Day in Rock Report for 06/22/2022

AXS TV have announced that their special 4th of July weekend programing will include the premiere of concert films and documentaries featuring Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam.

Their special Red, White, & Rock! programming will kick off on Saturday, July 2nd and run through Monday, July 4th and will include shows/special focusing on the Sounds Of America. (read more)

The Gaslight Anthem made a surprise return to the stage this past Saturday night with their first full band performance in four years and they are livestreaming the special reunion performance through Saturday, June 25 at 11:45 pm (ET).

We were sent these details: The band surprised 200 fans in attendance at Garwood, NJ's Crossroads (as well as a worldwide livestream audience) on Saturday, June 18 for what was to have been the final night of frontman Brian Fallon's three-show solo run at the sold-out venue. (read more)

The full daily music lineup for Punk In The Park, headlined by Bad Religion and Dropkick Murphys, has been announced for the November 5 & 6 event at Oak Canyon Park in Orange County, CA which features over 30 bands along with craft beer tasting.

The newly added bands include Dead Kennedys, The Murder City Devils, 7Seconds, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic, Good Riddance, Subhumans, Swingin' Utters, Dead Boys, Pulley, The Briefs, Beach Rats, Love Canal and Urethane. (read more)

Atreyu have announced that they will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, "Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses," with a special slate of vinyl reissues.

In addition to returning to classic black vinyl, the album (which features the singles "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black") will also be available in three collectible colorways. (read more)

Wage War have released a music video for their new single "Godspeed". The song comes from the band's latest studio album, "Manic", which was released late last year.

The band had this to say, "'Godspeed' is about finally reaching the last straw and ultimately cutting toxic people out of your life. It's three minutes and six seconds of all gas, and no brakes. It's heavy, it's melodic, it's energetic. It's everything you've ever come to know about Wage War, cranked all the way up." (read more)

The Contortionist have announced that they will be playing two of their albums in full for the first time on their North American headline tour that they are launching this fall.

The shows will feature two full sets from the band for the live performance of their 2014 album, "Language", as well as their 2010 debut studio album, "Exoplanet". (read more)

Alan Jackson has announced Silverbelly Whiskey, a new premium spirit distilled exclusively for - and hand-selected by - the country music icon himself.

Silverbelly takes its name from Jackson's signature cowboy hat - though many may think it's white, the color is technically "silverbelly." Every ounce of Silverbelly Whiskey - created in partnership with Silver Screen Bottling Co. & DSP-KY-10 - is crafted to be worthy of celebrating a career and countless memories for all to enjoy. "I opened the first bottle of Silverbelly; this is what happened," Jackson shares. "Silverbelly - for the Good Times." (read more)

Jesse Jo Stark just released her new single and video, "modern love", (from her forthcoming album, "DOOMED") and to celebrate we asked her to tell us about the track. Here is the story:

"modern love" was started in LA with Matt Schwartz, inspired by all the parties I had to go to that week. LA can be so beautiful and bright, but also has a dark side which added to the song. Sometimes I feel allergic to the environment I find myself in. When we were writing this song, we were visualizing racing down the highway on the hunt for something real. (continue)

(hennemusic) Guns N' Roses performed the "Chinese Democracy" rarity, "Street Of Dreams", during a June 18 show in Prague, Czech Republic, and video of the performance has been shared online.

The song's appearance in the set marked the first time the band delivered the tune in 10 years, as well as the first time with a lineup that included Slash, Duff McKagan and keyboardist Melissa Reese, according to setlist.fm. (read more)

(hennemusic) Roger Waters rocked a medley of Pink Floyd classics on the June 21 episode of CBS-TV's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and video of the performance has been shared online.

Waters and his band delivered "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives" and "Another Brick In The Wall" Parts 2 and 3, from the band's 1979 album, "The Wall." (read more)

Weezer are going Broadway this fall with a short five show residency at The Broadway Theatre in support of their new SZNZ project, their collection of four EPs matching each season.

The residency will run from September 13 through September 18 with each night's show corresponding with a different season's EP, along with classics and live rarities. (read more)

We Came As Romans have released a visualizer video for their brand new single, "Plagued", to celebrate the news that they will be releasing their new album, "Darkbloom", on October 14th.

Josh Moore had this to say about the new track, "We've been waiting forever to release this song, and we're stoked to finally put it out! We finished writing Plagued in January 2020, so it's great to finally share it with our fans. My friend who I do a ton of writing with, Nick Sampson, texted me a little video of this idea for a riff he was working on - and I loved it. (read more)

Rita Wilson has shared her new single, a cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic, "Songbird" featuring special guest Josh Groban. The song will be part of a larger duets/concept album that she expects to release later this year.

The cover was co-produced by Rita and Grammy Award-winning producer Matt Rollings (Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett). She had this to say, "'Songbird' written by Christine McVie has always been a song that has gone straight to my soul. The simplicity of the lyric and melody makes it so powerful. It's as if you're eavesdropping on the most intimate of conversations. (read more)

Polish rockers Riverside have announced that they have entered the recording studio to make their new studio album, which they expect to released in January of next year.

The new record, the follow-up to their 2018 effort "Wasteland," will mark the band's eighth studio album. The group had this to say, "Riverside begin recording new album! (read more)

Machine Head have released a live video for their brand new single, "Unhallowed". The song comes from their forthcoming album, "Of Kingdom and Crown," which will arrive on August 26th.

The new performance video was captured during the band's Electric Happy Hour series. Robb Flynn had this to say, "Drowning in the deepest depression of his life, Eros is at a breaking point. Collecting heartaches, loss, and near psychotic isolation, 'Unhallowed' is the beginning of a powerful shift of our story." (read more)

NYC post-punk outfit Love Crushed Velvet are releasing their new album, "Souls and the Barren Heart," this Friday (June 24th), and to celebrate we asked frontman and songwriter A.L.X. to tell us about the single, "The Future". Here is the story:

While we were in the midst of pre-production for the "Souls..." album, producer David Maurice played me a hook that he'd written sometime earlier which he thought I might be able to do something with. It was a clever, catchy riff that I took home with me and began to build a full song around--which ended up turning into "The Future". At the time, I was in a relationship that had an amorphous, 'on again, off again' quality to it, and some of the lyrics were influenced by that experience--although the song in general is about the underlying escapist urges that new relationships often bring about...and the futility of building foundational expectations around those kind of urges. (continue)