Billie Joe Armstrong starring in American Idiot movie

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

He made heads turn in the stage version of American Idiotand breathed new life into the Broadway version. Now, he'll be taking his thespian skills to the big screen in 2013.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is headed for the movies where he'll reprise his Broadway role of St. Jimmy for the upcoming American Idiot movie, which is being produced by Tom… Read More

Rockstar Uproar Festival releases first tour dates

Monday, June 13th, 2011

The 2011 Rockstar Uproar Festival, featuring headliners Avenged Sevenfold and Three Days Grace, has released the initial tour dates. The whole thing starts on August 26th in Camden, NJ and will end on October 15th. Other acts of note that will be making your ears bleed this summer include Seether, Sevendust, Bullet for My Valentine, Escape the Fate and more. Tickets for most of the shows go on sale starting June 17th at Livenation.com. The first dates are down below and more… Read More

Sevendust announce U.S. tour dates

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Sevendust are going to be kicking some major ass on the second stage at the Rockstar Uproar Festival this summer but prior to that they'll be headlining their own tour this July. The tour kicks off on July 7th in Cedar Rapids, IA and will end on July 23rd in Mobile, AL. After that, the band kicks off on Uproar starting August 26th in Camden, NJ. Adelitas Way, Emphatic… Read More

Foo Fighters add more tour dates

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Even though the Foo Fighters are kicking off their North American tour in September, they decided to add even more dates just because they like you so damn much. The tour starts up on September 14th in St. Paul, MN but the new dates kick off on October 9th in Denver, CO. The final date is on November 14th in Newark, NJ and tickets for the new dates go on sale June 17th. All the dates are down below.
Foo Fighters 2011 tour dates: 9/14 -- St. Paul,… Read More

Watch: Thom Yorke DJ’s new Radiohead remixes

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Thom Yorke is immersing himself more and more into DJing these days. So much so, that he's even got little dances he does when banging the ones and twos. But his most recent time behind the decks had the Radiohead frontman playing new remixes of The King of Limbs tracks which are coming out on July 5th. Up top, you can check out Yorke spinning at Plastic People in London with Four Tet last Friday… Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers release tracklisting for I’m With You

Monday, June 13th, 2011

We all know August 30th could be one of the best days of your life if you're a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan (who isn't?) With the new album, I'm With You, coming out that day, we should be aware of what the song titles are on the album so we can already pick our favorites based solely on words. Come on, you've been doing that for years and still have a tendency to lean towards the most kick ass song title.
The first single, "The Adventures of Rain… Read More

Listen: The Rapture – “How Deep is Your Love?”

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Yes, it would be easy to make Rapture jokes with this post but then you're probably the same person who thinks singing Rebecca Black's "Friday" on a Friday is still funny. So we'll skip the stupidity and head straight for the awesome. Up top, you can check out the video featuring the brand new single from The Rapture called "How Deep is Your Love" from their forthcoming album, In The Grace Of Your Love. Courtesy of James Murphy's DFA Records, apparently when playing a track from the Rapture you need the following things: a turntable,… Read More

Jack White and Karen Elson divorcing

Friday, June 10th, 2011

What normally may be sad news actually may end up being a rousing good time. The invitation to the divorce party of Jack White and Karen Elson is 100% real and proves, once again, that Jack White can do no wrong. Only he could make a divorce seem like a grand time.
A message from the soon to be split couple reads as thus:
To whom it may concern:
karen elson and jack white announce today that they are getting divorced.
"we remain… Read More

Listen: Weezer – “You Might Think”

Friday, June 10th, 2011

After Weezer's surprisingly good rendition of Radiohead's "Paranoid Android," the nerd-rockers have taken on another cover. This time, they tackle The Cars classic track, "You Might Think," which appears on the soundtrack for the movie, Cars 2.

I'm thinking Weezer may want… Read More

Listen: Pretty Lights mashes up Radiohead, Nirvana and Nine Inch Nails

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Being that it's Friday and the weekend is pretty much here, why not kick things off with a kick ass remix of some of your favorite bands?
Electronic artist Pretty Lights (aka Derek Smith) has taken on quite a few remixes and put his touch on everything from Kanye West to the theme song from the Chicago Bulls. But now… Read More