“I’ve heard this man lives in an old church by a river in Ireland. He must be a bit weird, eh?” -В Words from an old acquaintance I happen to run into at Brendan Perry’s first ever Bulgarian gig. Said person has never even heard of Dead Can Dance. I sort of envy him, or to […]

Robert Plant has announced he’s got a new album finished – and it’s to be released under the revived name of Band Of Joy, which was the name of the group he was in just prior to joining Led Zeppelin. Joining Plant are vocalist Patty Griffin, guitarist/vocalist Buddy Miller, bassist Byron House and drummer Marco […]

Vanilla Ice confirms his appearance at this year’s Glastonbury festival. The Ice Ice Baby rapper, is set to perform in the Sony Playstation Bar, formerly The Guardian lounge in the evening on June 24 according to his MySpace page. He joins headliners U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder.

Helmet are to release new album ‘Seeing Eye Dog’ on June 22. It’ll be on the Work Song label. As previously reported, to celebrate the 20th year of Helmet, Page Hamilton is currently underway on an art project called Close To Home – where he has invited fans worldwide to own one of 200 original […]

Dan Reed is to release his new album ‘Coming Up For Air’В on May 31, and will play nine shows in the UK around that time. Reed’s back for the tour is Tommy Denanader (acoustic/electric guitar), Rob Daiker (electric guitar/synth/vocals), Bengan JonassonВ  (bass/vocals), Brooke Lizotte (keyboards) and Robert Ikiz (drums/percussion).

Kingdom Of Sorrow, featuring Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) and Kirk Windstein (Down, Crowbar) has announced that their brand new album ‘Behind The Blackest Tears’ will see its North American release date on June 8th via Relapse Records. ‘Behind The Blackest Tears,’ the follow-up to Kingdom Of Sorrow’s self-titled debut album, was recorded at Dexter Lab Recordings […]

Actor Dennis Hopper is terminally ill and is unable to undergo chemotherapy to treat prostate cancer, his lawyer has said in court papers. Joseph Mannis said his client was therefore unable to be questioned by lawyers of his wife of 14 years as part of divorce proceedings. In previous court documents, Hopper had said he […]

The legendary and fearsome rustic R&B warrior only found out about the existence of the InternetВ in FebruaryВ and promptly used it to spread threats and curses all around! “I got new ditties, new melodies, new look – I’m all brand new I am! And no fucking censure!” – growled this fierce class-war berzerker. BICHETO last raped […]

Sick Of It All have returned with an absolutely crushing new full-length album that is going to once again redefine the genre they helped create. The group will be releasing their vicious new offering, Based On A True Story, worldwide through Century Media Records on April 20th in North America. Sick Of It All has […]

Rebel rockers Gogol Bordello offer fans a free MP3 download of their single “Pala Tute” from their fifth studio album, Trans-Continental Hustle. Due out on American Recordings on April 27th, Trans-Continental Hustle is perhaps the most ambitious undertaking in the group’s already remarkable decade-long career and is the result of an inspired, year-long collaboration with […]