THE PRETTY RECKLESS have announced their fourth album “Death By Rock And Roll”. The album will arrive on February 12th, 2021 via Century Media Records worldwide, excl. USA. Pre-orders are live here: https://tpr.lnk.to/DeathByRockAndRoll
The album, which follows 2010’s “Light Me Up”, 2014’s “Going to Hell”, and 2016’s “Who You Selling For”, is titled after the first single, which rocketed to No. 1 on the rock charts in the US and held strong for several weeks. It marked the fifth No. 1 single of the band’s career and was heralded by Paper, Loudwire, CNN, Forbes, and more. The band also has the incredible and impressive distinction of being the first female-fronted band to have back-to-back No. 1 singles at the active rock format and the first female-fronted act to have five No. 1 singles on the Billboard chart.
The band has shared the brand new song “25.”Listen here:
“’25’ is an interesting song that came from a lot of different places,” powerhouse singer Taylor Momsen says. “It was the first song we recorded for the record in early 2019. I had just turned 25 when we wrote it. In a way, it’s an autobiography and hopefully shows that this album really ventures out into new territory with the music.”
“DEATH BY ROCK AND ROLL” TRACK LISTING: “Death By Rock And Roll” “Only Love Can Save Me Now” “And So It Went” “25” “My Bones” “Got So High” “Broomsticks” “Witches Burn” “Standing At The Wall” “Turning Gold” “Rock And Roll Heaven” “Harley Darling”
STEVE LUKATHERaka “Luke” and JOSEPH WILLIAMS will release individual solo albums on February 26, 2021 via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group. Both artists have made significant contributions to the other’s album.
Earlier this year, the label presented “Run To Me” from Luke’s forthcoming release I Found The Sun Again, which can be viewed here:
Today, the first reveal from Williams’ album titled Denizen Tenant has hit streaming platforms globally. To hear the song “Never Saw You Coming”, and view the video produced by the artist himself click here:
Williams shares, “’Never Saw You Coming’ is my first opportunity in ages to show my true sound. Although my album is an eclectic collection of songs, this one tells you what you need to know to get a real sense of the whole. You can see where I’m going vocally for sure. It all starts with ‘Never Saw You Coming,’ plus I thought it was time we had a cool sexy song about death! Enjoy…”
Steve Lukather’s solo album titled I Found The Sun Again was co-produced by Ken Freeman, who also both engineered and mixed the new collection of repertoire. The players feature many dignitaries that have been in Luke’s life for decades. Amongst those are drummer Greg Bissonette, keyboardist Jeff Babko, and bassists Jorgen Carlsson and John Pierce. Life-long friend and Toto band-mate David Paich performs piano and organ across the album, while Joseph Williams sang on multiple tracks alongside writing string and horn arrangements and tracking keys on the aforementioned “Run To Me.” Both Paich and Williams co-wrote that specific composition, while friend and band leader of the All-Starrs, Ringo Starr makes a special appearance on the recording and in the video. Other co-writers include Stan Lynch, Jeff Babko, and of course Joseph Williams.
Luke shares, “Never had so much fun recording in my life. Painless, fun and easy – and it just flowed.” The repertoire features five new original compositions, and three covers personally selected by Luke. Those are Traffic’s “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys,”Joe Walsh’s “Welcome To The Club,” and Robin Trower’s “Bridge of Sighs.” Lukather offers in the liner notes, “ALL these tracks were cut LIVE – no clix – no fix – No rehearsal – one run thru – and record and the whole record was take 2. I did double a few guitar parts and ‘produced up’ a few tunes that are obvious but in the same time frame. I recorded the lead vocal right after we got the take same day. One song a day. Joe took it home and did some BG vocals but that’s it. I wanted to make as honest a record as I could in 2020 with 1970’s inspiration, and recording values, and techniques with a modern sound. Ken did that!” A portion of the proceeds from this album will be directed to The Ed Asner Family Center for Autism. For more information please visit https://www.edasnerfamilycenter.org/ .
Joseph Williams’ Denizen Tenant was self-produced outside of the compositions “Black Dahlia” and “No Lessons” which were arranged and produced by Jay Gruska and mixed by Dave Way. The musicians and singers who made contributions in the studio reads like a who’s who of players that have been in the artist’s life over the past four decades. Amongst these contributors are band-mates from Toto David Paich and Steve Lukather. Simon Phillips, Leland Sklar, Lenny Castro, Nathan East, all of whom enjoyed tenures in Toto are also featured players on the album. Additional contributions include performances by Oscar Bugarin, Jay Gruska, Mike Landau, Barbara Gruska, Steve Overton, Dylan Ronan, Hannah Ruick, Steve Tavaloni, Weston Wilson, Ray Williams, and Mark T. Williams. The album was produced and mixed at Digbyroad Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA.
