Tribeca Festival to Open with Billy Joel Documentary


The 2025 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, has unveiled its opening night film, the HBO original two-part documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, co-presented by City National Bank. It will be announced by Jane Rosenthal, (co-founder and CEO of Tribeca Festival and Tribeca Enterprises), on stage at NAB Show’s Business of Entertainment event, in partnership with The Ankler. Keep reading below to find out more.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Magnolia Park – Vamp


The press release can call it “neo-gothic” or whatever they want, but Magnolia Park‘s Vamp (Epitaph Records) is Nu Metal, landing somewhere between Linkin Park, and Oh! The Horror.  What that means in this context is that I really dig it. Continue reading


PODCAST: Glacially Musical 180: Queen’s “A Night At The Opera” – Our Most Controversial Review Yet


Time for our fourth episode on Queen! Hot wax and hot takes about “A Night At The Opera!”Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Frank Turner – Undefeated


A new Frank Turner album is an event. One of the preeminent songwriters of the last two decades, we greet it with high expectations. Not unlike Buck in the book The Call of The Wild by Jack London, life around us becomes increasingly more complicated and vicious daily. Do we become more savage, or learn to “be more kind?” That is often the only question that needs asking. Continue reading


T.M. Stevens, Bassist of 100s of Sessions and Tours, Has Died


 

One of the best and most prolific and coolest bass players in Rock history, T.M. Stevens, has died. He was 72. His colleague, fellow New Yorker, and musician Ronny Drayton broke the news on social media. Tributes have been pouring in from across all musical genres. Since 2017 T.M. was in a care facility while suffering from dementia. Starting out in the nineteen seventies in New York, T.M. was an early wunderkind on bass and received many accolades from bass and guitar magazines. He was also known for his flamboyant fashion sense and persona. Also known as Shaka Zulu, and fronting his own band also called Shakazooloo, his versatility and talent saw him as a member of his original band Space Cadets, as well as a recording and/or touring member of Pretenders, Steve’ Vai’s solo band for the album Passion and Warfare (also featuring Devin Townsend), his peer Victor Wooten, as well as hit albums from James Brown, Billy Squire, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, 2Pac, Joe Cocker, Darlene Love, Taylor Dayne, Nona Hendrix, and over 247 credits according to Discogs.com. T.M. was also a fixture on many rock and metal tribute albums over the years. RIP. Continue reading


5 MINUTE REVIEW: Slipknot – “The End, So Far”


Check out our 5 Minute Review of the new album from  Slipknot  – “The End, So Far” – releasing on Roadrunner Records on September 30th, 2022.Continue reading


Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover “Rock N Roll All Nite” by Kiss for Night 8 of “Hanukkah Sessions”


Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Greg Kurtsin of The Bird and the Bee’s have shared the final edition of their Hanukkah-centric series of covers celebrating Jewish songwriters – Hanukkah Sessions. For night eight watch Dave and Greg cover “Rock N Roll All Nite” by KISS!

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Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover “Train In Vain” by The Clash for Night 7 of “Hanukkah Sessions”


Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Greg Kurtsin of The Bird and the Bee’s have shared night seven of their Hanukkah-centric series of covers celebrating Jewish songwriters – Hanukkah Sessions. Watch Dave and Greg cover of The Clash’s “Train In Vain.”

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Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover “Big Shot” by Billy Joel for Night 6 of “Hanukkah Sessions”


Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Greg Kurtsin of The Bird and the Bee’s have shared night six of their Hanukkah-centric series of covers celebrating Jewish songwriters – Hanukkah Sessions. Watch Dave and Greg cover of Billy Joel’s 1970’s hard rock jam “Big Shot!” 

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Metallica and Greta Van Fleet to Play Las Vegas Stadium Show 


Metallica and Greta Van Fleet will perform night one of a two night event at Allegiant Stadium in February, 2022. Night two will be headlined by Billy Joel.  These shows will take place on February 25th and 26th and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 29th. Metallica shared the news on their socials. Continue reading