Ahead of the release of their new album “Beautiful Future”, Primal Scream have made a brand-new track available to download for free. The word goes about “Urban Guerilla” – a cover version of a Hawkwind song, which will not be on the album, but provides a taster of the record’s krautrock-pop feel. To get it, […]

Katehizis.com reports that all seated tickets for the upcoming June 23 show by Kansas in Sofia, Bulgaria are completely sold-out now. There are just a few standing tickets left to purchase via Eventim.bg. Kansas – “Dust in the Wind” (live)

Billy Idol is going to release a greatest hits collection on June 24 via Capitol Records. Entitled “The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself“, the CD (view cover in the left) is going to feature 16 of the singer’s most famous tracks, as well as two brand-new songs – “John Wayne” and “New Future […]

Julien Temple‘s documentary about the late The Clash frontman Joe Strummer (1952-2002), “The Future Is Unwritten“, will surface on DVD on July 8 via Legacy Recordings. For the DVD release, the film is expanded with about 100 minutes of extra interview footage with a.o. Mick Jones, Bono, Anthony Keidis and Johnny Depp. “Joe Strummer: The […]

Mojo’s 2008 Breakthrough of the Year award winners, The Last Shadow Puppets (featuring Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys), have uploaded the video for their song “Standing Next to Me” on the Internet. Check it out below. The track is the second single from the band’s debut album, “The Age of the Understatement” (2008). The Last […]

Slipknot’s new single “All Hope Is Gone” will be made available for free download on RoadrunneRrecords.com and Slipknot1.com exclusively for 24 hours only, starting this Friday, June 20, at 6 a.m. CET! In order to download the track, you will need to sign up for the newsletter… but you’ll get the new Slipknot shit, after […]

According to myspace, Los Angeles-based industrial metal masters Fear Factory will release a new album and embark on a world tour in 2009. Unfortunately, there’s no further information about the follow-up to “Transgression” (2005). At present Fear Factory are “on hiatus”. Frontman Burton C. Bell focuses his attention on Ascension of the Watchers, while drummer […]

Cannibal Corpse shall release their first-ever career retrospective DVD on July 8 via Metal Blade. Entitled “Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years“, the issue consists of 3 digital video discs, featuring live and rare footage, interviews with past and present band members, and loads of bonus material. Here’s the DVD teaser: Cannibal Corpse – […]

Speaking to BBC 6Music, Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon wouldn’t give a definite answer about rumours that the band were set to head to the studio, but hinted that they were considering an album of new material. “It’s a nice rumour and it might possibly be true we are attempting to,” he said. “It’s like […]

Weezer have announced they will release three separate versions of their new single “Pork and Beans“, each featuring a different cover version as a b-side. There’ll be two 7” vinyls – one with R.E.M.’s “Oddfellows Local 151“, and the other with The Psychedelic Furs’ “Love My Way” – and a CD single backed with a […]