Listen: The Kills cover “Silent Night”

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Even though the new album from The Kills didn't make our top five albums of 2011 list (it's still a great album though), we cannot, in good conscience, ignore a timeless Christmas carol sung by the sultry Alison Mosshart.
Down below, thanks to a find from Some… Read More

Paul McCartney releasing new album in February

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Ah, February. The shortest month of the year that also contains the most romantic day of the year. Of course, I'm talking about the day the Pro Bowl airs because nothing brings couples closer together than watching the NFL's biggest stars playing touch football in Hawaii. Ain't love grand?
And to make the month of February even more romantical, Paul McCartney has announced that he'll be releasing an album called My Valentine on February 7th (via Consequence… Read More

The RiO!B Top Five Rock Albums of 2011

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Here they are, everyone. After listening to many albums over the past year we've whittled it down to the top five rock albums of 2011. Did your favorite albums make our list? Does your list look exactly like ours? Is your list the exact opposite of ours? Watch the episode and find out what albums we call the cream of the crop for 2011. Read More

The Beach Boys announce 50th anniversary reunion tour, new album

Friday, December 16th, 2011

And just when you thought 2011 was winding down and there would be no other major news headlines, look what decided to pop by and say hello.
It has been announced that The Beach Boys will reunite in 2012 for a 50th anniversary tour and will also be releasing a brand new album. The tour will kick off next April at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and, in addition to a new album, commemorative… Read More

Watch: Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”

Friday, December 16th, 2011

It feels like it's been a while since I posted about Arcade Fire and this may seem as if it's a bit late but in fact it's right on time. Up top, you can check out the brand new music video from the band for their single, "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)," from their Grammy winning album The Suburbs.
But that's not all. You COULD watch the video up top OR you could get interactive with the video. Lemme explain. If you click right over here you get to turn… Read More

Listen: Sleigh Bells – “Born To Lose”

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Sleigh Bells, one of the loudest indie-rock bands on the planet (or at least Brooklyn), announced a couple of weeks ago that their sophomore album, Reign Of Terror, would be released on February 14th, 2012. To get fans and people who are fans of frontwoman Alexis Krauss excited, they released the first single off of the album called "Born To Lose" which you can check out down below courtesy of Spin.com.… Read More

Foo Fighters create “volcanic tremors” in New Zealand

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters crafted one of the biggest sounding albums of 2011 with Wasting Light and proved it when they played a concert in Auckland, New Zealand on Tuesday.
According to GeoNet, scientists noticed that the activity taking place during the concert caused geological tremors that were "similar to [a] volcanic tremor". How similar? I'll let… Read More

Corey Taylor interview on the RiO!B

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

On today's episode of the Rock it Out! Blog, I interview Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman, Corey Taylor. We talk about the upcoming Stone Sour album, Slipknot's upcoming summer tour and why it's taking him a while to finally start writing music for Slipknot again. Read More

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross nominated for Golden Globe award

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Remember last year when Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Score for The Social Network? Well the duo are trying to go for back to back victories this year.
Reznor and Ross were nominated again at the Globes for Best Original Score for their work on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. They'll be defending their title against John Williams for War Horse, Abel Korzeniowski for W.E.,… Read More

RiO!B episode – December 14, 2011

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

I recently saw the prologue to The Dark Knight Rises and it was pretty damn awesome. But it also got me thinking about the music in superhero movies. So I want to know from you, via text or video response, what rock band would you want to see soundtrack your favorite superhero or super villain. Read More