The author Alan Sillitoe has died aged 82 at Charing Cross Hospital in London, his family has said. The Nottingham-born novelist emerged in the 1950s as one of the “Angry Young Men” of British fiction. His son David said he hoped his father would be remembered for his contribution to literature. His novels included Saturday […]

KRAVAYВ – this was the place to be for metalheads, punk rockers, sophisticated new wave snotty snobs et al during the 80s in Communist Bulgaria. Free thinkers and rock’n’roll afficionados gathered there to discuss, argue, bicker and banter about their favourite bands, music and fashions. Most parties took off from there, most kids were conceived there […]

For many, the French indie outfit Phoenix is known simply for ‘1901’ and ‘Litzomania’, the two singles turned television commercial soundtracks from the masterful 2009 album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’. But as any fan will tell you, the Thomas Mars-led quartet has a healthy rГ©sumГ© beyond the aforementioned hits, complete with three full-length studio albums and […]

Cypress Hill celebrated yesterday’s release of new album Rise Up with a special performance in front of a packed-house crowd at The Warfield in San Francisco. Those that couldn’t make it in shouldn’t worry; the legendary hip hop group has announced a summer tour with Slightly Stoopid that begins July 16 at the Verizon Wireless […]

Islamists have warned the creators of TV show South Park they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. A posting on the website of the US-based group, Revolution Muslim, told Matt Stone and Trey Parker they would “probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh“. The Dutch film-maker was shot […]

Billy Joel’s drummer has settled a legal case, in which he accused the Uptown Girl singer of depriving him of royalties from records he played on. Liberty DeVitto worked with Mr Joel from 1975 to 2005, performing on several albums, including The Stranger. He said he was owed money from recordings dating from 1975 and […]

Rock ‘n’ roll has lost yet another band as Scottish pop rock trio The Fratellis announced Thursday (April 22) they are splitting up. According to two posts on the band’s message board, both vocalist Jon Lawler and bassist Barry Wallace announced they had no plans to record or tour in the future and laid the […]

Life of Agony bassist/Spoiler NYC front man, Alan Robert, joins forces with IDW Publishing to release a new horror/conspiracy miniseries titled Wire Hangers. Created, written and illustrated by Robert, with covers by comic fan-favorite Nelson DeCastro (Marvel Masterpieces), Wire Hangers makes its worldwide debut in April 2010. Robert is no stranger to comics. He studied […]

The controversial Hole leader and widow of Kurt Cobain has decided that she no longer wants to be known as Courtney Love. Instead she’ll now be called Courtney Michelle. Her real name is Courtney Michelle Harrison. This comes just as the new Hole album, ‘Nobody’s Daughter’, is released.

With an aggregate attendance of 225,000 over April 16-18, Coachella enjoyed a record attendance year at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. Final figures are still being tallied, but Phillips says the gross will be north of $20 million. The record attendance is the highest since the 186,636 that attended when a reunited Rage […]