Scissor Sisters want to cover NIN’s “Piggy”

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The fabulous Scissor Sisters, whose new album Night Work comes out (sure, pun intended) on June 28th, have said they want their next cover song to be Nine Inch Nails' "Piggy" from The Downward Spiral.
Frontman Jake Shears spoke to Spinner and said that he's a huge fan of Trent Reznor. "I love cover songs and I've always wanted to do a honky-tonk version… Read More

Jimmy Page releasing new material this year

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

What with John Paul Jones hanging out with some crooked vultures and Robert Plant releasing his new Band of Joy album in September, it's only fair that Jimmy Page should get in on the fun of releasing some new music.
Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Page said that he's got an idea for a project that he's been working on for a long time and he feels that now is the time to record and release some… Read More

Coldplay’s new album to have “killer tunes”

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Coldplay are nearing completion on their upcoming fifth album and, according to a blog post on their website, it's got some "killer tunes."

Those aren't exactly the words I would use to describe Coldplay's music. I would have gone with "pretty tunes" or "songs of an anthemic nature" or even "new tracks for Jay-Z to rap over". But the band went with "killer tunes" so that's gonna be the headline.… Read More

Ozzy’s new album, Scream, streaming on Myspace

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The new album from Ozzy Osbourne, Scream, will be in stores next week but you can stream it online right now.
Heading over to the Prince of Darkness's Myspace page will grant your ears access to the new album playing in its entirety. The album officially hits stores on June 22nd. You can pre-order the album over at Ozzy's… Read More

Listen: Disturbed – “Another Way To Die”

Monday, June 14th, 2010

I know many of you are hankering for some new Disturbed because a lot of you have written me asking if I can get some new music from the band. Right, like I can just conjure up new songs from Disturbed like...oh wait. I can do that actually.
"Another Way To Die" is the brand new song from the metal band. Down below you can check out the "lyric" video so you can sing along to the new tune while watching images of the planet being destroyed by humans and nature.… Read More

RiO!B episode – June 14, 2010

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Details on Rock Band 3
Brandon… Read More

Listen: David Andrew Sitek – “Tiger”

Monday, June 14th, 2010

David Andrew Sitek is a busy boy. When he not producing/playing many instruments for his band TV on the Radio he's off making a new solo album called Maximum Balloon.
Sitek is gearing up to release this solo album of his with the help of some close friends. You've got Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe from TVOTR, Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Talking Heads' David Byrne on this record to name a few. You probably wanna know what this bad boy's… Read More

Watch: Gorillaz – “Melancholy Hill”

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Gorillaz are still trying to welcome us to the world of the Plastic Beach and this time we're going to the part of the island called "Melancholy Hill."
The song is the band's new single which means it has to have a music video, right? Thanks to the fine folks at Some Kind of Awesome! we got our greedy little paws on it… Read More

Listen: Arcade Fire – “Ready To Start” and “We Used To Wait”

Monday, June 14th, 2010

The hype machine (not the incredible website but the metaphorical "machine") is in overdrive for Arcade Fire and their forthcoming album The Suburbs.
Between releasing their first two songs, "Month of May" and "The Suburbs", announcing a North American tour with Spoon and… Read More

Rock Band 3 features more music, a real guitar

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Rock Band is about to give the competition a run for its money when Rock Band 3 is released this holiday season. Not only do you get more new music to play but you'll be able to actually play the songs on a real working guitar.
Yes indeed, my digital rockers. Gone are the days when you could shred by pushing red-blue-red-green-yellow-yellow-yellow. The third full installment of the Rock Band franchise will incorporate the use of… Read More