{"id":6728,"date":"2026-11-03T16:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:33:16","slug":"nickelback-is-trying-new-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6728","title":{"rendered":"Nickelback Is Trying New Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A quarter-century after \u201cHow You Remind Me\u201d catapulted Nickelback into the worldwide spotlight, the rockers from Hanna, Alberta, are still growing up and refining their take on post-grunge, combining hummable hooks and heartland grit. Nickelback\u2019s 11th album has big rock moments like \u201cRattle the Cage,\u201d which is punctuated by scorching solos from M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce guitarist John 5, and \u201cChasin\u2019 Famous,\u201d which drives its acerbic lyrics home with grinding riffs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6729\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Music\/?p=6564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6729\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Everything-Under-The-Sun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Everything-Under-The-Sun.jpg 270w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Everything-Under-The-Sun-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Stream Now! Image Courtesy Of Apple.<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">But they\u2019re also taking the album\u2019s title to heart and trying new things: \u201cTechnicolor Steamboat,\u201d which is introduced by a Willy Wonka-channeling Ryan Reynolds, is Nickelback\u2019s take on sitar-laced psychedelia, while \u201cIf I Don\u2019t Go\u201d is a small-town lament that takes cues from modern country\u2019s more brooding moments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">That song\u2019s frustrations are counterbalanced by calls for hope and unity, like the stomp-clap \u201cHey Jude\u201d update \u201cSimple Song\u201d and the rousing \u201cLift Somebody Up,\u201d which drives home its message about helping out others with a packed guest list\u2014blues wizard Joe Bonamassa and Shinedown\u2019s Zach Myers sit in on guitar, Tommy Lee and Charlie Benante bang the drums, and Sammy Hagar supports Chad Kroeger on vocals alongside Shinedown\u2019s Brent Smith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Every product\/service is selected by editors. 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Nickelback\u2019s 11th album has big rock moments like \u201cRattle the Cage,\u201d which is punctuated by scorching solos from M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce guitarist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists-lounge","category-feature-four"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6731,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions\/6731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}