Random music news for Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Are these ruins the remains of a massive underwater city? Maybe. Is music news for December 23, 2025, interesting? Well, that’s up to you. I did my best. BONUS: This is a real
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Dave Grohl is joined by Beck for his Hanukkah Sessions
We’re up to Night Five of the Hanukkah Sessions, an annual presentation of interesting cover performances by Dave Grohl and his buddy Greg Kursten. Season three continues with this performance of the Beck
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This is odd: Metal and rock songs played on unusual instruments
Clever. I wonder how many takes it took to get this right?
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Dave Grohl is at it again with his Hanukkah covers project: See videos for all 8 days here.
Dave Grohl, the most inclusive guy in the history of rock, has once again embarked with his friend Greg Kurstin to provide Hanukkah entertainment via a new cover for each of the eight
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Metallica releases a special vinyl tribute to Chris Cornell
The Metallica/Soundgarden Venn diagram has come to life with this special vinyl-only tribute released through Metallica’s record club. It features their versions of “All Your Lies” and “Head Injury,” both recorded at an
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This musician has gone viral for singing Linkin Park, Green Day, and others in the style of Eric Cartman from South Park
Seriously, you guys. I honestly can’t believe it’s taken this long for someone to pay tribute to South Park‘s greatest wannabe rock singer, Eric Cartman. His name is Fernando Ufret and his specialty
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Tool riffs played on the hurdy-gurdy. No, really.
Why not? It’s the internet. Behold the work of Michalina Malisz. (Via LouderSound)
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Your niche genre of the day: Bardcore (medieval covers of modern songs)
The Dark and Middle Ages (c.600-1600 CE) had its own sort of music, some of which endures today. For example, elements are essential to some elements of today’s Goth. But there are those
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, May 8, 2020
This is a strange coincidence: The 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles Let It Be album is Mother’s Day. The title track of the album was written about Paul McCartney’s mother.
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Still can’t get enough of Tiger King? Some metal bands take on covers of Joe Exotic’s country songs
I have a theory about why Tiger King has been such a phenomenon on Netflix: With all of us living such a weird existence in the midst of COVID-19, we need something even
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Random music news for Saturday, August 3, 2019
On this day in 1977, the Tandy Corporation (parent of Radio Shack–remember them?) released the TRS-80, one of the first mass-produced personal computers. On to music news for August 3, 2019. Even though
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