![Alestorm, “Fucked with an Anchor”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 8 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Napalm Records Handels GmbH, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Vinícius Caricatte]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/alestorm-fucked-by-an-anchor-outlandish-rock-8.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
On the 8th edition of Outlandish Rock (2021), we explore the outlandishness behind “Fucked with an Anchor” by Scottish metal band, Alestorm.
![Wacky Wednesday [Photo Credits: alehidalgo, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, taniarose]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wacky-wednesday-alt-j-hit-me-like-that-snare-atlantic-412020.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
On Wacky Wednesday, British indie-rock collective Alt-J gives us the kinky, naughty “Hit Me Like That Snare.”
Halsey drops a remix of her soulful standout “Alone” from ‘Hopeless Fountain Kingdom.’ She’s assisted by Big Sean and Stefflon Don.
Rising California country singer-songwriter shines on “Mercy,” a ‘late’ single issued from his 2017 self-titled debut album.
![Joji, In Tongues (Deluxe) [📷: 88rising / EMPIRE]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/joji-in-tongues-deluxe-88rising-empire.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
R&B artist Joji (aka ‘Filthy Frank,’ real name ‘George Miller’) releases the deluxe version – a full-length album – of his 2017 debut EP, ‘In Tongues.’
![Paramore, After Laughter [📷: Fueled By Ramen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/paramore-after-laughter-fueled-by-ramen.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Nine months after releasing the triumphant ‘After Laughter,’ Paramore drops the album’s fourth single, “Rose-Colored Boy.”
![Maroon 5, Red Pill Blues [📷: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maroon-5-red-pill-blues-interscope.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following lukewarm success for ‘Red Pill Blues’ and after releasing numerous singles, Maroon 5 releases yet another single, “Wait.”
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Kelly Clarkson radiates on “I Don’t Think About You,” one of many fine ballads that appear on her underrated, 2017 soul-pop album, ‘Meaning of Life.’
MGMT returns with some bite on “When You Die,” the presumed second single from their forthcoming, highly-anticipated fourth studio album.
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Alternative band Portugal. The Man delivers a consistent, superb eighth studio album with ‘Woodstock.’ “Feel It Still” is the crowning achievement, but there’s much more to love.
Lil Pump continues to ‘ride the success’ of cliché bangers with “Designer.” With a great flow filled with a cocky personality, the rub is the overabundance of shallowness and lack of lyrical substance.
Beyond the hype? This creative written piece reflects on the outgoing, so-so 2017 and provides sound advice for 2018 – as told through album and song titles.
