Song Review

The newest single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is an anthem dedicated to a dearly departed friend. It’s half funeral march and half rock ’n’ roll wake.

If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance that you know Nada Surf from a certain ’90s novelty hit, the Gen X’er, ‘Reality Bites’-like high school send up ‘Popular,’ which made the band a flash in the alternative rock pan. And, to their credit, the New York band has continued into a 20-year, seven album career. Their latest record, ‘The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy’ — with a title

Mark Tremonti has quietly served as the anchor to both Creed and Alter Bridge for the past decade and more. Now, he’s stepping out on his own, proving what a triple-threat he really is in singer, songwriter and guitarist form.

The Offspring have debuted the title track / first single from their upcoming ninth album ‘Days Go By’ and it’s what you’d expect from these perennial Warped Tour rockers. Potent melodies, singalong choruses, big power chords, frontman Dexter Holland’s signature nasally vocals and a summer-appropriate energy.

Ten years after the Walkmen released their debut album, 2002′s ‘Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone,’ they return with a brand new record. ‘Heaven’ will be released this June and the D.C.-to-New York transplants have released the title track from their forthcoming album.

Imagine Mad Max shooting down a gnarly Indonesian barrel, cutting up the wave and launching up over the lip toward a blood-red sun. Of any band in the world, who would score such a dystopian surf explosion? For Year Zero director Joe G, the answer was clear: summon Black Mountain to give a stoney headbanging soundtrack, distilled in single ‘Mary Lou,’ (listen below).

‘Look Around’ by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is starting to make its way around radio after having been released as a digital single back in January. The song is the third single from 2011′s ‘I’m With You,’ following ‘Monarchy of Roses’ and ‘The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie.’

The first taste of Marilyn Manson‘s ‘Born Villain’ is upon us in the form of the album’s debut single ‘No Reflection.’