Denizen Tenant features a dozen new recordings. Amongst these are a cover of The Beatles“If I Fell,” which Williams cites as the one specific song that taught him about the power of harmonies and vocal arrangements. On Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up,” a very special guest performance is featured in his daughter Hannah laying down a vocal track. Across the recorded repertoire, there is a consistent presence of performances by guitarists Steve Lukather and Mike Landau alongside percussionist Lenny Castro. Williams reflects, “Mike Landau has been playing on my music since I was a teenager and he just knows what to do. His parts always inspire me. They help move me to the next step in the writing process. Steve Lukather is like this as well.” In reference to Lenny, he offers, “He knows exactly what is needed and he will give me so many choices. I always get what I want. Like Mike Landau I’ve been working with Lenny since I was a kid.” The record is a part of the continual, on-going collaboration of the triumvirate of Lukather/Paich/Williams. Williams co-wrote “Liberty Man” with Paich, while the keyboardist performed Hammond B3 on “Black Dahlia,” and shares, “I love writing with Dave. On this tune, like many others, we spent hours talking about history, religion, music, literature, movies etc. Always leading us like excited kids to a subject or concept for the song. Then we start throwing out phrases, collecting and discarding ideas. Shaping and reshaping melodies along the way.” There are so many contributors with deep connections and history with the artist, all of whom have a significant footprint on Denizen Tenant. For a complete overview, click here: https://joeswill.com/liner-notes/.
The recordings will be available individually on both CD and LP, alongside on all streaming services globally. A limited-edition deluxe edition is available with the two titles bundled together. The pre-order is now live and available here: https://smarturl.it/Steve-Lukather and https://smarturl.it/JosephWilliams.
Luke and Williams hope these albums present an enjoyable experience when listened to on shuffle.
Steve Lukather – I Found The Sun Again tracklisting Along For The Ride Serpent Soul The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Journey Through Welcome To The Club I Found The Sun Again Run To Me Bridge Of Sighs
Joseph Williams – Denizen Tenant tracklisting Never Saw You Coming Liberty Man Denizen Tenant Wilma Fingadoux Black Dahlia (feat. David Paich) Don’t Give Up (feat. Hannah Ruick) The Dream Remember Her (feat. Steve Lukather) No Lessons Mistress Winter’s Jump If I Fell (feat. Steve Lukather) World Broken
Italian blues rockers BOOGIE BOMBERS will release their new album “Boogie Bonanza” on November 20th via Volcano Records.
BOOGIE BOMBERS are born from the blues and grown over the years with love, anger, passion and everything you need to get to the heart of the listener. Someone said it would be a crime not to share something so powerful and the Boogie Bombers are here for that. To tell about our time and the stories of which it is made, to let you dance on it or to free yourself from your daily blues bombing them with the right rhythm.
Italian bass master and composer ALBERTO RIGONI (solo, BAD AS, NATURAL BORN MACHINE, Bassists Alliance Project, Vivaldi Metal Project, The Italians, Kim Bingham) has a pleasure to announce that the legendary bass player DOUG WIMBISH will join his 10th solo album line-up! Doug is known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician with artists such as The Rolling Stones, James Brown, etc, to name a few.
Alberto stated: “Dear friends, great news! I’m super excited to announce that the legendary bassist Doug Wimbish has joined on song of my upcoming 10th album! What he has recorded is absolutely gorgeous… are you ready to face a new bass experience???”
[Photo credit: Anima Nigra Photography]
“To support the production (recordings, mix & mastering, artwork design etc, I’ve launched a fundraising campaign. Here’s the link: http://www.albertorigoni.net/justbass The campaign will end on November 30th. Would be amazing if you could support with a pledge! Thanks so much, Have a great weekend and stay safe!”
He is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of the metal band BAD AS, The Italians, Lady & THE BASS, co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project and ex member progressive rock band TwinSpirits (no more active). His solo albums, released worldwide between 2008 and 2020): Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys, Overloaded, Bassorama, Duality and EvoRevolution, Prog Injection, Odd Times, floating between progressive rock metal and fusion, also featured by legendary musicians such as Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen), Michael Manring, Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Paul Gilbert) and many others.
Alberto has also recorded for several international artists such as Italian pop singer Alexia and is now playing bass for Canadian rock singer and songwriter Kim Bingham (Nelly Furtado) and The Italians, sharing stages with artists such as Alan Parsons, Suzanne Vega, Jørn Lande, Paul Gilbert and others.
Finnish Rockers GENTLE SAVAGE, formed in 2013, have revealed the title + story behind it, for their upcoming debut album, out in February 2021.
