After the insanity that was yesterday with Arcade Fire releasing two new songs and Pitchfork linking back to the RiO!B so you could check them out, the indie-rock giants continue to hit us with new information. That picture on the right is the album cover of their new LP which is called The Suburbs and, according to the letter written by Arkady Fireovich,… Read More
Kings of Leon are having themselves a busy summer. Between 32 summer tour dates, a gig at the Bonnaroo festival and working on the brand new album, the Followills are already hyping up what the new LP will sound like. At a recent Bonnaroo press conference, drummer Nathan Followill talked about the followup album to 2008's Only By The Night and when they'll start playing some new songs live (via Spin).… Read More
Canada is back in full force as the country's indie-rock darlings Arcade Fire just released their brand new single "Suburbs/Month of May" on vinyl. On the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1, they recently played bothsongs and now we've got them for you to check out! "Month of May" is a rocker for sure. It's a catchy, upbeat 50's sounding tune that should be one of the anthems for… Read More
I swear, with all these leaks, you won't need to buy the new EP from How To Destroy Angels which comes out on July 6th. The newest song to hit the world wide information superhighway is called "The Believers" which you can check out down below and download over at Some Kind Of Awesome. So what does it sound like? Well, as usual, it features… Read More
There's a growing call from musicians to boycott the state of Arizona due to their recent passing of an immigration law that allows local authorities to stop anyone they feel may be an illegal citizen. Leading the charge is none other than Rage Against The Machine. Billboard reports that a website called thesoundstrike.net… Read More
"It was us or The Beatles and they split up years ago. The previous soldiers got pulled from duty last minute so it's up to my Plastic Beach naval cavalry to sail in and sort the battlefield out. I can assure you though, I'm bringing extra troops. Loads of them. Glastonbury will be ours... cutlasses drawn, trumpets ready. We're coming..." - Murdoc Niccals of Gorillaz. After the news that U2 would… Read More
The picture says it all. Jack White and Jay-Z standing together equals a collaboration that has officially become the most anticipated of 2010. The website Nah Right has more photos of the new dynamic duo working on the song titled "Ray Bans" at Third Man Records in Nashville, TN. There's still no word as to when this song will be released but when it does come out, I'll actually… Read More
Slipknot is a massive band that boasted nine members. Sadly, however, this giant metal machine lost an important part when bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel room on the morning of May 24th. Earlier this evening, Slipknot held a press conference in Iowa to express their feelings towards Gray's death.
Say what now? Klaxons? That band hasn't been around for years and now they're suddenly back? They just think they can show up and we'll talk about them? Well they couldn't be more right. The English dance-rock band that brought us ravers like "Golden Skans" and "Two Receivers" has now decided to drop the dance part of their sound and just go rock. This is evidenced in their brand new song called "Flashover" which they just released. The song was produced… Read More
