Rancid’s Tim Armstrong is to release a solo album on May 22, 2007 on his own label, Hellcat Records. The CD is to be called “A Poet’s Life”, and will come packaged with a bonus DVD featuring a video for each of the 11 songs on the record.

Wickeda’s frontman Erol Ibrahimov has startedВ his own one-manВ side-project called Guava Jelly. The first song recorded under that moniker is called “A Recipe for…” and can already be downloaded HERE.

Wolfmother, Snow Patrol, The Flaming Lips, The Killers, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jet are among the acts contributing tracks to the “Spider-Man 3” soundtrack, due on May 1. Snow Patrol’s “Signal Fire” is the set’s first single and can be already streamed from the soundtrack’s website. Here is the compelete tracklist for the “Spider-Man […]

The winners of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2007 shall be announced tomorrow, March 31. Among the nominees are Balkan Beat Box (on the photo), Gotan Project, Natacha Atlas, Mariza, Ojos de Brujo, Gogol Bordello, Ben Harper, Anoushka Shankar, Toumani Diabate and many more. A full list of the nominees can be […]

Paul David Hewson a.k.a. Bono became a knight of the British empire yesterday, March 29, in a ceremony at the Dublin home of British Ambassador David Reddaway. U2‘s frontman was named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his humanitarian work and services to the music industry. However, the […]

Chicago’s sax-metal avantgardists Yakuza entered studio to begin recording their new album, “Transmutations”, for a fall release via Prosthetic Records. The CD is being produced by Sanford Parker (Pelican, Minsk, Rwake), who made a guest appearance on the band’s latest release, “Samsara”. “The tracking and mix is complete,” frontman Bruce Lamont said of the progress […]

Reunited Madchester legends Happy Mondays (the term Madchester describes the alternative music scene that developed in Manchester at the end of the 80’s) have signed a deal with Sanctuary Records to release a brand new studio album. The band now features original members Shaun Ryder (vocals), Gary Whelan (drums) and dancer Bez (percussion). The CD […]

Former Led Zeppelin frontmanВ Robert PlantВ shall do a concert in Kavarna, Bulgaria, on July 6 (Friday). The show shall take place at the Kaliakra Stadium, starting at 8 p.m..

Radiohead‘s management has revealed that Thom Yorke and his bandmates are currently in the studio working on their next record. No further information has been made available yet, excluding the fact that the group officially denied the rumours they’re going to work with Hear Music – the label which signed Paul McCartney last week. “They […]

The former vocalist of the Brazilian metallers Angra and Shaaman, Andre Matos, is putting the finishing touches on his debut solo album, due later in the year. The CD was produced by Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson, Halford) and Sascha Paeth (Kamelot, Freedom Call, Edguy, Rhapsody) between November 2006 and February 2007 at Ultra Sonica and […]