Juliette Lewis has previewed a number of songs from her brand new album online. Lewis, who will be releasing her new album under the name Juliette Lewis (as opposed to Juliette & The Licks), has apparently embarked on a brand new sound for the album, which was recorded in Brooklyn and Mexico. Among the tracks […]

This announcement was made by Ivan Nestorov (nicknamed “The Ameba”) of Sofia Music Enterprises at a special press conference on Friday evening. The decision was made by Depeche Mode’s management after they received a number of submissions from the promoters. “We sent them quite a few CDs of Bulgarian bands, complete with photosets and bios, […]

We think that despite being left out of Faith No More‘s forthcoming reunion tour, original guitarist Jim Martin would probably never consider doing something like THIS harsh lesson in the realities of modern day music biz. A funny story we found in RollingStone.com: “One night last summer, L.A. Guns took the stage at the Taste […]

Kjartan Sveinsson is set to score a new film by Irish film director Neil Jordan. According to a message on sigur-ros.co.uk, in addition to the score, Sigur Ros will contribute a number of tracks to the movie, which stars Colin Farrell. The film ‘Ondine’ tells the tale of an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman […]

Thanks to all of those who attended the recent Clive Aid shows, former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has been able to afford a brand new wheelchair. The wheelchair was bought from the proceeds of a recent pair of Clive Aid benefit gigs staged at the Ruskin Arms in East London last November. Acts that […]

The Beastie Boys have a new album in the pipes and, unlike its predecessor, it will actually have a vocal track.The three MCs from New York are back in the studio working on the still-untitled follow-up to 2007’s The Mix-Up (review) (Capitol), the act’s second instrumental funk album. While no firmed up release date’s been […]

A court in Brittany heard yesterday how four members of a fanatical black metal anti-Christian sect went on alcohol fuelled rampages smashing ancient granite crosses in cemeteries and torching a 16th century chapel classified as an ancient monument. With a satanic bible in the boot of their car and using a tourist guide to pilgrimage […]

His name is Jon Hudson and he’s no stranger to FNM fans. Jon was in the band during 1997-1998 and recorded the guitars for ‘Album of The Year’ (1997). Ten months after the album’s release the band announced that they were splitting up. Fortunately this split turned out to be only temporary, as news of […]

Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page, who was arrested for cocaine possession last July, is leaving the Canadian rock band to begin a solo career. The departure follows a tumultuous 2008 for the band which also saw Page sentenced to six months probation for the drug charge and singer Ed Robertson survive an August plane […]

The Cure’s frontman says he “disagreed violently” with Radiohead allowing their fans to pay what they wanted for the band’s last album, In Rainbows. Users registered for Radiohead’s website could pay what they wanted before downloading an MP3 version of In Rainbows. The album later went on sale in full CD / vinyl formats. Smith […]