“Gentle Savage’s upcoming debut album is titled, ‘Midnight Waylay’. It’s a way of describing an ambush at midnight, or going to a rock show; you never know what’s going to happen out there.
Midnight Waylay depicts a ‘taking it easy in the daytime, turning into a beast at night’ kind of lifestyle. Just like a hunter strikes from the shadows, ruthless and silent, these songs can without warning rock your world.
As a concept the album Midnight Waylay is best appreciated when served whole, but each song has its own character and works well independently. Find your own adventure, let yourself loose!”
Furthermore, the band announces that their new animated music video for the song ‘Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll transformation’ will be unleashed on November 27th 2020! So, stay tuned and follow the Bunny to the underworld! 🤘
More information will be revealed soon.
Just recently, GENTLE SAVAGE released the gripping lyric video for their latest single ‘Run Run Poor Boy’, taken from the band’s upcoming debut album, and now available on all major streaming services. In case you missed it, watch the lyric video here: http://hyperurl.co/RunRunLyricVideo
Vocalist Tornado tells that “Run Run Poor Boy is a multilayered story about humanity at its barest!”
‘Run Run Poor Boy’ single coverart was created by Vin Valentino, this is what the band has to say about it: “The idea behind this picture was to represent the feeling of ‘Run Run Poor Boy’ as good as possible with only one single frame. Our colleague Vin Valentino did a brilliant job by making the cover look emotional and informative. One can really find ‘Run Run Poor Boy’s message and feeling in that one picture. And what about you, how does this single cover make you feel?”
“It is all about the songs. And their internal message. That’s the basic philosophy behind Gentle Savage.”
GENTLE SAVAGE’s first single ’Karelian Magic’, released in April 2019, turned out to be a fairly personal love song with a universal theme; every man that loves a woman knows what it feels like to be under her spell. ’Karelian Magic’ was released with a music video directed by Saku Petteri Perintö from Lumifilms. The video is a modern fast paced brain twister. It was widely appraised around the world and also on YouTube. ‘Karelian Magic’ became the song the band is known for, however there’s more to Gentle Savage.
’Treat yourself and let our magic in. We’ll take care of the rest’.
GENTLE SAVAGE are: Tornado Bearstone, songwriter, vocals and guitar Jay B, drums and backing vocals Vance Bead, bass and backing vocals Tim O`Shore, guitar and backing vocals Theo van Boom, keyboards and backing vocals
Featuring a guest appearance by Mark Lanegan; announces creation of their own record label, Red Creek – now distributed by Metal Blade Records in North America and Season of Mist in Europe.
On February 5th, Cult of Luna will release a new EP, entitled The Raging River, via Red Creek (red-crk.com) – the band’s newly created record label, which will be physically distributed by Metal Blade Records (in North America) and Season of Mist (in Europe). Pre-order The Raging River now at: metalblade.com/cultofluna (North American ltd edition pre-order; vinyl & CD) and red-crk.com (limited editions, band merch & more).
Cult of Luna comments: “After more than 20 years of touring, releasing albums and experiencing different kinds of deals and aspects of the music industry, we believed that it was the right time for us to seek more freedom and to reduce the distance between us and our audience. So, in 2020, Red Creek was born. It has been created as a safe home for our art, but we wanted to do more and offer our experience, expertise and network to the artists we love and believe in. Therefore, we gathered talents and partners around us to create a crafted solution to our needs that is adaptable also to the needs of other artists. Red Creek will be our home; if you’ve been with us for 20 years or 2 days, this will be your home too. We’re also pleased to team up with great companies such as Metal Blade for the distribution in North America and Season of Mist for the distribution in Europe.”
Red Creek’s debut release, The Raging River, is a seamless continuation of the writing process and the creative mindset that has guided Cult of Luna for the last couple of years. “‘The Raging River‘ feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019’s ‘A Dawn to Fear,'” the band adds. “It’s been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. But not only has it been a linear journey; some aspects of it are also clearly circular. For example, we have been a fan of Mark Lanegan for many years. So in 2005, when we wrote the song ‘And With Her Came the Birds’, we had his voice in mind, and the working title was ‘The Lanegan Song’. But we were not many years over 20, and our lack of self-confidence prevented us from even daring to ask. It took fifteen years for us to get the guts to ask him. Hearing his voice on ‘Inside Of A Dream’ is nothing more than feeling that we’re inside of a dream.”
The Raging River track-listing Side A -Three Bridges (8:45) -What I leave Behind (5:58) -Inside of A Dream (3:20) – featuring Mark Lanegan
Side B -I Remember (8:09) -Wave After Wave (12:22)
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