Bright Eyes is eyeing a spring 2007 release for its next Saddle Creek studio album. The three-person crew, whose current incarnation includes leader Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, has tapped artists like Gillian Welch, Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss and M. Ward to contribute to the as-yet-untitled set.

Former Helloween and current Masterplan drummer Uli Kusch has teamed up with Ronny Milianowicz (Dionysus) and Joacim Cans (Hammerfall) to write a song for the upcoming soccer world championship. Entitled “Glorious“, the song will feature Swedish singer Mikeyla as the main vocalist, with special guest appearances by Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Tobias Sammet (Edguy), Roland […]

The Raconteurs have been forced to change their name in Australia. Jack White‘s new band will be known as The Saboteurs down under to avoid conflict with a jazz band of the same name. A statement to the Australian press reads: “The Raconteurs name was already taken by a jazz band, to make things easier, […]

Birds of Prey – who include members of Alabama Thunderpussy, Burnt By The Sun, Municipal Waste and Baroness – have signed to Relapse. Expect an album, ‘Weight Of The Wound’, to be issued in July.

Morrissey’s new album Ringleader Of The Tormentors has entered the UK albums chart at number one, making it he’s first number one since 1994’s Vauxhall and I. The former Smiths singer held off new releases from Pink with I’m Not Dead (3), Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics (6) and Stereophonics – Live […]

German power metallers Gamma Ray will be filming their May 6 show at Medley in Montreal, Quebec for an upcoming double DVD, to be released in September. In addition to the concert, which will be filmed with several cameras, the DVD will contain lots of bonus features, like a road movie, a documentary covering the […]

VH1 announced Thursday (April 6) that it will debut the “VH1 Rock Honors” next month to pay homage to the gods of hard rock. The inaugural honorees are Kiss, Queen, Def Leppard and Judas Priest. The ceremony, to take place May 25 in Las Vegas, will pay tribute to hard-rock legends much like the Rock […]

Nine of the ten Ozzfest 2006 dates that are expected to feature OzzyВ Osbourne in the headlining slot have been revealed. Ozzy will also be playing one other Ozzfest show that has not been announced yet. The main-stage lineup of this year’s Ozzfest will feature Osbourne for 10 shows, along with System Of A Down, Disturbed, […]

One Man Army And The Undead Quartet, the new Swedish band featuring former The Crown vocalist Johan Lindstrand, have replacedВ Impaled Nazarene on the billing of this year’s Metal Therapy festival, set to take place on April 15 in Amneville, France. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: MoonspellMayhemHypocrisySoilworkAmorphisGojiraDagobaSikthBlockheadsThe Old Dead TreeOne Man Army […]

Primal Scream premiered their new album in London last night (April 6). During the course of the 20-song set, the band played five other songs from their forthcoming LP ‘Riot City Blues’, out on June 5. Guests in attendance included Noel Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers, The Kills and actor John Simm.