New Musical Express revealed the names of the headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza festival. Radiohead, The Raconteurs, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails are all on the bill for the event at Chicago’s Grant Park, as are Rage Against the Machine, Bloc Party, Wilco, Battles and Stephen Malkmus. Also listed are Girl Talk, Cat Power, […]

Portishead will perform 8 tracks from their forthcoming album, “Third”, on Current TV on April 11 – three weeks before the album is released on April 28. The show will be recorded live in the town from which the band took their name (13 km west of Bristol), and as such the programme will be […]

Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid have won back full royalty rights for “A Whiter Shade of Pale”. The pair had been forced to share the songwriting credits with organist Matthew Fisher after a 2006 legal ruling, but now London’s Court of Appeal reversed the decision in favour of Brooker and […]

Germany’s industrial veterans KMFDM have decided to issue a retrospection of 3 double-CDs full rare and unreleased material. Simply entitled “Extra“, the trilogy shall start surfacing on June 3 via Metropolis Records – that’s when the first double CD shall be born. KMFDM – “Attak“

Fear Factory bass player Byron Stroud, Strapping Young Lad guitarist Jed Simon and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (a.o. Testament, Death) uploded the new video by their project Zimmers Hole. The work goes about the title track off the Canadians’ latest album, entitled “When You Were Shouting at the Devil… We Were in League with Satan“, […]

OnВ April 3, 2008 -В exactly two years after the official launch of Tangra Mega Rock – our freinds from the radio’s forum invaded our studio… with a magnificent birthday present, as can be seen below: В  В  В  В 

Swedish rockers Hardcore Superstar have released the video for their song “Silence for the Peacefully“. Check it out below. The track comes off the band’s latest album, “Dreamin’ in a Casket”, which came out last November via Gain Music Entertainment. Hardcore Superstar – “Silence for the Peacefully“

Linkin Park announced the complete line-up for Projekt Revolution 2008. The fifth installation of the band’s road show will start on July 16 in Boston and will see them headlining an all-star bill that features Chris Cornell (ex-Soundgarden, Audioslave), electro-rockers The Bravery, Ashes Divide (featuring Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle), Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne […]

Speaking to BBC 6Music, the Rolling Stones‘ guitarist Keith Richards has indicated that the band may begin working on a new studio album soon. Ronnie Wood backed up Richards’ claims, suggesting that he was up for getting in the studio too. Drummer Charlie Watts joined in, saying: “Yeah, I think we are planning a new […]

Last summer we informed you that Christian Olde-Wolbers and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory have joined forces with Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard in a new project. Well, the band has finally gotten a name now. It’s Arkaea, and its debut album should be released later in the year.