Mungo Jerry are back with their original line-up, playing live for the first time in 37 years. We just hope mainman Ray Dorset’s spectacular sideburns are still intact these days… The British folk/rockers are to play on the Good Time Guide Stage at Guilfest (in Guildford, Surrey, natch) on Saturday, July 17. Doubtless they’ll be […]

The Dandy Warhols have announced details of their forthcoming ‘best of’ album. Entitled ‘The Best Of The Capitol Years 1995-2007’ and released on July 19, the compilation features songs such as ‘Godless’, ‘Bohemian Like You’ and one new track ‘This Is The Tide’. The tracklisting for ‘The Best Of The Capitol Years 1995-2007’ will be: […]

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway is to release a solo record at the end of August. It’s to be called Familial and it includes guest appearances from singer/songwriter Lisa Germano, bassist Sebastian Steinberg and the Wilco pair Glen Kotche and Pat Sansone. Familial’s track listing is: 01. By Some Miracle 02. Beyond Reason03. A Simple Life04. […]

To launchВ its new range of t-shirts ‘Last Hope – Hardcore Academy’, Sofia hardcore band LAST HOPE has posted some photos of a special photo session of young kids, aged 3-5, to show that hardcore is for everyone – no matter of your age, colour, religion etc.В  The long awaited LAST HOPEВ  – ‘Bulgar Dispaly of […]

Southern Lord has announced a collaboration between label artists BORIS and Ian Astbury of THE CULT. This finely-crafted four-song mini release, simply entitled ‘BXI’, was tracked and mixed in Tokyo in late April. The release features three new original tracks, as well as a cover of THE CULT’s song ‘Rain’, ethereally vocalized by BORIS guitarist […]

After 16 years of delivering punishing, extreme heavy metal, California’s Abscess has decided to call it quits. The band’s sixth and final studio album, Dawn of Inhumanity, was released in March on Peaceville Records. Abscess drummer/vocalist, Chris Reifert, issued the following statement: “Greetings, sickos. We need to inform you that Abscess has officially broken up. […]

Adam Yauch is set to release a documentary about legendary Beat writer and you can see a trailer for it by scrolling down. Entitled ‘William S. Burroughs: A Man Within’, the Yony Leyser film features the likes of Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. Released by Yauch’s production company […]

In a quick, unfortunate turn of events, Wolfmother has canceled its entire European tour due to an unknown illness plaguing lead singer Andrew Stockdale. A statement from the band was released to the organizers of the Main Square Festival in France reading, “We are sorry to announce that Wolfmother have been forced to cancel its […]

AC/DC were forced to curtail their set in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, over the weekend – thanks to problems with their plane.The band had to charter another aircraft for the journey from Berlin, as a result of which they didn’t make it on stage until 9.45pm. A strict curfew time of 11pm meant they had […]

Chris Isaak began his worldwide tour on May 26th with stops in Russia, Europe and the U.S., and now comes word that the ‘Chris Isaak Live at the Fillmore’ CD will be out on June 15th. ItВ was recorded in October 2008 at the world famous Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. Brilliantly recorded live with state-of-the-art […]