For the most part, this approach would remain consistent for the remainder of the band’s lifetime. In early 2014, the band’s repertoire included songs from the run of albums between In the Court of the Crimson King and Larks’ Tongues in Aspic for the first time since 1974, as well…
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In 2014, Gotye performed with Tex Perkins and Nicky Bomba in support of The Thin Green Line Foundation. He also launched Spirit Level , an independent record label with Tim Shiel , signing American band Zammuto . Later in 2014, De Backer claimed in an online newsletter that “there will…
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On March 21, 2014, in tweets released by Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, and Slash , it was announced that Aerosmith would be touring North America with Slash (along with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators) in the summer of 2014. This followed a 17-date European tour that Aerosmith took from May…
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the album itself received the 2014 ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album
On September 16, 2014, a biography of the band was released via Akashic Books titled Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine: Insight into Primus and the World of Les Claypool , written by music journalist and author Greg Prato in affiliation with Primus. The book chronicles the band’s career alongside Claypool’s…
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“Love Parade” and “Steppers -Parade-” were released as a non-album double A-side single on January 22, 2014. Buck-Tick’s thirty-fourth single “Keijijou Ryuusei” was released on May 14, and was followed by their nineteenth studio album, Arui wa Anarchy , on June 4. The album’s 28-date tour ran from June 18…
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The Endless River was released in the following year. Though it received mixed reviews, it became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK and debuted at number one in several countries. The vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl release of 2014 and the fastest-selling since 1997.…
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2014 saw the band head out on tour again in Europe and the UK, before playing a few more one-off support slots and festival appearances in the summer. They made their debut at Download Festival and supported the Used at an intimate London show.
On May 12, 2014, in an interview at the MusiCares benefit concert, Slash told journalist Lucas H. Gordon that he “think[s] [they’re] gonna audition a singer” in the future. However, he also stated that he would be touring with his solo band “for the next year and a half.”
At the 2014 Juno Awards , Reflektor won Album of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year.