Billie Eilish, The Black Keys, blink-182 To Headline iHeartRadio's 2020 ALTer EGO Event

Chad Wolf of the multi-platinum-selling band Carolina Liar and Grammy nominated songwriter McKay Stevens are The Federal Empire. The duo, whose songs have garnered nearly 40 million streams on Spotify since their debut single, formed when Wolf and Stevens came together to compose songs for other artists, but decided the pairing was too important not to keep some of the material for their own project and The Federal Empire was born with their debut EP called “The American Dream.” The Federal Empire’s video for their witty post-breakup anthem "I Never Liked Your Friends" features Twilight's BooBoo Stewart and Lindsey Stirling. Explaining the writing process for "I Never Liked Your Friends," Wolf said, "We started this project when our writer friend, Keith, came to a session and started talking about how his ex was burning him with one insult after another. The only thing he could reply with was “Screw you. I never liked any of your friends anyway”... and that was it."

Joywave's newest track called “Obsession” came out under a partnership with Marvel Comics. "Obsession" virtually encapsulates the genre-busting history of Joywave into one glorious track, melding irresistible electronic pop with typically sharp social commentary to fashion what lead singer Daniel Armbruster calls “a Cliff's Notes version of where the band has been and where they intend to venture next." "I’m sure I’m not the only person who does this, but I have a tendency to latch onto work, or art, or any number of things, to keep other, scarier thoughts in check. Joywave hit the road with Bastille for a fall tour.

"Hotel Walls” is the latest single from the Swedish duo, Smith & Thell. "'Hotel Walls' is a metaphor for life," said Smith & Thell's Maria Jane Smith. "You check in; You check out. Everything on earth is rented, but while we're here, we should celebrate life, rather than fearing the inevitable death."  Following summer European shows, Smith & Thell return to the U.S. for a fall tour.

Weezer’s latest song, “The End Of The Game” will appear on the band’s forthcoming fourteenth studio album “Van Weezer,” out in 2020 via Crush Music. Front-man Rivers Cuomo explains that the new songs are all about the electric guitar. “It’s like The Blue Album but with more riffs,” Cuomo said. “Metal, hard rock riffs. But it’s still pretty catchy pop rock.” He added that the album includes at least a hundred guitars. “This is all from playing shows, and we just noticed over the last few years there’d be these moments during the show where I’d accidentally bust out a few harmonics or a whammy bar dive or a little tapping just because I can’t control myself,” the singer said. “And we noticed like unlike in decades past, now the audience would go ballistic whenever they’d hear even a hint of that style. So I started doing it more and more. And soon I’m just like shredding through the whole show and we’re like, ‘Jeez, we should make an album like this.'” Weezer will be joining Green Day and Fall Out Boy on next summer's Hella Mega stadium tour.