Mike Skinner of The Streets has declared new film “Sweeney Todd” an “absolute inspiration” after being bowled over by the new musical at the cinema. The movie, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen, is an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the mythical murderous barber […]

The reunited New York Dolls shall release a concert album in March. Entitled “Live at the Fillmore East“, the CD will contain audio footage recorded during the band’s two-night stand at the New York venue in December 2007. New York Dolls – “Personality Crisis” (live 2006)

Muse shall release a live DVDВ on February 18, recorded during the band’sВ June 16-17,В 2007 performances at the legendary London Stadium. Entitled “The Haarp Tour: Live from Wembley”, the effort shall come out both as a singe DVD and a CD/DVD box set, containing following tracklist: Knights of Cydonia Hysteria Supermassive Black Hole Map of the Problematique […]

Albania’s Top Gold Radio asked its website visitors to vote for their favorite songs as part of the 100 Golden Hits contest. Metallica’s 1991 hit “Nothing Else Matters” received the largest number of votes and was named the all-time best song by the Albanian audience, followed by Scorpions’ “Wind of Change“, Guns N’ Roses’ “Don’t […]

On Sunday night (January 27-28) Bulgaria’s РњРњ TV shall host a 6-hour long German Rock Night, featuring videos and live footage of bands like Rammstein, Helloween, Crematory, Kreator, Accept, Doro, Sodom, Scorpions and many more.

Bulgarian rockersВ Kaskadiori entered Sofia’s Graffitti Studio to record their fourth full-length album. The CD (working title: “Keep Silence”) shall contain 10 tracks and is due out later in the year. KaskadioriВ – “River of Time“

While gearing up for an Australian tour with Sonic Youth in February, Thurston Moore has lent his talents to score the adult film “Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore)“, due out in the USA on March 18 on DVD. A description of the movie says that it “documents 60 amateur women (unpretentious, unadorned and undressed) set […]

The “Greek Blink 182” Athens-based punk rockers Suave Gap and their Bulgarian colleagues Catalyst shall do two shows in Bulgaria, respectively at Sofia’s Backstage ClubВ on January 25 and Plovdiv’s Puzzle Club on January 26. Additional info about both events can be found in our GIG GUIDE. Suave Gap – “Want You Back“

Kaiser Chiefs are set to release a series of brand-new EPs and downloads in 2008, as they strive to break free of the conventional album release cycle. “We want to break the routine of having to make an album every two years. It’s totally boring,” drummer Nick Hodgson explained. Kaiser Chiefs – “Ruby“

Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Saul Hudson a.k.a. Slash has revealed that his current band Velvet Revolver shall start working on its third full-length album in April. The musician has also stated, “I have a solo record that I’m looking forward to doing. But I’m not going to do it until the Velvet Revolver record […]