“Bruises (Amethyst)” is a perfect summation of Elvis Depressedly’s forthcoming LP, New Alhambra. The track commences with the sound of a YouTube puppeteer spouting prophecies, but soon afterward, Mat Cothran’s ability to pair the painful with the sublime comes to the surface: “And your first kiss...

You are now asked to pick sides between Linkin Park and Sublime’s kinda-sorta-reunion thing Sublime With Rome. Have fun with that. The two bands had a show together at the KMFA Day concert this past Saturday in Tucson, Arizona. And after the show, Sublime With Rome frontman Rome Ramirez took to twitter, accusing Linkin Park [...]

Earlier this week, Metallica did a sublimely weird four-song acoustic set 10th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert, and last night, the band’s frontman did another unplugged performance for charity, this time at the Acoustic-4-a-Cure benefit. Papa Het played four songs, two Metallica ballads (“Nothing Else Matters&#...

We already heard Diplo’s remix of Grizzly Bear’s buried-then-excavated “Will Calls (Marfa Demo).” Now here’s another version of the song as filtered through the mind of Will Wiesenfeld, aka Baths. Like the previous remix, this latest take ups the adrenaline of what had been a sublime slow jam, bu...

Remember when Brian Blessed actually came to the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards to pick up the Spirit Of Hammer award? Pretty awesome, right? So anyway, we chatted to him at the show about some of his favourite metal bands...