Jane’s Addiction return next week with “The Great Escape Artist,” their first studio album in eight years. The project was produced by Rich Costey (Muse, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand), with help from TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, who contributes songwriting, programming and bass on the album. Ahead of the October 18 street date, fans can […]

MelodicRock.com reports that VAN HALEN have cancelled their planned 2012 Summer Tour of Europe before the dates were even announced. But because planning was so far along for the tour – the dates and venues were already locked in. There has been no reason given to promoters for the cancellation. Simply that it was not […]

Maynard James Keenan hit the studio tucked into his wine cellar hard this year and emerged with Conditions of My Parole, Puscifer’s second full studio album, which is available exclusively on SPIN.com a week before its official October 18th release. “Musically, it’s like Twin Peaks in the desert,” Keenan tells SPIN of the LP, which […]

After last year’s magnificent Heligoland, Massive Attack have finally come around to releasing a long-awaited collaboration with dubstep artist Burial. The release comes in the form of a 12″ vinyl: on side A, there’s Burial’s mix of a previously unreleased Massive Attack track, Four Walls; on side B, there’s Burial’s remix of a Heligoland track, […]

During their 2012 world tour, Lamb of God, in connection with Epic Records and 914 Films, will be shooting a feature film documenting fans and their personal stories of how they use Lamb of God’s music to cope with their everyday lives.В “We will be looking for one individual in each location. To participate, using the […]

Just when it seemed that 2011 was set for its fair share of amazing albums, The Black Keys pull a fast one on us, and add another release to the list. Since the excellent Brothers came out last year, it didn’t seem very likely that we’d see some new material from the band so soon. […]

On October 11th, Housecore Records will release the debut album from New Orleans’ PONYKILLER, Wilderness. Formed in New Orleans in 2008, PonyKiller‘s sound embodies an aural amalgam composed of progressive psychedelic rock and hardcore elements coated with glassy pop sheen. The musical product is the synthesis of individual players in the group, who hail from […]

NIN covered an U2 song for that band’s tribute album. Bascically curated by Britain’s Q Magazine, it is a tribute album to U2‘s Achtung Baby album. The tribute, titled AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, will also feature covers by Garbage, The Killers, Patti Smith, and many others. Here’s the tracklisting for the tribute album: 01. Nine Inch […]

Mikey Welsh, the former bass player for the alternative rock band Weezer, was found dead in a Chicago hotel, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday. Workers at the Rafaello Hotel found Welsh unresponsive and not breathing when they went to his room on Saturday afternoon after he failed to check out as scheduled, spokeswoman Laura […]

Sammy Hagar is being sued over a story featured in his autobiography. In the book Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock, Hagar talks about meeting a Playboy bunny in Detroit and how she got money from him by claiming he was the father of her child. This happened while he was fronting Van Halen in […]