Razorlight and The Streets have been confirmed for the Hi-Fi Ireland festival. The acts join the likes of Ian Brown, Mylo, The Prodigy and Art Brut at the event which will take place over the Bank Holiday weekend of August 5-6 at Belvedere House, Mullingar, Westmeath. Razorlight will also be headlining the second stage at […]

U.K. rock act the Futureheads will release its sophomore album, “News and Tributes,” June 13 via Vagrant/StarTime International. It’s the follow-up to 2005’s self-titled debut, which was issued by Sire in North America. In the United Kingdom, “News and Tributes” is due May 29 via Warner Bros. The single “Skip to the End” will precede […]

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton told WZLX-FM’s Carlson & McKenzie on Wednesday (April 5) that frontman Steven Tyler‘s throat had an “overuse injury…like tendonitis” that forced them to cancel shows. “He had this minor, minor, minor [surgery] done and it went really well,” Hamilton told the morning men. Despite this setback, Aerosmith plan to return to […]

Neil Hannon returns as The Divine Comedy in June with the follow up to 2004’s ‘Absent Friends’. ‘Victory For The Comic Muse’ will be released on Parlophone on June 19th. This will be preceded by a new single on June 12th. The album was recorded virtually live in the studio over a period of two […]

The line-up for this year’s eagerly anticipated Carling Weekend has now been confirmed. As is now tradition the festival has an eclectic mix offering something for everyone from indie kids to emo fans and even the welcome return of a legendary act from Generation X. Also in keeping with tradition some of the most interesting […]

After their recent chart success with ‘Over and Over’, Hot Chip announce that their next single will be ‘Boy from School’ available as two 7″s, a CD and a 12″ featuring new songs ‘The Bell Ringers’, ‘A Glue Too Thick’, ‘Laws Of Salvation’ and ‘A Bad, Bad, Tackle’, as well as a version of ‘Boy […]

Primus bassist Les Claypool is to release a new solo album next month. It’s called ‘Of Whales And Woe’, and is on the Prawn Song label.

Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez guests on the song ‘Especially In Michigan’, which is on the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album ‘Stadium Arcadium’. Produced by Rick Rubin, this is a double CD; the first one is called ‘Jupiter’ and the second has been named ‘Mars’.

Canadian crew Saga play the London Highbury Garage on May 24. Get tickets via the ticket link at www.totalrock.com

Warrior Soul are to have their back catalogue re-issued by Escapi Music on May 26. All the records have been re-mastered. These are ‘Last Decade, Dead Century’, ‘Drugs, God And The New Republic’, ‘Salutations From The Ghetto Nation’, ‘Chill Pill’ and ‘Space Age Cowboys’.