Lenny Kravitz shall release his eighth studio album, entitled “It Is Time for a Revolution”, in February 2008. The 14 songs on the CD were written, produced, arranged and played by Kravitz in various locations, including New York, Miami, Paris, the Bahamas and Brazil. Some of the titles are “Bring It On”, “I’ll Be Waiting”, […]

American rock superstars Godsmack are to release an anniversary compilation, entitled “Good Times, Bad Times – 10 Years of Godsmack”, Рѕn November 19 via Universal. It will include an acoustic performance from Las Vegas and a cover version of Led Zeppelin’s 1969 classic cut “Good Times, Bad Times”. At the same time, Godsmack’s guitarist Tony […]

After announcing a series of reunion “one-off” live shows in November, punk rock godfathers The Sex Pistols‘ singer John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten has hinted that the quartet could also record new material. “Would we make any new stuff? Maybe,” Lydon told The Sun. “Only if the vibe was right. I’m never going to force […]

A single mother who was accused of illegally downloading tracks by Guns N’ Roses, Opeth and other band has been ordered to pay $220,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled she shared copyrighted music online. Six record companies – Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner […]

Nirvana‘s lgendary “MTV Unplugged in New York”, recorded on November 18, 1993 and released on CD on November 1, 1994, will finally make its DVD debut on November 20, 2007 via Universal Music. The DVD will include additional stuff like soundcheck and behind-the-scenes footage, while its actual substance will include following tracklist: About a Girl […]

Wales’ extreme reggae metal four-piece Skindred shall finally release their long-awaited second full-length album. Entitled “Roots Rock Riot” (view cover in the left), the CD will feature 12 tracks and is going to appear in Europe on October 22 via Bieler Bros. Skindred gained a cult status with their 2002 debut “Babylon”, mainly due to […]

Britain’s indi trip rock quartet Bloc Party shall release a brand-new single on November 12. It’s going to feature the title song “Flux” plus two exclusive tracks – “Emma Kate’s Accident” on the CD version and “‘The Once and Future King” on the 7-inch EP. The effort was recorded with Jacknife Lee, who also produced […]

Two decades after breaking up, Seattle’s grunge godfathers Green River have announced they’ll reform next summer for a special show to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the cult local label Sub Pop Records. The band that released three EPs and one album, “Rehab Doll” (1988), consisted of guitarist Jeff Ament and bass player Stone Gossard […]

New York’s new metalcore hopes Bloodsimple are going to release their sophomore album, entitled “Red Harvest”, on October 30 via Warner. The follow-up to the band’s 2005 debut “A Cruel World” is going to contain 11 tracks. For those who are not familiar with the guys’ music, check it out at Bloodsimple’s official MySpace profile.

After flooding the Internet with the visualization for the country “masterpiece” “Cuntry Boner”, Tool’s frontman Maynard James Keenan has unleashed a second video by his project Puscifer, this time for the tune “Queen B.”. You may watch it below. Both songs come off Puscifer’s debut album, “V Is for Vagina”, which will be released an […]