"Screw Squeaky-Clean Rock!" Jay Buchanan of RIVAL SONS Teases an "Ultra-Raw" Next Record + Heavy Music News Extravaganza! Ever cranked your amp all the way to 10 and blown a tube? I sure have. In fact, I did it just last week at home, which earned me a lovely complaint letter jammed into my mailbox from my landlord saying "the ground is shaking"—Johnny Thunderstone here! To all my fellow rock fiends and metalheads with permanently ringing ears, we've got another batch of scorching hot, brain-melting news from across the globe this week. Do your neck stretches before reading! --- …

Can't Stop Those Hips from Moving! Kehlani Clinches R&B Song of the Year at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards & Delivers a Stunning Live Performance of Folded! Hey everybody! It's your boy Funky Dave Monroe—the man who sold his soul to the groove gods and blends his morning smoothie to the rhythm of the bassline! To all my funk- and soul-loving brothers and sisters, we’ve got major news. Get your heart rates up and clean out your ears, because our queen Kehlani did it! Taking the stage at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards with her sensational smash hit "Folded," she rightfully took home R&B Song of the Year! Honestly, the moment I saw the news in my kitchen, I busted into a funky side-step right in front of the stove—frying pan in hand—and sent shredded cabbage flying through the air. Zero regrets, though. That's just how directly Kehlani’s groove hits you in the hips! …

Has That Prodigy Really Been Around for 30 Years? From Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Classic Album Re-recording to Buddy Guy's Living Legend Status, the 12-Bar Blues Rabbit Hole Runs Way Too Deep Tonight Late at night, I pour cheap bourbon into a glass and listen to the clink of the ice. ...Well, as suave as I'm trying to sound, in reality, I'm just your writer Memphis Ray, writhing in agony after stubbing my pinky toe on the corner of the desk. Good evening. Life's sorrow is mostly built on the accumulation of petty pains like this. But it's that magical beast called the blues that turns such pain into exquisite art. Tonight, let's pair our drinks with some of the latest blues news from around the globe to keep the good times rolling. ---…

[Age and Genre Don't Mean a Damn Thing When It's Loud! From C.O.C.'s Immortality Declaration to '90s Thrash Madness and Korn Shaking the MLB Mound: A Raging Wave of Metal News!] Tinnitus is a rocker's badge of honor! Hey everyone, it's Johnny Thunderstone—the guy who got chewed out by his ENT doctor for playing guitar too loud and cranked his Marshall to 11 three days later! Opened my closet today only to find an endless sea of black band tees, convinced myself that "they don't change color in the wash so it's basically eco-friendly," and started aggressively hammering away at my keyboard. This week, the heavy metal and hard rock scene is once again overflowing with red-hot news guaranteed to make your neck vertebrae scream! Let's dive right into it! --- …

Your Hips Won't Stop Moving! Celebrating Legend Chaka Khan's Birthday & An Unearthed 80s Funk Treasure That Has All the Funky People Going Wild! Hey, hey, hey! Groove junkies across the universe, how’re we doing?! It’s Funky Dave Monroe, already nursing a mild case of whiplash from nodding my head way too hard to the baseline before even starting to write! I'm back in front of the speakers today to bring you love and blasting funk! Listen up: funk isn’t something you understand with your head—it’s something you catch with your hips! We’ve got some insane news dropping this month, turning my living room into a full-blown dance floor. Let’s jump right in! --- …

Still slinging his guitar well into his 80s, the ageless wonder Taj Mahal announces his new album Time! Timeless roots music rings out while the rest of us are still looking for our reading glasses Late at night, pouring a glass of cheap bourbon, a thought crosses my mind: Why is it that as men get older, they can never seem to escape back pain and the 12-bar blues? We do nothing but click our tongues at the sound of the morning alarm, yet the moment a dry single note from a slide guitar rings out, our posture snaps right into place. For music fans burdened with such deep devotion, some truly magnificent news has arrived. Taj Mahal, a living legend of American music, has announced that his highly anticipated new album, Time, will be released on May 1, 2026, via Resonatin’ Records / Thirty Tigers. Even at over 80 years old, this man's creativity knows no bounds. …

From Triumph's 30-Year Comeback to an Ex-Cannibal Corpse Guitarist's Shocking Confession! Your Ear-Ringing Latest Heavy Rock Bulletin Left my earplugs on the venue floor long ago! It's Johnny Thunderstone, your resident loud-music addict and writer at JOCOLLA Music News! Opened my closet this morning only to find a sea of black band tees. Tried looking for a "plain-ish black shirt safe for a memorial service," only to find a massive blood-soaked skull glaring back at me from the back print—talk about facepalming. But hey, everyday problems like that get blown away in seconds by top-tier distortion and relentless double-bass kicks! Today, I'm dropping a scorching roundup of news from around the globe that'll make you want to crank your amp up to 11! …

Jaw-Dropping News! RUSH Makes a Shocking Return After 11 Years & Joni Mitchell Graces the Stage, While Bob Dylan Randomly Launches a Patreon—Funk Brain in Complete Meltdown!? Hey everybody! It’s time for Funky Dave Monroe, your resident funk addict and party animal whose knees start shaking the second that heavy sub-bass kicks in! The music world tonight is way too groovy and full of information overload! At Canada’s premier music celebration, the Juno Awards, living progressive rock legends RUSH blew everyone away with a surprise comeback performance after 11 long years, while the one and only songstress Joni Mitchell took home a Lifetime Achievement Award and treated us to her singing! ...And if that wasn’t enough, master Bob Dylan sparked utter confusion by randomly launching a Patreon. My brain is in full-blown panic mode with slap bass and clavinet firing on all cylinders! Let’s ride the rhythm and dive right into the truth behind these red-hot headlines! Check it out! …

Bob Dylan for $5 a Month? From Fiery Nordic Blues to Veterans Dominating the Charts [Pour Another Glass Tonight] Another night, another cheap bottle of whiskey cracked open, writing away to the clinking of ice in my glass. Hey everyone, Memphis Ray here. Having tasted life's bitter and sweet, all I’m left with are worn-out records and joints that ache without fail every morning. But turning all that melancholy into pure, top-shelf groove is the magic of the blues. This week brings another batch of soul-stirring news from around the globe. Let’s pour a drink and get right into it. --- …

Gary Holt Declares "EXODUS Crushes Metallica Now" with Pure Thrash Metal Passion, and I'm Nodding Hard Enough to Snap My Neck Tinnitus is a metalhead's badge of honor! What's up everyone, it's Johnny Thunderstone—whose laundry today is once again an endless mountain of pitch-black band tees, to the point where I can't even tell which one is SLAYER and which one is EXODUS! Calling all thrashers and riff addicts! Grab your pain relief patches and start stretching those neck muscles right now. Gary Holt (EXODUS)—the godfather of Bay Area thrash metal and a certified riff machine—just dropped an insanely thrilling and scorching bombshell of a statement! In an interview with the international outlet *Metal Hammer Spain*, master Holt looked back on Metallica's historic mega-hits and evolution from the late '80s to the early '90s. And that's when this cry from the soul came out: …