Pro/Con: Alter Bridge

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

On today's installment of Pro/Con, we feature the band Alter Bridge. We find someone who has never heard the band before and play them the song "Rise Today" from their second album, Blackbird.
What band should we feature on the next Pro/Con? Read More

Watch: Lou Reed and Metallica perform on Later…with Jools Holland

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

A car wreck. A tornado. A drunken bar fight at 2 am. A horribly disfigured person. These are all things that we still can't manage to pry our eyes away from. We just have to look even though we know they're devastating. We now have one more thing to add to that list: Lou Reed and Metallica performing "Iced Honey" from the awful Lulu.
Up top you can watch them perform the song "Iced Honey" during their appearance on Later...with Jools Holland. Down below, to try and make up for the Lulu… Read More

Listen: The Muppets cover “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Normally I appreciate everything the Muppets do. I feel that they rarely ever do wrong but unfortunately trying to cover Nirvana is where they fall a bit short.

Down below, via Stereogum, you'll hear Beaker, Sam the Eagle, Dr. Teeth and other Muppets performing an acapella version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I'm hoping that if this rendition of the grunge classic… Read More

RiO!B episode – November 8, 2011

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Van Halen performing at Grammy Awards
Black Sabbath holding press conference
Radiohead 2012 tour dates
Paramore… Read More

Radiohead announce first tour dates for 2012

Monday, November 7th, 2011

We got dates, guys! Not all of them but Radiohead has put out their first North American tour dates for 2012 to finally support their newest album, The King Of Limbs (via CoS). It kicks off on February 27th in Miami, FL and all of the dates are listed down below. Tickets for the shows go on sale starting November 12th except for the Tampa, FL show on February 29th. Those… Read More

Black Sabbath holding press conference on 11/11/11

Friday, November 4th, 2011

November 11, 2011 is being dubbed National Metal Day by VH1 Classic...which means nothing since VH1 Classic is a channel not many people watch. But 11/11/11 is also the day that Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward aka Black Sabbath will be holding a press conference at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles at 11:11 am local time (via Rolling… Read More

Looks like Van Halen is reuniting at the Grammys

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Way to ruin the surprise, Grammys. Spin came across a tweet (via Yahoo's Amplifier) that was put out last night from the Grammy account that read the following. See if you can find the… Read More

RiO!B episode – November 4, 2011

Friday, November 4th, 2011

On today's Rock it Out! Blog, I wonder how Nickelback continues to have fans. This week, Tastebuds.fm voted Nickelback the band that would guarantee you wouldn't have sex to if you're a fan. Then, Detroit Lions fans are petitioning to have Nickelback not play at halftime during the Thanksgiving game.
So with all the hate towards this band, how do they still manage to continue to get fans and sell albums? Read More

Watch: Green Day perform new song, “Carpe Diem”

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Green Day has been making a bit of noise these days with these small club shows they've been playing. Most recently the trio played a show in San Francisco on Tuesday night and video of a brand new song has popped up online.
Consequence of Sound came across a fan shot video of Green Day's new song, "Carpe Diem," which you can check out up top. As to whether a new album from these guys is coming soon, we can be pretty sure that it… Read More

Darren Aronofsky to direct music video for “Iced Honey” from Lulu

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Darren Aronofsky is a great director. Black Swan, The Wrestler, and Requiem For A Dream are just a few of the phenomenal films that he has helmed. Now I'm not one to question someone's artistic integrity and vision...but what the fuck, Darren?
Over at the Lou Reed/Metallica website, an announcement was made that Aronofsky would direct a music video for the… Read More