Weekly Music News 12.02.23
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning February 12, 2023
A new single from "Canine" !!!
The metalcore band returns with a new single after a long silence. The song brings together the members' experiences, together and apart, in the music industry. Music began as something they enjoyed in its purest form, but the pursuit of perfection turned it into hard work, with pressure and plenty of challenges.
Their journey to rekindle their love of music starts now!
After a seven-year wait, "Pierce The Veil" releases its fifth album, "The Jaws of Life", and we are so excited. It follows the excellent fourth album, "Misadventures", released in 2016 to great success and even greater love from fans, as well as the scandal involving the band's former drummer and a difficult pandemic period. The three members have clearly been through a great deal, experiences that have shaped both their musical tastes and their writing. Just as the title suggests, the music has changed, and this album puts that change on full display. Listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
Another new album...
After talking about a seven-year wait, here is "Paramore" with its sixth album, "This Is Why", almost six years after 2017's "After Laughter". Again, the band shows a shift from the sound of its earliest records. The previous two albums had already taken it in new directions after the Farro brothers' departure, with Zac returning for "After Laughter". Now we get another fresh version of Paramore.
Listen to the album on: Spotify, Apple Music
Another new album...
The eighth album by "You Me At Six" explores the difficulties of today's world through the eyes of an adult who still feels like a child. The band takes elements of 2014's "Cavalier Youth" and 2010's "Hold Me Down" and wraps them in an updated 2023 sound.
Listen to "Truth Decay" on: Spotify, Apple Music
Norwegian black-metal giants Mayhem return for one show at Gagarin in Tel Aviv on March 29, 2023. Raven Music is offering the first 200 tickets at a special price. Tickets: here.
Singer Skin received an OBE from King Charles at Windsor Castle for services to music. The Order of the British Empire was established by King George V in 1917, recognising contributions in areas including the arts, charity and science. Skin's honour was first announced in June 2021 as part of the late Queen's Birthday Honours list. Paul McCartney's daughter Stella McCartney was also at the ceremony, receiving a CBE for services to fashion and sustainability.
(Photo: https://planetradio.co.uk)
We love music and we love films and TV, and when they come together it can be epic. Here is one such combination: the trailer for Marvel's new "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", set to "Since You Been Gone" by "Rainbow", from the album "Down to Earth". Once again, a band we love gets a fresh burst of attention through a film connection.
Drummer Bram van den Berg, known for playing with Dutch band Krezip, has been announced as the temporary replacement for Larry Mullen Jr. at U2's upcoming Las Vegas Sphere shows. Van den Berg will fill in while Larry undergoes surgery and recovers from health problems that have affected him in recent years.
(Photo: https://www.radioveronica.nl)
Avi Belleli of "Nikmat Hatraktor" (Tractor's Revenge) released his new solo album, "Hamehager" (The Immigrant), this week. A launch show is planned for March 2 at Zucker Hall in Tel Aviv's Culture Palace, with guests Geva Alon and Galia Hai.
Listen to the album on: Spotify
Only last week we told you how, while working on "72 Seasons", the members of "Metallica" found time to raise millions for their All Within My Hands foundation. Those funds are now helping victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The band's foundation has donated $125,000 each to Direct Relief and World Central Kitchen, a total of $250,000, to support medical aid and food for people affected by the disaster.
(Photo: Planetradio.co.uk)
The band "Megadeth" will reunite onstage with guitarist Marty Friedman for the first time in 23 years on February 27 at Tokyo's famous Budokan. Friedman is due to join for three songs during the show, which will be livestreamed and available on demand for several days afterward. Friedman has lived in Japan for many years and built a highly successful career there.
About a month after the death of David Crosby, his friends Neil Young and Stephen Stills have announced an April 22 performance in Los Angeles with Crosby's son James Raymond, as part of the Light Up the Blues benefit. It is billed as Neil Young's first concert in about four years, after he held back from live shows during the pandemic.
(Photo: Sygma via Getty Images)
The video for Guns N' Roses' classic ballad "November Rain" passed two billion YouTube views this week. The achievement is remarkable: although the song appeared on 1991's "Use Your Illusion I", the video was not uploaded to YouTube until December 2009. In 2018, it became the first music video from the 1990s to reach one billion views. Last year the band released a new version of the song as part of its anniversary box set, with musician and producer Steven Wilson creating a new mix that replaces the sampled orchestral parts with a newly recorded 50-piece orchestra.
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