PJ Harvey will perform at the opening night of the Hay-On-Wye literary festival on May 26, a bash known for attracting renowned authors from around the world. The set, which is Harvey‘s first UK performance since 2004, will see her perform a intimate set playing just guitar and piano.

Arctic Monkeys kicked off their first headlining UK tour of 2006 in Nottingham last night (April 13).The tour has been one of the year’s hottest tickets, and the band will debut new tracks from their forthcoming EP ‘Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys’ (out on April 24).

Leaves’ Eyes will release a new EP entitled “Legend Land” on June 2nd through Napalm Records. A release party is being held on May 20th at Kornhaus Hunfeld in Hunfeld, Germany to give fans a chance to hear the EP two weeks ahead of time. Drummer Moritz Neuner will be a special guest DJ for […]

Irish soft-rockers Snow Patrol unveiled songs from their forthcoming album Eyes Open at a sold out gig at London’s Koko on April 12.Gary Lightbody and co delivered an 18-song set, balancing the new material with an equal measure of crowd-pleasing favourites, such as Chocolate, Spitting Games and How To Be Dead. The band are now […]

Scottish metalheads Mendeed have signed to Nuclear Blast. The band have also announced they’ll support Slayer on the UK/European ‘Unholy Alliance Tour’ at the end of the year.

The Vines have confirmed details of the next single to be taken from their album ‘Vision Valley’.The trio will release ‘Anysound’ on May 22 in three formats, CD plus two limited edition 7” vinyl’s. The CD format will be backed by a AOL Country Version of ‘Get Free’.The first 7” format will come as a […]

Bloc Party have chosen a producer for their upcoming second album.Tentatively titled ‘Urbanite Relaxation’, the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Silent Alarm’, will be produced by former Compulsion guitarist now successful producer Jacknife Lee.

Mastodon have posted their version of Metallica’s ‘Orion’ at www.myspace.com/mastodon. This is the finished version, as compared to what is said to be the unmastered cut that appeared on the recent ‘Remastered’ album, the 20th anniversary tribute to the ‘Master Of Puppets’ record, put together by Kerrang! magazine.

Dallas band Fair To Midland have signed to Serjical Strike, the label run by Serj Tankian of System Of A Down. Tankian himself is expected to produce the band’s new album.

Iggy Pop and Michael Stipe are set to team up with New York Dolls on the band’s first new album in over thirty years. The thirteen track album ‘One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This’ hits the shelves Stateside on July 25 and also features a contribution from Bo Diddley.Michael Stipe appears […]