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.
It was until January 2014 that the service was fully launched, with Reznor serving as chief creative officer.
In early 2014, it was announced that Guster was recording its seventh studio album under the production of The Shins keyboardist Richard Swift . Guster announced that the album was finished on April 8, 2014, and would be independently published on their Ocho Mule label. Guster released Evermotion on January…
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On October 7, 2014, Perry released his autobiography Rocks: My Life in and Out of Aerosmith , co-written by David Ritz. Perry promoted the book with a book-signing tour that took him to 14 locations across the United States in the month of October. On February 26, 2015, Aerosmith premiered…
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In the summer of 2014 Kent held their own festival called Kentfest in Gothenburg and Stockholm.