Listen: Slash w/ Dave Grohl & Duff McKagan – “Watch This”

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

The new solo album from Slash isn't really a solo album. It's more of a collaboration project with some of the biggest names in rock music today.
The album Slash hits stores on April 6th and boasts appearances from artists including Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Andrew Stockdale, Myles Kennedy, Lemmy Kilmister and a whole lot more.
The track you can check out below is called "Watch This" and features Slash's… Read More

MGMT goes prog-rock?

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

MGMT's new album Congratulations currently has a lot of bloggers and reviewers scratching their heads about what to think of it. The following news, however, might make them scratch a bit more.
Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser have said that they plan on performing songs from their first album, Oracular Spectacular, in more of a 1980's prog-rock direction (via Contactmusic).… Read More

Listen: The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio”

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

I know what you were thinking. You saw the headline of this post and were like "Why would he even write stuff? Just give us the song and the link to where we can download it!"
Calm down, skippy. I'm just trying to give you some info with your music.
Earlier today, radio rips of the the new National song "Bloodbuzz Ohio" made it's way onto the interwebs for all you guys to download. The band saw this and decided to let us download the full version of the song.… Read More

RiO!B episode – Mar. 24, 2010

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

American Idiot the movie?
The… Read More

Slash to star in It Might Get Loud sequel?

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

The documentary It Might Get Loud featured three of the most well-known guitarists today: Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge. But some people have asked the fair question, "Why wasn't Slash in the film?" Well those people may get to see that happen after all.
Film producer Thomas Tull is considering doing a sequel to the guitar doc and may want the Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver axeman to star in it (via Blabbermouth).… Read More

The Strokes recording new album without Julian Casablancas

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

There's excitement in the air over the fact that The Strokes are currently recording their new album and possibly releasing it this September. But apparently there's one Stroke missing from those recording sessions and that's frontman Julian Casablancas.
The singer revealed that he's been away from the studio while the rest of the band has been laying down tracks. He plans on adding vocals at a later date.
"I think they [the other band members] did… Read More

Deftones move up release date of new album by two weeks

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
The new album from Deftones that we're all waiting for will be in stores a little sooner than we hoped. The band has decided to move up the release date by two weeks which means you'll be able to purchase Diamond Eyes on May 4th.

The album has been getting solid early reviews so far (I now direct you to our boys at Antiquiet for their stellar review) and it looks… Read More

Phoenix offer free download of live album

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

French dance-rockers Phoenix were one of the biggest buzz bands in 2009 and they plan on riding that buzz through 2010 and beyond. So how does a band manage to stay in our good graces? By giving us a live album to download for free!
Make your way over to their website and you'll be able to download the 8-track album Live In Sydney. All you have to do is hit the download button. No mailing list, no… Read More

Green Day’s American Idiot headed for the silver screen?

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Green Day's album American Idiot hasn't officially made its Broadway debut yet and there's already talk of making it into a movie.
Word in the blogosphere is that the massive album turned musical is in discussions to be made into a feature film with actor Tom Hanks producing.… Read More

RiO!B episode – Mar. 23, 2010

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Dave Grohl hospitalized by coffee?
New… Read More