The Cure's website proudly displays a press release announcing that the band will soon release a deluxe three-disc reissue of their moody, atmospheric 1989 opus Disintegration, as Slicing Up Eyeballs points out. The reissue is due for a May 24 release date in the UK, via …
Last month, original bassist Eric Avery announced his latest departure from Jane's Addiction. Reporting on Avery's exit, Rolling Stone speculated on who the new bassist might be, citing some evidence that it might be founding Guns N' Roses member Duff McKagan. That guess turned out to be …
Last week, rumors swirled around the web about an apparent new track from Jay-Z and Dr. Dre. But since the story dropped close to April 1 and, last we heard, Dre's Detox LP was pushed back to 2011, we figured it was a lame hoax at best. …
Artist: Trash Talk
Album: Eyes & Nines
Release Date: May 18 (digital), June 8 (physical) Label: Trash Talk Collective
Notes: New album from this brutal Sacramento hardcore band. Produced by the Bronx's Joby Ford, with guest appearances from Bad Religion/Circle Jerks guitarist Greg Hetson and the Bronx's …
NME reports that former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook is taking Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division's classic debut album, on tour. Hook will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis' death by playing the album, in its entirety, on May 18 at Manchester's …
Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham, the man otherwise known as Pink Eyes, has a whole lot of energy-- something you already know if you've ever seen Fucked Up live. So now that Fucked Up are taking a break from their tireless touring schedule, Abraham has a bunch of other …
After years of inactivity, the Canadian post-rock juggernaut known as Godspeed You! Black Emperor is rumbling back to life.
The first order of business: curating and headlining ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas, taking place at Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead, England December 3-5. Other acts performing include Deerhoof, …
Veteran singer-songwriter John Prine gets the tribute-album treatment with Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, out June 22 on Prine's own Oh Boy imprint. It features My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Lambchop, Drive-By Truckers, Deer …
spokesperson for Spike Jonze tells MTV that the visionary director "will be in Austin shooting a short film which is a collaboration with Arcade Fire." This confirms an initial rumor reported yesterday on fan site Joel's Arcade Fire Blog and picked up by /Film, who added that …
On the heels of the announcement that the band would be reissuing their album on vinyl, Epitaph Records has announced that Refused will also issue a deluxe 3 CD version of their influential album, The Shape of Punk to Come. The reissue is due the same day as …
Andrew WK has released a song he recorded for a school project aged 17 that resulted in him being served with a juvenile restraining order. Written about a girl he was "deeply and passionately fixated on", upon hearing the song, which includes lyrics such as "Drove Past Your Doorway Fifteen …
The legendary and controversial Malcom McLaren has passed away, reports the Independent. The former manager of the Sex Pistols and had been battling cancer for some time. His condition recently deteriorated rapidly and he died this morning in New York. He had been suffering from cancer for some time, …
Amanda Palmer has announced her split from Roadrunner Records after a lengthy legal battle. The pianist and former Dresden Dolls vocalist has been released from her contract and was able to release a new song. She talked about the split on her blog: As many of you know, I've been …
According to a MySpace bulletin posted by No Use For A Name, the band plans to head to Europe with Lagwagon in July and August for some festivals and shows. No dates confirmed yet, but we'll keep you posted. The band also noted that Tony Sly has been writing …
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Cincinnati’s power pop punk trio THE DOPAMINES recently crashed in Gainesville, FL after their performance at THE FEST 8 to record an album with Roger Lima from Less Than Jake and Matt Yonker from Teen Idols/The Queers at Roger’s Moat House Studios. The recording was passed …
After its initial release in December 2009 as a vinyl/digital only effort, BLACKLISTED’s dramatic fourth full-length, No One Deserves to Be Here More Than Me will finally be available on CD, and with three bonus songs to boot! The bonus material includes two of the four songs from the …
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In anticipation of their upcoming tour, we (Kiss of Death Records) are posting the entire NO FRIENDS Traditional Failures EP for free download. The records should be arriving from the pressing plant any day now, and will be available on a one-sided 12″. We will also …
California metalcore band MONUMENT TO THIEVES have their Self-Titled full-length streaming now on their MySpace page. The No Sleep Records offering is the band’s first CD after two 7″s. A supergroup of sorts, MONUMENT TO THIEVES features THROWDOWN’s Keith Barney on vocals, and also includes members of ADAMANTIUM, FORCE …
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When an album influences an entire movement, the way IGGY AND THE STOOGES’ Raw Power did for punk rock, it takes a whole lot to make it better. Fortunately, that’s just what is happening on April 13th and April 27th; Raw Power is being re-released …
