Babyshambles’ next album won’t be called “French Dog Blues”, as previously reported by some media, but “Shotter’s Nation”. The follow-up to the indie rocker’s 2006 effort “Down in Albion” shall contain 12 tracks produced by Stephen Street, who has worked with a.o. The Smiths and Blur. A release date is to be announced soon.

OnВ September 12В Sofia’sВ Rock Bar FansВ shall host a show by Japan’s electro-industrial gang Gothika. The event shall be warmed up by Bulgaria’s young industrial duo Psycho Vision. You can check out some music by both bands respectively at myspace.com/GothikaTokyoВ and myspace.com/PsychoticVision.

Mick Jagger is to release a 17-track compilation entitled “The Very Best of Mick Jagger”. The CD, due to appear via Rhino on October 1, will include the previously unreleased song “Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)” recorded by The Rolling Stones’ frontman in 1973 in Los Angeles, the 1993 cut “Charmed Life”, and a […]

British group Asia was forced to postpone its tour this week after finding out that singer John Wetton has been diagnosed with advanced heart disease. Wetton will either have to take medication or undergo open heart surgery, but he’s expected to make a full recovery, according to a release. The reunited band’s North American tour […]

Pearl Jam fans and Internet watchdogs are up in arms today after it was revealed that AT&T censored portions of the band’s live Lollapalooza concert cybercast on Sunday. While performing “Daughter,” the band segued into a portion of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” during which frontman Eddie Vedder sang, “George Bush, leave this […]

Voivod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin is launching a new band, Kosmos, which will release its self-titled debut Sept. 4 via the End Records. The mostly instrumental group — which also includes Alex Crow (keyboards and programming), Vincent Peake (bass), and Jetphil (guitars) – was birthed out of weekly Krautrock-dominated listening sessions. “After a good six […]

Entitled ‘White Chalk’ this is her eighth studio album and her first new material since 2004’s critically acclaimed ‘Uh Huh Her’.В  Recording followed the 2006 release of ‘PJ Harvey: The Peel Sessions’, a collection of Harvey’s recordings for the veteran broadcaster spanning her whole career.В  That year also saw the release of ‘PJ Harvey On […]

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has set “Under the Over” as the title of its third album, according to several fans who have […]

Universal Music has set a November 9 German release date for the debut solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, entitled “My Winter Storm”. A single, “I Walk Alone”, will precede the album in mid-October. The CD will feature a guest appearance by ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro. NIGHTWISH’s final recording with Turunen, the “End […]

Andreas Kisser, guitarist of the legendary band talked with usВ last Thursday live on the phone at 15:30 local time (14:30 CET) !!! “We are eager to come and play there as for 23 years since the band was formed, Bulgaria isВ the only place in Europe we never played” said Andreas. “We can’t say that Paolo […]