Earlier this month, Royel Otis stopped by our Helpful Honda Sound Space in Los Angeles to talk about their new album, 'hickey,' and to perform for a room full of fans. The Australian duo opened up about the making of their sophomore effort, talked touring and more with KROQ's Klein and Ally, before ripping through a set of songs to kick off a holiday weekend. Don't miss the full interview above.

Talking about the "summer vibes" of the new LP, Royel Maddell was quick to admit that sound is likely subconscious. "I thought this one was like a bit darker," he says. "Like 'PRATTS & PAIN' I thought it was like super dark, but everyone's like, 'it's so summery and Australian beach sounding.' I'm like, 'f***, didn't mean to do that."

To hear more from Maddell and Otis Pavlovic, check out the full Royel Otis interview above. 'hickey' is now available everywhere

Before sharing their debut album with the world, Good Neighbours gave us a glimpse inside the Helpful Honda Sound Space with a special interview and performance.

Watch as the band talks with Miles the DJ about their upcoming LP, 'Blue Sky Mentality,' due out everywhere on September 26. Plus, stay tuned for an exclusive performance from the group.

After viral success last year with "Home," the London duo appear on the cusp of something big, so we invited a room full of fans to come hang in our Los Angeles Sound Space and watch it all unfold live. ""Honestly, now I feel like we're in a place where we're just so grateful that that song did what it did," the duo says of "Home" when asked about it's success. "At the time, we probably gave it no respect. We had written the chorus and we thought, that's good. Like, it's a feasible chorus for us to play. But we never thought, 'this is going to be a smash.' And then the second we put it out, people just received it in such an amazing way that it almost educated us to be like, 'you should go off and finish this song as quick as you can.'"

After years of making music, things have finally clicked for Oli and Scott, partly because they started making music for themselves. "It kind of started last year, almost by accident, really. We've been doing music for like 10 plus years, and kind of like not doing very well at it, and then like, yeah, we were just making stuff for ourselves and just stuff that sounded good, and it felt right. So we put it out, and it's going down pretty well."

For more from Good Neighbours and an exclusive performance, check out the full video above.

Shinedown continues to surge ahead towards their next chapter, hitting the road all summer with Bush and releasing searing single after single on their way to a new album, becoming unmissable in 2025. The "Dance, Kid, Dance" band recently stopped by our Helpful Honda Sound Space to talk about it all, and unleash a performance for a packed house of fans that you won't want to miss.

When asked how Shinedown became "a band for everyone," Zach Myers admits it comes down to how they treat each other. "We get along better now than we ever have, and we've never had like a bunch of problems with each other," he shares. "I've always said 'you can fool some of the people some of the time, you can't fool all the people all the time.'"

"I think that subject matter of songs too, you know. We chose not to write songs about getting laid, you know what I mean? We would rather write a song that makes you feel like you can jump through the roof of a building or run through a brick wall than something that's gonna fade," he adds. "I think that combined with just how we treat each other. I think that we are a people's band. I think that people notice that about us when we're on stage together. If you don't notice us having fun, you are not paying attention."

With so much of Shinedown's music playing a huge role in helping the mental wellness of fans, the group was asked what they do for their own mental health. Along with faith and working out, Eric Bass knows it's just about taking each moment as it's own. "It's just one day at a time," he shares. "It's one thing, just take the next step, just one step in front of the other, and I know that's cliche, but stereotypes and cliches are in place for a reason."

"It's one of the positives about being in a band. You're not alone," adds Brent Smith. "You can bounce things off each other."

To hear much more from the band on the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne, their plans for the next album, and their thoughts on Rock representation at the GRAMMYs, check out the full conversation above.

Rise Against remain one of music's great antagonists, always outspoken with an eye towards what's next and what's right. Their latest effort, 'Ricochet,' will arrive everywhere on August 15, but first the band pays a visit to the Helpful Honda Sound Space for an exclusive performance and conversation. Nicole Alvarez talks with the band about their upcoming album, experience at Warped Tour, and more.

When asked if they have ever been scared to speak their mind in a polarized political world, Tim McIlrath simply says no. "That's who we are, we've always been. We didn't walk into this room somebody different and then try to pretend like we're something else," he shares. "We didn't pivot to politics or away from politics, it's just when you met us this was the band that we were, this is the band that we are, we've never done anything different. So if nothing else, it must be something in that DNA that has attracted you to identify with this band."

