Merchbar Minute: Metallica's Month Of Giving, Lady Gaga Announces New Release Date

Metallica's Month of Giving

Metallica's "All Within My Hands Month Of Giving" is underway, with the band planning special content and merch to support organizations responding to the COVID-19 crisis. You can get invovled and check out all of the details right over here. 

Lady Gaga Announces New Release Date

Lady Gaga's sixth studio album was announced, then pushed back indefinitely, but now has a new release date. Gaga let fans know that Chromatica will be out May 29, giving ample time for all the Little Monsters around the world to prepare. 

From Under The Cork Turns 15

The year is 2005 and it's essentially impossible to escape the voice of Patrick Stump and Fall Out Boy's smash single "Sugar, We're Going Down." This retrospective on the album was like stepping into a time machine, a time when Myspace was the dominant social media site and if you didn't have a T-Mobile sidekick you were light years behind.

Every week we take to Google Trends to see what people are searching for. Are people looking for WD-40 or E-40? What about Lil Yachty vs. Boat Rentals? Are people yawning, or looking up Yanni's discography? What's more popular; NASCAR or Coachella?  

I won't lie; before joining forces with Merchbar The Grateful Dead were more myth than tangible to me; godparents of an era and culture. That has (thankfully!) changed since then, and I can now fully appreciate the genius of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. I can also appreciate a good pint of Cherry Garcia ice cream, which leads us to this weeks Music vs. The World. 

Ben & Jerry's may have the ice cream market cornered on this one, but they've got nothing on Captain Trips himself. Legends live forever.

Check out Joe's awesome collection of music goodness, which couldn't be contained to just one picture. It's got a little bit of everything; from an awesome sound setup, to filled up vinyl cubes, to envy-inducing framed vinyl sleeves. Truly a collection to be proud of.

Thank you very much for sharing, and as always, thank you to everyone who continues to send in awesome fan pics!

Two of the greatest guitarist to ever pluck the strings, together, in San Francisco, in 1968? Yes, this shot of a young Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia is a sight to behold. How could we pass this one up?