28. January 2018

Linkin Park/Fort Minor, etc. vocalist Mike Shinoda has now released three solo songs as the “Post Traumatic” EP. He commented of them: “The past six months have been a rollercoaster. Amidst the chaos, I’ve started to feel an intense gratitude–for your tributes and messages of support, for the career you have allowed me to have, and for the simple opportunity to create. Today, I’m sharing three songs I wrote and produced, with visuals that I filmed, painted, and edited myself. At its...

06. January 2018

With the sudden death of his great friend and band mate Chester Bennington, Linkin Park multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda has experienced a difficult 2017. In a new Instagram message, Shinoda looks back on 2017 and ahead to this year. "...It's weird to think back and say: 'Yep, that was unquestionably the worst year of my life,'" Shinoda writes. "We teach our kids: it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. If we lose, we focus on our love of playing. We ask ourselves what...

06. January 2018

Linkin Park, Metallica and Twenty One Pilots are among the top-selling rock artists of 2017, according to Nielsen Music's year-end report. The three acts stood tall in a period that showed a further decline for rock music overall, with R&B/hip-hop becoming the most dominant genre in the U.S. You can download the full report from Nielsen Music here, which states that nine of the top 10 "most-consumed songs" for the year were from the R&B and hip-hop genre. Examining music industry trends...