Originally due in early 2007 via Geffen Records and then bumped to the autumn, it just got clear the newВ The CureВ album will not see the light of day until next spring. Frontman Robert Smith is still recording material for the effort, which is planned as a double-disc set. He and his colleagues will have to […]

Legendary British manager of bands like Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, Tony Wilson, has has died of cancer at the age of 57 on Friday, August 10. Born Anthony H. Wilson, he went on to become a renowned broadcast journalist, band manager, Factory Records label executive and night club owner, getting involved in […]

After spending the last months recording their second full-length album, Bulgaria’s melodic death metal leaders The Revenge Project shall finally return on stage. The quintet’s first show shall happen in just a week, on August 22, at Sofia’s Swingin’ Hall. The massacre starts at 8:30 p.m., and the entrance shall cost 5 leva / 3 […]

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.

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 […]

Good thing Icky Thump is selling well: Jack White has another mouth to feed. White and his wife, Karen Elson, announced the birth of their second child, a boy dubbed Henry Lee White, on Tuesday. Henry Lee’s earned a more conventional name than his older sister, Scarlett White, who was apparently named in honor of […]