The full concert film from The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Celebration of Life Concert, held July 23 at the House of Blues in San Diego as part of Hasbro‘s Apology Tour, is now streaming on YouTube. Knights of Unicron, Cold Slither, Britta Phillips of Jem and the Holograms, Stan Bush, Sebastian Bach, Brittney Slayes, Francesco Cavalieri, and Vince DiCola, forty years later, it still hits like a truck. Watch the full show now. Continue reading
Ojayy caught up with Gus Rios, the mastermind behind last year’s G.I. Joe Cold Slither record, to discuss his latest project with “Knights of Unicron: The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition,” out July 24, 2026, through Hasbro Music. Gus breaks down how Knights of Unicron, comprising himself, Matt Harvey, and Ross Sewage, rebuilt the iconic 1986 animated movie soundtrack from the ground up to deliver a heavier, sharper, and more powerful sonic experience for the fortieth anniversary. Continue reading
There are some excellent Stoner Blues albums around right now, with enough beef to wake you from that delightful trip around the Mojave on the back of some languid solo work. The name of Memphis quintet The Heavy Eyes speaks of a lull into one of those shamanic stupors, but fourth album Love Like Machines (Kozmik Artifactz) has a ‘bad boy’ image to keep those peepers open. Continue reading