The Stone Roses announce reunion shows, new music in 2012

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Photo: Pennie Smith
We've all been waiting for as long as we can remember but now it's finally happening. Vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield and drummer Alan "Reni" Wren aka The Stone Roses have announced that they will reunite in 2012.
At a press conference in London, the "Fools Gold" four announced that they'll play two shows at Heaton Park in Manchester, England on June 29th and 30th and will follow it up with a world tour. Furthermore,… Read More

Listen: The Prodigy remix Foo Fighters’ “White Limo”

Monday, October 17th, 2011
I'm guessing Dave Grohl was a fan of "Breathe" or "Smack My Bitch Up". Otherwise, this remix may never have happened.

NME came across a remix of the monster track, "White Limo," done by The Prodigy's Liam Howlett that's gotten the approval of the Foos. Furthermore, Howlett posted on The Prodigy's website, "heres… Read More

Listen: Coldplay ft. Rihanna – “Princess of China”

Monday, October 17th, 2011
Coldplay goes hip-hop? Not entirely but on "Princess of China" featuring the princess of hip-hop, Rihanna, Chris Martin goes heavy on the beats that'll make your head nod.

Check out the track down below which appears on their forthcoming album, Mylo Xyloto, which is in stores on October 24th.
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RiO!B episode – October 15, 2011

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Fred Durst is set to produce and star in a forthcoming CBS sitcom that currently has the working title of Douchebag. On today's episode, I'm interested in knowing what you would call the show and how long you think it'll be on the air before it gets canceled. Read More

Billy Corgan starts his own wrestling league

Friday, October 14th, 2011
You know what? I'm not surprised by this. Not at all. We've been making fun of Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and his love for pro wrestling for a while now. So it makes sense that Corgan would finally take his obsession with wrasslin' to a whole new level and start his own wrestling company called Resistance Pro Wrestling.

Speaking to Fox News in Chicago, Corgan announced the creation of his… Read More

Wilco releases tour dates for 2012

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

New album means tour dates. Wilco is following the formula and have announced quite a few dates in 2012 that will place the band primarily in the midwest and on the west coast. The tour kicks off on November 29th in Dallas, TX and will end on February 10th in Santa Barbara, CA. All of the dates are listed down below and Wilco's new album, The Whole Love, is in stores right now.
Wilco 2012 tour dates: 11/29 – Dallas, TX, The Music Hall… Read More

Steel Panther interview on the RiO!B

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Check out the exclusive Rock it Out! Blog interview with Steel Panther frontman, Michael Starr. We talk about the band's forthcoming album, Balls Out, which is out November 1st. We also go through a checklist to see how metal Steel Panther is and we get a story about Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. Read More

Radiohead will be recording new songs this winter

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Is there a font that can also convey how big of a smile I have on my face? Someone let me know because that font is necessary for this post.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke revealed that the band would be recording all new material this winter. Yorke said, "We can get things together quite rapidly at the moment," and mentioned… Read More

Watch: Cage The Elephant – “Aberdeen”

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Remember Gumby? For that matter, do you remember claymation? If not, take a nostalgic trip back courtesy of Cage The Elephant and their music video for the song "Aberdeen" from their new album Thank You, Happy Birthday.
BTW, Cage The Elephant had a "Dave Grohl is amazing" moment recently. On Monday night, Cage's… Read More

Watch: Thom Yorke’s DJ Set for The Boiler Room

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

So on Tuesday, to celebrate the release of the Radiohead remix album, TKOL RMX 1234567, Thom Yorke decided to man the decks for a live DJ set on The Boiler Room website. In case you missed it you can watch it up top. And if you're a big fan of DJ Yorke, you can download his entire set on iTunes.
Furthermore,… Read More