Tool is hoping to release a new album in 2027 and support it with a residency at the next-level Sphere in Las Vegas, drummer Danny Carey told Spiral Out in a video interview. It would be the follow-up to 2019’s Fear Innculum, which was the band’s third consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Responding […]
Cory Wong is in full professional podcaster mode. Seated in his Minneapolis studio with headphones on, he looks into a giant microphone stationed on his desk nearly as often as he looks into the camera. It’s a classic podcaster stance—and hardly surprising, given that over the last six years he’s hosted more than 100 episodes […]
Gogol Bordello makes music that is best experienced with a crowd. The band’s frenetic, Eastern European-flavored brand of punk is tailor-made for the mosh pit. Ever since breaking out with their Steve Albini-produced 2005 album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, the Eugene Hütz-fronted collective has played bigger rooms to larger crowds around the world. However, […]
Aaron Shaw is one of the “Friends” in Carlos Niño and Friends, and the song titles on the saxophonist and flautist’s new album reflect some the vibey California positivity of that Los Angeles percussionist’s crew: “The Path to Clarity,” “Echoes of the Heart,” “Jubilant Voyage,” “Inner Compass.” Niño shows up to do his...