Florida punks Hot Water Music have split up. After a decade together, the foursome have decided to go their separate ways, and will announce various new projects soon.

Sufjan Stevens is due to release ‘The Avalanche’ – an album of material culled from the sessions for his ‘Illinois’ record.‘Illinois’ was originally conceived as a double album but, as the project developed, the album became a single. The left-over tracks have been collected together on ‘The Avalanche’, which is due to be released on […]

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is set to release a solo album in July. Рўhe album will be called ‘The Eraser’ and will be produced by long-time band producer Nigel Godrich. XL – the White Stripes UK label – would put out the album.

Biohazard are just released a DVD. It features live footage shot during the band’s European tour, with the likes of Hatebreed and Agnostic Front. In fact, there’s film of every band on those dates. The ‘Hazard are also working on a career retrospective DVD.

Medieval prog folkies Circulus are to release new album ‘Clocks Are Like People’, through Rise Above in July. It was produced by Kit Woolven.

Rhino records are to re-issue all Bjork’s albums into one single box set. Еvery album from 1993’s Debut to 2005’s Drawing Restraint 9 will be re-mastered, boxed up and put in the shops on June 27th under the title of Surrounded. The box set will also feature all her videos.

Elbow are planning to release a B-sides album this September.Currently touring around Europe, the band have revealed that they are even asking fans to help them with the tracklisting.

Nearly 30 years after its formation, influential rock act Wire, featuring vocalist Colin Newman, bassist Graham Lewis, guitarist Bruce Gilbert and drummer Robert Gotobed, has reissued back-to-the-basics CD versions of its first three albums (“Pink Flag” (1977), “Chairs Missing” (1978) and “154” (1979)) and bundled them with a pair of live discs as a special […]

Slayer, Mastodon and Coheed And Cambria are among the latest names confirmed for the Carling Weekend Festival. Slayer, Mastodon, Less Than Jake and Taking Back Sunday will be in Leeds on August 25 and Reading on August 27. Coheed And Cambria and Jet play in Reading on August 26 and Leeds the next day.

Kid Rock has just filmed two shows in his town, Detroit. This is for a live DVD, due out later in the year.