Sia’s ‘Music’ album tops this week’s new releases Gary Graff, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Sia shares some cinematic music this week, alongside new releases from Florida Georgia Line, Pentatonix, the late Harry Dean Stanton and a buffed-up version of Dua Lipa’s sophomore album (all subject to change).
Album of the Week: The title says it all for Sia’s “Music Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic). The 14-song set, featuring collaboration with Burna Boy on the single “Hey Boy,” does double duty as the Australian pop auteur’s eighth studio album and the companion to her feature film directorial debut, which is up for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
The Weekly Wire playlist is taking its once a month detour from recapping the newest rock and metal songs of the week to bring you not only the best January had to give us, but choice picks from the Loudwire staff so you can dig a bit deeper. Maybe you ll even discover a new band that rules!
Songs THE ESSENTIALS
You know these bands and you probably heard these songs the instant they came out midnight Spotify lurkers, we see you. These were the songs that started your 2021 on a high note:
‘68, “The Knife, The Knife, The Knife”
AFI, “Twisted Tongues”
Joel Hoekstra s 13 is a supergroup (sorry, we re calling it that!) comprised of former Black Sabbath and Dio drummer, Vinny Appice, Symphony X and Adrenaline Mob singer Russell Allen, bassist Tony Franklin (whose credits are exhaustive) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Sons of Apollo, ex-Dream Theater) in addition to the Whitesnake guitarist for which the band is named after. A music video for Finish Line has just been released and it should greatly appeal to fans of ripping 80s metal and stomping melodic rock.
What s best about this song, which leads the band s
Running Games album due Feb. 12, is that it s never egregiously overstepping its obvious nods to so many elements headbangers love about arena-enthused heavy music. There s a little bit of that same feeling you get when you hear the chorus to Journey s Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) and it s great to hear the muscle-armed Appice back in the saddle, pounding away with that unmistakable thunder.
Whitesnakeâs David Coverdale reveals details of two album projects the band plans to release in 2021
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Jan 6, 2021 6:00 AM With Whitesnake s tour plans for 2021 still up in the air, fans of the veteran hard rockers at least can look forward to some cool album releases from the band in the coming months. One of the releases is the third and final installment of Whitesnake s Red, White and Blues Trilogy series of compilations, The Blues Album , which, as its name suggests, will feature select blues-influenced tunes from the group s back catalog.