Damon Albarn is writing the music for a Chinese circus production.The work is due to get its debut at the inaugural Manchester International Festival next June.The Blur/Gorillaz singer recently returned from several weeks spent travelling across China, where he recorded with a variety of local musicians. He is now back in London working on the […]

For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan tops The Billboard 200 with “Modern Times.” Not only is it the legendary songwriter’s first album to reach the throne since “Desire” in 1976, it’s also his highest debuting album and his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The Columbia set […]

The Cooper Temple Clause are back with a single and a UK tour.After a long absence, the Reading band release ‘Homo Sapiens‘ on October 23, their first release for new label Sequel, an imprint of Sanctuary.The single is taken from the band’s third album ‘Make This Your Own‘, due for release in January 2007.

Swedish “death ‘n’ roll” band HEARSE, featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, has finalized the track listing and artwork for its fourth album, “In These Veins“, due in October via Dental Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “The Last Ordeal” was recorded and mixed by Dan SwanГ¶ (EDGE OF SANITY, […]

Long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER — cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA — have had several live video clips from their 1998 reunion show posted online. These three clips are from August 14, 1998 and were filmed at a club called Zeppelin’s in Metairie, Louisiana (although the […]

Norwegian “viking” metal band GALAR has finished recording, mixing and mastering its new album, entitled “Skogskvad“. An MP3 of the song “Hugin og Munin” can be downloaded at this location. The album artwork can be viewed here. An October release via Germany’s Heavy Horses Records is expected. “Skogskvad” track listing: 01. Skogskvad02. Ragnarok03. DГёdsmyr04. Kronet […]

The long-awaited new album from THE REVOLUTION SMILE, entitled “Summer Ever“, will be released on September 12 on frontman Shaun Lopez‘s own Animation Records. It will be available on teh band’s web site as well as all the online digital services (iTunes, Napster, Yahoo! Music, etc.). The CD version will contain a hidden track, while […]

TO-MERA – групата сформирана РѕС‚ бившата вокалистка РЅР° WITHOUT FACE – Джули РљРёСЃ Рё басиста Лии Барет (ex-EXTREME NOISE TERROR, DISGUST, MUSSOLINI HEADKICK), пуснаха клипа РєСЉРј парчето СЃРё “Blood” РЅР° страницата СЃРё РІ MySpace. TO-MERA, the new U.K.-based dark progressive metal band formed by former WITHOUT FACE vocalist Julie Kiss and bassist Lee Barrett (ex-EXTREME […]

R.E.M. will perform three songs with original drummer Bill Berry to celebrate its induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, to be held Sept. 16 in Atlanta. Berry has only played three times with his longtime colleagues since exiting the band in 1997, most prominently at the October 2005 wedding of R.E.M. guitar tech […]

The track “Race for the War” from the upcoming ANGER AS ART album, “Callous And Furor“, has been posted online at this location.The CD is scheduled to be released at the end of the month via OSM Records.“Callous And Furor” track listing:01. Catharsis02. Anger Is Rising03. Bane Of My Existence04. Gnashing Of Teeth05. No Seed […]