Stereogum — Ian Brown, frontman of the Stone Roses, was supposed to headline the Neighbourhood Weekender festival in Warrington, England. The fest, originally scheduled for May 2020, was postponed to September 2020 and then May 2021, with Brown still on the lineup. Today, though, it’s been postponed once again to September 2021. And this time, Ian Brown has pulled out of the festival entirely — because Neighbourhood Weekender will require attendees to provide proof of COVID vaccination. more info

Stereogum — Adam Levine, lead singer of the band Maroon 5, is sad that there are no bands anymore. In a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music to discuss Maroon 5’s new song “Beautiful Mistakes” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Levine laments the lack of bands in the current pop landscape and waxes nostalgic about the halcyon days of bands, like Avril Lavigne: more info

Stereogum — Kings Of Leon are the latest musicians to hop aboard the NFT (or “non-fungible tokens”) train. The band are releasing a new album, When You See Yourself, this Friday, and today they’ve announced it will be accompanied by a digital art collection called NFT YOURSELF. more info

Stereogum — The New York band Small Black were part of the original chillwave explosion of the late ’00s and early ’10s, and they’ve been quiet ever since the release of their 2015 album Best Blues . Next month, Small Black will return with the new album Cheap Dreams, and we’ve already posted their singles “Tampa” and “Duplex.” Today, the band has shared another new track, and it’s a wistful one. more info

Stereogum — Jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith and Iggy Pop have come together to cover Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman,” which will appear on Smith’s new album Breathe, which is out at the end of this month. more info

Magnet Magazine — 35 years ago today, Metallica released Master Of Puppets. Welcome home. Read our recent Metallica live review: The post Metallica Released “Master Of Puppets” 35 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Last year, the cantankerous rock legend Van Morrison got extremely mad about the idea of COVID lockdowns. He released a statement about the “pseudo-science” of pandemic-control measures, and he went on to record a series of songs, including “Born To Be Free” and the Eric Clapton collaboration “Do You Want To Be A Slave?,” that explicitly targeted the lockdown. Morrison also attempted to mount a legal challenge against Northern Ireland’s live music ban. Today, Morrison announced a new double album, and it won’t feature any of those anti-lockdown songs that he released last year. It will, however, feature at least one song with a truly troubling title. more info

Stereogum — Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the great leftist post-rock collective from Montreal, operate in the shadows. In the space between albums, you can never tell if or when they’re going to return. Today, we get the extremely welcome news that they are returning. In one month, the band will follow up their 2017 album “Luciferian Towers” with a new one called G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! This one will be spread across one 12″ LP and one 10″ record, and it’ll feature four tracks, two of which hover around the 20-minute mark. more info