NEWS

04 March 2009

The newly-reformed Faith No More will headline this year’s Download Festival The band, who originally split in 1998, will join other headliners Slipknot and Def Leppard at the bash, which runs until June 14. Other bands set to appear on the bill include Korn, Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit. Faith No More, who top the […]

04 March 2009

The bandВ  with a never-say-die-attitude are finally set to release their newВ CD ‘Next Level’. “Cool album, but I detect a certain lack of testosterone”, commented one of my close friends when she heard ‘Next Level’. I beg to differ, as the album sounds ballsy enough to me” – this is a short summary of what […]

04 March 2009

The Austin, Texas-based all-star group formed in the wake of Stevie Ray Vaughn‘s death, are ready to take full flight again. After playing together periodically during the past seven years, the band plans to release a DVD this year, tour extensively — including two appearances during this month’s South By Southwest music festival and a […]

04 March 2009

It’s a long story and too fucking complicated. And it’sВ a veryВ local thing. Probably you won’t get a word even if we bother to put here the English translation ofВ the story. But if you still insist to know what exactly happend between Bulagrian rock band Epizod and the Bulgarian National TV – go to your local […]

04 March 2009

The handful of optimistic Guns N’ Roses fans still holding out for a reunion of the band’s classic lineup can probably call it a day. In a newly published interview, singer Axl Rose describes former bandmate Slash as “a cancer,” elevating his distaste for the top-hatted guitarist to a new level. The mercurial singer barely […]

04 March 2009

The multiplatinum rockers are marking their 25th anniversary with ‘Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful,’ an “insider portrait” that includes previously unpublished photographs and text by the band members. “The book offers unprecedented insights into the members’ lives on stage, on the road, and at home, as well as intimate reflections on the highs and […]

03 March 2009

ADF guitarist Steve Chandra Savale (aka Chandrasonic) is to present a documentary series examining the influence of music on world politics on Al Jazeera. Called ‘Music Of Resistance’, the programme sees Chandrasonic travel the globe in an effort to document those who fight repression and injustice via song. Chandrasonic’s own band are featured in the […]

03 March 2009

The punk iconВ has revealed that he has recorded a jazz album based on the French author Michel Houellebecq‘s novel ‘La PossibilitГ© D’une Ile’ (‘The Possibility Of An Island’). In a video interview originally posted on Iggypop.org, which you can watch below, Pop explains that he decided to record the album – called ‘Preliminaires’ – because […]

02 March 2009

The band is finishing its first studio album in five years and planning a fall release on Suburban Noize Records, according to the group’s B-Real. “We’re mixing right now,” B-Real, who just released his first solo album, “Smoke N Mirrors,” tells Billboard.com. He describes the rap troupe’s new music as “gritty. It’s aggressive. It’s like […]

01 March 2009

U2 aren’t afraid of heights. Since 1987, they’ve played a bunch of rooftop gigs, and last night in London they did it again, treating 5000 onlookers to an energetic 20-minute set. The performance atop the BBC’s Broadcasting House capped a day of promotion for the band’s 12th album, No Line On The Horizon.The mini show […]