The British-American indie rock duo The Kills shall release its new album on March 10 via Domino Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “No Wow”, entitled “Midnight Boom“, has already been preceded by the two “Cheap and Cheerful” and “U R A Fever”. You may check out their videos here: The Kills – “Cheap and Cheerful“ […]

OnВ February 1 Jack Daniel’s starts its competition Battle of the Bands -В Bulgaria 2008. The word goes about a “battle” meant for young unsigned Bulgarian bands, rezulting in prizes, studio time, music equippment and plenty of live shows… All sorts of information shall be announced very, very soon at www.jackmusic-bg.com.

“Digital Versatile Doom: Live at the Orpheum Theatre” – a live CD and DVD by Finland’s goth metaller H.I.M., shall be released on March 11 via Warner. The set was recorded at the band’s November 14-15, 2007 concerts at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Below you can see footage off the shows, as included […]

Sam Riley has won the Rising Star Award at this year’s Richard Attenborough Film Awards for his portrayal of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. The former 10,000 Things singer starred in the biopic “Control”, directed by Anton Corbijn. “Control” – movie trailer

Exactly 35 years ago, on January 30, 1973, Kiss performed their very first concert ever. The show took place in Queens, New York, when the band played two sets for a crowd of under 10 people… Below you can see and hear footage of Kiss playing live just a few months after this historic event: […]

Notorious bass player Nikki Sixx announced that he and his band mates have written “10 songs done for the new Motley Crue album so far… A couple of song titles are called “A Scar on Hollywood Blvd.” and “The Saints of Los Angeles”… The album is called “The Dirt”.” There’s still no word when the […]

Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Klaxons and My Chemical Romance are among the bands who lead the way in the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 nominations. The ceremony shall take place on February 28 at the Indig02 in north Greenwich, London, and the winners shall be picked until February 25 from the nominees, some of which are: […]

A Simon & Garfunkel concert recordings compilation, simply entitled “Live 1969“, shall surface as a Starbucks exclusive on March 11. The effort features previously unreleased cuts from Simon & Garfunkel’s November 1969 U.S. tour. To be more precise, here’s the CD’s complete tracklist: “Homeward Bound” (Long Beach, CA) “At the Zoo” (New York) “The 59th […]

Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, Kirk Windstein (Down, Crowbar), Steve Gibb (Crowbar, ex-Black Label Society), Derek Kerswill (Unearth) and Matthew Brunson, collectively known as Kingdom of Sorrow, shall release their self-titled debut album (view cover in the left) on February 25 via Relapse Records. You may check out the U.S. metal bulldozers’ music at myspace.com/kingdomofsorrow, and […]

Tarja Turunen has released the video for her new solo single, “Die Alive”, which can be watched below. The footage was shot in December 2007 in Berlin, Germany, while the song itself comes off the former Nightwish singer’s solo album “My Winter Storm”. Tarja Turunen – “Die Alive“