! (continue)

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Queen The Greatest Live: "Ogre Battle" (Episode 14). Revisit a classic performance of this hard-rock highlight from the Queen II album, filmed live at Queen's famous London Hammersmith Night at The Odeon concert in December 1975 and showcasing the band's evolving sound and glam-influenced stage wear.

As Queen moved from one era to the next, the band's look always evolved alongside their sound. Every period has its iconic outfits. but the band's glam-inspired aesthetic of the early-'70s stands amongst their most fondly remembered, and in this latest episode of Queen The Greatest Live, a fiery performance of the epic "Ogre Battle" showcases their dazzling fusion of music and styling. (continue)

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Australian metalcore trailblazers The Amity Affliction - Joel Birch [vocals], Ahren Stringer [vocals, bass], Dan Brown [lead guitar], and Jon Longobardi [drums] - recently announced their new album Not Without My Ghosts, out May 12 via Pure Noise. Today, the band has shared the video for the title track, featuring Phem. Watch it here.

The title track is "a song about the way which you can't travel through life without dragging the ghosts of your past behind you, and how they manifest in their various forms," shares Birch. (continue)

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(hennemusic) Neil Young is streaming "High Flyin', a newly-available collection of live 1977 performances by the short-lived group The Ducks, as the latest recording in his Original Bootleg Series.

The project marks the first official release by The Ducks - a group that Neil played with that featured Neil on guitar, harmonica and vocals, Bob Mosley (bass and vocals), Jeff Blackburn (guitar and vocals) and Johnny Craviotto (drums). Mosley was an original member of Bay Area band Moby Grape; Blackburn had previously fronted his own band and co-wrote with Neil the classic track, "My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)". (continue)

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On June 9, 2023, Basque Country melodic death metallers Rise To Fall will release their new album "The Fifth Dimension" via Noble Demon. Today, the band releases the second single from the upcoming album, entitled "Hierophant". The track is accompanied by a brand new music video.

"Hierophant is a very Rise To Fall song, a fast, direct and very dynamic song, with rhythm changes, a lot of atmosphere and a memorable chorus. As always with a very melodic solo and a break full of synthesizers. HIEROPHANT has it all for Rise To Fall fans and for those who don't know us it's a very good way to know what Rise To Fall is all about." (continue)

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Atreyu shares the official music video for "God/Devil" today from their The Hope of a Spark EP out now via Spinefarm. The single, laments a loss of identity, self, and faith, a desperate cry for help from a higher power when the greatest power is already within. "'God/Devil' represents the intense feeling of hopelessness that leaves us as humans feeling so helpless and scared that we reach for anything that will help us alleviate the pain/sadness we are going through," said Atreyu. "When life shows its saddest darkest side we desperately reach for anything we can grasp to help us and 'God/Devil' is the audible version of that."

The 4-tracks embody everything that the band has come to be, to mean, to represent, marking the beginning of the next chapter in the band's story, with assorted pieces of an expansive puzzle still taking shape, form, and focus. (continue)

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Folk-rock artist Malachy Tuohy (The Riptide Movement) just released his debut solo single, "Most Of The Time." To celebrate we asked him to tell us about the song. Here is the story:

"Most Of The Time" is the first song to be released from my upcoming solo album "I Cross This Universe". I wrote and recorded it over the Covid lockdowns, and I think this song best encapsulates that time for me. There was so much uncertainty and anxiety everywhere and such a sense of isolation and disconnection; I wanted to write a song that reflected that feeling. (continue)

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