Archive for the ‘News’ Category

May 17 2012

My Chemical Romance to start recording new album next month

Frank Iero also confirms Jarrod Alexander will be drumming on the band’s fifth studio album

May 17 2012

Fun open up about covering Gotye with Paramore’s Hayley Williams

Nate Ruess also tells NME about what he’s heard of the new Paramore record

May 16 2012

Ed Sheeran: ‘I’d never sleep with a groupie’

Singer also says he’s working with Snow Patrol on new material.

May 9 2012

Halestorm makes history

Atlantic recording group Halestorm has made history with their electrifying new single, “Love Bites (So Do I).”  The track – featured on the Pennsylvania-based band’s breakthrough new album, “THE STRANGE CASE OF…” – has ascended to #1 at Active Rock radio outlets nationwide, marking the first ever female-fronted group to top the format’s airplay ranking.

May 7 2012

Plan B on ‘iLL Manors’ film: ‘I’m not glorifying gang violence’

Rapper says his flick is “fucking dark” but hopes it will help people understand reasons behind youth crime

May 4 2012

Biffy Clyro reveal the name of their new double album

Biffy Clyro have revealed the title of their new studio album, which is the sixth of their career so far.

May 4 2012

Slipknot to record new album in early 2013

Photo: Danny North/NME

Slipknot will enter the studio in early 2013 to record the follow-up to ‘All Hope Is Gone’, according to DJ Sid Wilson.

May 3 2012

Dr. John – Locked Down

New Orleans legend Dr. John‘s Nonesuch debut, produced by Black Keys guitarist and uber-fan Dan Auerbach, distills half a century of this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s picaresque musical history, melding his shamanistic stage persona with the authority of a consummate studio musician, the cosmic conjurer with the street-savvy poet.

May 3 2012

Sara Watkins – Sun Midnight Sun

Sun Midnight Sun follows Sara Watkins’ critically acclaimed 2009 self-titled solo debut produced by John Paul Jones.

May 3 2012

Last Of A Dying Breed to be reseased august 21, 2012; Lynyrd Skynyrd’s first studio album since God & Guns

Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records announced today the release of Last Of A Dying Breed from Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band’s first studio album since the September 29, 2009 release of God & Guns which debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 20 and gave the band their highest debut since 1977.  Last Of A Dying Breed reunites the band with producer Bob Marlette who produced God & Guns