"Not only are we unable to pivot away from it, but like I don't think it would be smart for us to pivot away from it. The people... when their ships find the lighthouse to Rise Against, they want that light to keep shining. So we're just going to keep shining and keep doing it."

Check out the full interview above for much more from 'Rise Against.' Ricochet is out everywhere on August 15.

To celebrate the release of their new album, 'I Beat Loneliness,' Bush joins us inside the Helpful Honda Sound Space for a special interview and performance. Watch the band rip through a few of their biggest hits and tracks from the new LP, and check out Gavin Rossdale as he sits down to talk with Kevin Ryder and Megan Holiday about music, cooking, and more.

"I sort of looked around, and feel that life is really centered around people's aspirations, and we look at social media and we think we're kind of inadequate to the people we're following or they're having a better time, there's that real sort of sense of FOMO," Gavin shares on the inspiration behind 'I Beat Loneliness.' "People want instant success, so people get inevitably lost behind and ostracized or left, they fall off the grid, and they can't keep up, and so I wanted to write a record so everyone knew that it's difficult for all of us."

"If I wrote a really personal record about my own challenges, I thought people would read that and just simply not feel alone, that's it, and then use the music as they see fit."

Don't miss our Sound Space interview and performance with Bush, and be sure to check out 'I Beat Loneliness,' out everywhere.

It's time to step into summer with some help from our friends Slightly Stoopid. Don't miss a special performance and interview from the band inside the Helpful Honda Sound Space, now playing above.

The band is set to bring their good vibes across the country with their Step Into The Sun tour, kicking off this month with help from Iration and Little Stranger, but first they talk with Kevin Ryder and perform for a room of listeners in our Helpful Honda Sound Space.

"Honestly, we have a lot of music coming and we're going to debut 3 songs today live that are for the record," shared Miles before the performance. "We're even learning it ourselves just because recording is different than playing live. We waited, they've waited so long for music, so we're just going to start dropping singles until the record comes out."

"We're excited honestly. It's been a long time and in all honesty, all of us started families, and we've dedicated our lives on the road. To take time to actually enjoy your families as well, because we used to spend 200 days a year on the road, just partying with all you guys, and so we took that time to actually enjoy some of those things that everyone gets to enjoy as well and and now we're ready to release music."

Check out the complete conversation and performance from Slightly Stoopid above.

The Hives are back and once again pulling no punches. Following their roaring return with the song, "Enough Is Enough," featuring an all-time opening line of "everyone's a little f***ing b****," the band stopped by the Helpful Honda Sound Space in Los Angeles to perform, talk about their longevity, and even pass along some wisdom from The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger.

Set to arrive in August, 'The Hives Forever Forever The Hives,' is the latest album from The Hives, this time featuriing an assist from Rock royalty with Mike D of the Beastie Boys and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age both having a hand in the project.

"It was really helpful," singer Pelle Almqvist shares on their influence and involvement. "I mean, we were thinking about who has cool sounding records, and that's the Beastie Boys. So we figured if our record's gonna sound cool, we should get him involved. He flew over and stuff and also sent us some stuff, which was great.

"And Josh more kind of in a cheerleader capacity. When we were trying to work on the quality, he said it's already good. And that was very helpful because we can kind of shoot above the goal sometimes, like you can't make it too good. We got to keep a balance of popular and good, which is really hard. You want to be so popular they can keep doing it, but not so popular that the music sucks. Which is a hard balance to tread."

The band also took a hilarious look back through their over-30-year career, sharing stories of the scene and even some advice from the iconic Mick Jagger. "Never buy your own yacht, always borrow a friend's," the Stones frontman sagely said. "Invaluable information, because we were just about to buy a yacht each," Pelle explains. "So that really helped."

Wet Leg is back, as the band prepares to unleash their second album upon the world, 3 years after their debut LP made the group a GRAMMY-winning force. But first, they join us in the Helpful Honda Sound Space in Los Angeles to talk with Megan Holiday, and perform for a few select fans.

"It was pretty overwhelming," says Rhian Teasdale of the success of the band's debut. "But we were so new to it all and so naive that you just kind of, would like take one step and then take another step."

The first taste of the sophomore effort, 'moisturizer,' is "catch these fists," an angular assault that still takes time to wink between calls to fight. "It was funny actually, because we had like the whole, we had so many songs written and we were kind of ready to like, 'OK, shall we like record them now,' and it just kind of like slipped on in there at the end," reveals Rhian. "It was probably I think it was the last song."

To hear more from Wet Leg, listen to the full interview from the Helpful Honda Sound Space above.