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High on Fire are keeping it fresh, with guitarist Jeff Matz delving into some Turkish folk influences on the band’s new Cometh the Storm album, and on Full Metal Jackie’s weekend show, he offered up some of his influences and what started him down this newer musical path. Matz and Matt Pike were the guests on Jackie’s show, digging into how the recent changes with a new drummer and the guitarist’s focus on incorporating new sounds impact the Cometh the Storm disc. In addition, Matt Pike speaks to some of the album’s lyrical themes and what Cometh the Storm means to him. Plus, the guys dig into...
Loudwire
On Friday night (April 19) — the same day of the release of their latest album, Searching For Solace — the Ghost Inside’s Jonathan Vigil and Zach Johnson joined Loudwire Nights to discuss how the band’s 2015 tour bus accident continues to shape their perspectives. “We don’t let it hang over our heads,” Vigil said about the accident, “but it’s something that is a constant reminder — I have a fused ankle and a new ACL. My back’s a mess and Zach’s got his various injuries.” While he admitted it’s an experience they’ll never get away from, Vigil added, “It gives us a whole new lease on what we’re ...
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On the small and tranquil island of Peng Chau, just a half-hour ferry ride from bustling Central, Hong Kong zine designer Forrest Lau finds solace and inspiration away from fast-paced city life. The island with just over 5,700 residents “nurtures” and fuels his creative pursuits, the artist said. Inside Lau’s village house is a small studio filled with dozens of books about zine-making and graphic design. More than ten rolls of tape are neatly arranged on his desk, while papers illustrating the effects of various printing techniques are posted on the walls. Lau’s cat sat quietly next to a pile...
Hong Kong Free Press
Ross Valory‘s aptly titled solo debut All of the Above returns Journey‘s original bassist to his rangy ’70s-era roots. Genres once again serve as mere speed bumps on a free-wheeling instrumental ride that very much connects with Journey’s self-titled debut and their often-overlooked soundtrack work on Dream After Dream. The album was produced by Valory and co-produced by Night Ranger‘s Eric Levy and Jacob Stowe, with musical contributions from former bandmate Steve Smith, Greg Errico of Sly and the Family Stone, current members of Santana, Neal Schon‘s son Miles, and Tubes co-founder Prairie P...
Ultimate Classic Rock
The Exies have unveiled the official music video for their latest song, “For What It’s Worth.” You can watch it in the video player below. “Over 20 hours of footage from ’02 to 2010 was gone through,” frontman Scott Stevens said in a statement about the new video. “It really captures the time of the band and all we accomplished, from Motley [Crue] tours to Velvet Revolver shows — to MTV spring break, Red Rocks, to countless festivals and studio footage.” During the premiere of the video on YouTube, Stevens said it was emotional watching the footage. Later, in an Instagram Live conversation wit...
Loudwire
Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed was just 10 years old when a series of events following the 1958 military coup forced her family to flee Iraq. Her father, the eminent Kurdish jurist and author Ibrahim Ahmed, had already survived one assassination attempt after serving time in Baghdad’s notorious Abu Graib prison on trumped-up charges of insurrection. His novel Jani Gal, written while incarcerated, was widely viewed as a call for Kurdish independence during a time of violent upheaval in Iraqi politics. Her novelist mother, Galawezh, refused to leave her husband’s side and, along with their eight children,...
The New Arab
Jake Diab, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for Autumn Kings, joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday (April 16) to discuss the band’s latest song, “Sleep When I’m Dead,” and what’s on the horizon. “2024 is lots of new music,” he told host Chuck Armstrong with the utmost confidence. “We have six or seven fully finished new productions that people haven’t heard yet. Expect some touring in the fall — not 100-percent, but that’s what we’re looking at.” Subscribe to Loudwire on Youtube Diab admitted that Autumn Kings have been doing things on their own for so long as independent artists that they’re l...
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When I call Wristmeetrazor’s Justin Fornof on Zoom, he pops up on camera wearing a balaclava and a completely pale-white contact lens. This wasn’t an interview that was hitting YouTube or Instagram, and yet Fornof looked like he was in full-stage garb. I compliment his look but clarify that no one else is going to see this, to which he chuckles. “When you do things in terms of your art, everything has to be cohesive,” he says about his appearance. “Even the interviews I do that aren’t filmed, I try to do something.” Not that you would expect a member of Wristmeetrazor, a band with extremely we...
Loudwire
UFO is arguably one of the most underrated bands in hard rock. But there have been plenty of signs in recent years that they’re finally getting their due. Albums like 1977’s Lights Out helped them build the story. As Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers evangelized in the liner notes for the Strangers in the Nightbox set in 2020, it was the British hard rockers who gave him a night to remember, one which remains in his words, virtually unmatched. He had gone to visit his grandmother in Charleston, West Virginia over Thanksgiving Weekend in 1977. Wisely, he spent three dollars to buy a ticket to...
Ultimate Classic Rock
“I think this will put all the naysayers to bed.” Tim Montana joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights Friday (April 12) to celebrate the release of his latest song, “Savage,” and the upcoming release of his debut rock record, Savage. Those naysayers he mentioned are people who think Montana might be “too country” for the rock world. “I went and got a vocal scope after I did the scream in the second verse,” Montana told the Loudwire Nights audience, “and I had bleeding in my cords. I bled for this vocal track.” Subscribe to Loudwire on Youtube As Chuck heard that, he asked Montana if the rest...
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