Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Norah Jones and Jack Johnson are among the acts confirmed for a Nick Drake tribute album to be released by Johnson’s Brushfire Records. The recording process was filmed for release as part of a DVD package. It will also include the late actor Heath Ledger‘s version of “Black Eyed […]

The former Husker Du frontman will release his latest solo effort, ‘Life And Times’, on April 7. The follow-up to 2008’s ‘District Line’ features 10 tracks including ‘The Breach’ and ‘Spiraling Down’. The album tracklisting is: ‘Life and Times’‘The Breach’‘City Lights (Days Go By)’‘MM 17’‘Argos’‘Bad Blood Better’‘Wasted World’‘Spiraling Down’I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand […]

It appears that the Hot Leg and former The Darkness frontman will be hitting the silver screen in a ‘psychological horror’ movie. According to horror movie web-site Bloody Disgusting, Justin Hawkins will co-star alongside former ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ hottie Charisma Carpenter in the forthcoming movie, ‘Vivid’. The story centres around a New York novelist […]

New York’s extreme metal machine SUFFOCATION will enter the studio to begin the recording of their new steamhammer “Blood Oath“. Once again the recording will be produced by Joe Cincotta (Obituary, Animosity) and mixed by Zack Ohren (All Shall Perish, Decrepith Birth). Some tentative song titles for „Blood Oath are: “Dismal Dream”, “Undeserving”, “Confines of […]

Placebo have announced that they will release their as-yet untitled next album in June. The album was produced by David Bottrill and wil be the follow-up to 2006’s ‘Meds’. The record will be the first to feature new drummer Steve Forrest. The band have signed with [PIAS], a European entertainment group they will now release […]

As reported, rock bar ‘Fans’ will host a very special show on FerbuaryВ 17. Ex-Anathema bass player Dunkan Patterson (Antimatter, ION) and Mick MossВ (Antimatter) will perform an acoustic set of some old and new songs including Anathema, AntimatterВ and Ion stuff. The show starts at 9pm You can buy your ticket at the Gorgon shop now, price […]

POISON frontman Bret Michaels has confirmed that his band is in talks to tour with DEF LEPPARD later in the year. Speaking to CNN about his upcoming activities, Michaels said, “I’ve got a huge announcement, which actually just happened this morning. DEF LEPPARD and POISON are gonna go out on the road this summer. And […]

As has been widely rumoured, the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman has been working with the band for sessions that may end up on their third album. Appearing as a special guest on Biffy Clyro’s BBC Radio 1 takeoverВ lastВ week, Homme confirmed the news. Asked whether he had managed to “beat Sheffield out of them […]

Thurston Moore promises “heavy ass weirdo hooks” aplenty on Sonic Youth’s as-yet-untitled Matador debut, due this summer. “When I started writing, I was immersed in listening to the Wipers,” he tells Billboard. “‘No Way,’ the first song we recorded, has a total Wipers vibe, if the Wipers were a No Wave band.” Moore says lyrics […]

Last Thursday we had SEPULTURA‘s vocalist on the phoneВ live from Brazil and he really told us everything weВ wanted to know.В  YOUR PREVIOUS ALBUM ‘DANTE XXI’..THE COVER ARTWORK WAS DONE BY A GUY CALLED STEPHAN DOITCHINOFF. HIS PARENTS ARE BULGARIAN, BUT THE GUY WAS BORN IN SAO PAOLO AND DOESN’T SPEAK BULGARIAN AT ALL. DID YOU […]