Listen: New music from Trent Reznor in a new trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is in theaters on December 21st. Read More
Watch: Mastodon – “Curl Of The Burl”
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Music video or PSA? Up top you can check out the video for Mastodon's "Curl Of The Burl" from their forthcoming album, The Hunter, which you can listen to right now.
Basically, the gist of the video is thus. Don't use nature to get high because you'll turn into Paul Bunyan before being seduced by woodland hotties who turn you into a tree. That being said, watch the video.
The Hunter is out on September 27th. Read More
Watch: Trailer for U2′s documentary, From The Sky Down
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011This seems to have been the year for rock and roll documentaries. Foo Fighters had one, Kings of Leon had one, Pearl Jam has one coming real soon. So why not let U2 into the mix?
Up top is the trailer for the documentary, From The Sky Down, directed by Davis Guggenheim who also did An Inconvenient Truth. The documentary features Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen talking about the album, Achtung Baby. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the LP and the doc has the band… Read More
Listen: The Flaming Lips – “I Found a Star On The Ground”
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Hey you! Got six hours to kill? How about listening to the new song from the Flaming Lips? That's right...song. As in, one song. Singular.
The track, "I Found a Star On The Ground," can be heard down below and in three parts. Each part being two hours long, this song is an exercise in auditory stamina since listening to it takes up 1/4 of a day. Plus, if you were a massive Lips fan that really wanted to inject yourself into their music, you could have had your name… Read More
Pro/Con: System of a Down
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011What happens when we take someone who's never heard of a band and play them one of their songs for the first time?
Welcome to Pro/Con. A new segment on the Rock it Out! Blog where that scenario happens every single week. This week, my mother takes a listen to a song from System of a Down and offers the pros and cons of the song and the band after one listen.
What bands should we profile next? Let us know. Read More
R.E.M. says they’re done
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Sad news, guys. R.E.M. have officially announced that they're all done. They're packing it in and calling it a day. If you start to hear the distant sound of taps being played, now you know why.
In a message posted at their official website, the band wrote the following:
"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk… Read More
In a message posted at their official website, the band wrote the following:
"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk… Read More
Guns N’ Roses Announces U.S. Tour
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Well its finally happened. Took way longer than it was supposed to but its finally happened. The collective known as Guns N' Roses aka Axl Rose and his merry band have announced a full U.S. tour kicking off at the end of October.
Blabbermouth reports that GnR will kick off their outing on October 28th in Orlando, FL. Many of the dates still haven't been announced yet but… Read More
Radiohead touring in 2012, Atoms for Peace releasing album
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
As if Radiohead taking over New York City next week wasn't big enough, frontman Thom Yorke gave us fans a couple more reasons to smile big. Yorke made the announcement on Gilles Peterson's show on BBC Radio 1 that RH would tour in 2012 in support of their album, The King of Limbs.
"The idea is to go out and play next year on and off during the year, "said Yorke. "It feels like a good idea… Read More
