Weekly Music News 07.05.23
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning May 7, 2023
The queen of Israeli rock, Ninet Tayeb, joins Assaf Amdursky and "Garden City Movement" for a new song, "Horeget" ("Killing"). They describe it as an almost accidental studio meeting that turned into a creative session, producing the song and its wild video. Amdursky says: "Ninet and I had not met in a recording studio since 2007, and even the song we wrote and recorded back then we chose to shelve. Perhaps rightly so. Many years have passed; we have both taken ourselves apart and put ourselves back together, as musicians and as people. We came to this meeting, together with the talented Yoni and Roy, without preconceptions, defenses or expectations, open and curious and confident enough to show one another how much we love."
The band "Avenged Sevenfold" releases another single, "We Love You", from its anticipated album "Life Is But a Dream...", due June 2. This time the song comes with an official 360° virtual-reality video, best watched with a VR headset. Leaving the video aside for a moment, the song's stylistic variety blew us away. Tell us which bands it reminds you of...
The band "Motörhead" gives its rare 1998 cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" its first streaming release. To mark Motörhead Day on May 8, the band released the cover, originally recorded for wrestling company ECW and issued on its 1998 compilation "ECW Extreme Music".
This week "Twisted Mind" released a cover of Noa Kirel's "Unicorn" as part of the "Rocking Israel" project. Musical production and mix: Omer Lempert Music Producer. With a tailwind like this from Twisted Mind, all Noa has left to do is leave the other contestants in her dust at tomorrow's Eurovision final.
We admit we are biased because we love Marvel, but you have to watch the new "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" just for its excellent soundtrack, which fits the film's amazing scenes perfectly, including one that left our jaws on the floor when Billy Gould's incredible bass came out of the speakers!!!
You can also hear the soundtrack on streaming services. Search for "Awesome Mix Vol. 3".
"Nothing But Thieves" releases another new single as its big campaign for the forthcoming album "Dead Club City" gets underway.
Well, we still do not know how to react to this, but "Thirty Seconds To Mars" releases a new single, and it is a pop song that did not move a single hair in our ears. The band has also announced its sixth album, "It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day", its first since 2018's "America", due September 15. Alongside the announcement, Jared Leto and company released a video for the new single "Stuck". What can we say? Sadly, it really does sound stuck to us...
And here is something else to balance out your morning. "Mammoth WVH", the project of Wolfgang Van Halen, releases a new single, "Like a Pastime". Following the amazing "Another Celebration at the End of the World", Wolfgang shares another song from the forthcoming second album, "Mammoth II". As he explains, the song has a 4/4 time signature with a polyrhythm over it, accented by the kick drums. Wolfgang adds that it is certainly one of his favorites, with a completely different vibe from anything on the first album.
After performing several songs from his forthcoming album "CMF2" on tour, Corey Taylor announces the first single from his second solo album. The Slipknot singer is due to release a new song and video, "Beyond", next Tuesday, May 16. It is not an entirely new song: it was originally performed in 2009 with Corey's former side project, Corey Taylor & the Junk Beer Kidnap Band, but has since been reworked for "CMF2", due later this year.
Well, we did not expect this, certainly not as an item in our weekly music news. Country legend Dolly Parton unveils her first-ever rock album, with a huge, star-studded tracklist including, hold on tight: Richie Sambora, Rob Halford, Nikki Sixx, Steve Perry, John Fogerty, Peter Frampton, Debbie Harry, Elton John, Sheryl Crow and many, many more...
The album, "Rockstar", has 30 tracks: 21 covers and nine originals. Lead single "World on Fire", released yesterday, is one of the original songs on the album, due November 17.
Sad? "Sum 41" have announced their breakup, but they are giving fans the chance to say a proper goodbye. The Canadian pop-punk legends announced that after releasing the much-anticipated double album "Heaven :x: Hell", which has no release date yet, they will embark on a final tour and disband. The band posted a statement saying:
"Being in Sum 41 since 1996 brought us some of the best moments of our lives. We are forever grateful to our fans both old and new, who have supported us in every way. It is hard to articulate the love and respect we have for all of you and we wanted you to hear this from us first."
If you ask us, they should have split up in 2037, so they could properly finish with a "Sum 41" of years since their formation 😍
Assaf Sarig of Eifo HaYeled? released an album this week, "Kotzim VeKikayon" ("Thorns and Castor Oil Plants"), with his band Assaf Sarig and the Walkie Talkies. Recorded between 2019 and 2022, the album was produced by Sarig, who wrote the music and plays guitar and sings. Joining him in the Walkie Talkies are Eitan Radushinsky on bass, Tuval Brown on drums and Ran Yeshurun on guitars.
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