We're heading down to SXSW this week. BBQ, beer and bands!

It's not only St. Patrick's day today but it's also Jack White Day as this is the second story about the man I've put up in the last couple of hours. But this is one you're definitely gonna want to check out.
White's newest band, The Dead Weather, are planning on releasing their second album this year. Which means, when you're releasing a new album, a single has to precede… Read More

Metallica is coming up with a new plan to take over the touring world: by putting on a show that they say will rival Pink Floyd's The Wall tour.
The tour will take place in 2011 and the band is already plotting where the shows will be. "They will only play in 10 cities but it will be a huge undertaking. It will be Metallica’s equivalent of The Wall," said Metallica's manager Peter Mensch (via CoS).… Read More

In a move that will probably satisfy rock and hip-hop fans alike, it's been reported that Jack White, the journeyman of rock n' roll, has recorded a song with mega hip-hop star Jay-Z.
White recently spoke to GQ magazine (via TwentyFourBit) and revealed… Read More

You guys remember when System Of A Down broke up went on "hiatus"? Remember when guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan formed the band Scars On Broadway? Remember when they released an album and were supposed to tour but at the last minute Daron pulled the plug on the whole thing? No? Well you've just been reminded.
But it now turns out that, according to a posting on Dolmayan's… Read More

The first single from Gorillaz new album, Plastic Beach, was the infectious song "Stylo". With its pulsing beat and memorable keyboard line, you're instantly hooked when you hear the tune. But an artist is crying foul over the song because he says the primates copied him.
Recording artist Eddy Grant is consulting lawyers after he claimed that the keyboard line from "Stylo" rips off his song "Time Warp" (via NME).… Read More

The Kings are returning to the U.S. roads for a massive tour that will go from June until September.
Kings Of Leon are coming back in a big way after taking a six month break. The grammy-winning band will kick things off on June 5th in Atlantic City, NJ and take their final bows on September 23rd in Dallas, TX. All the tour dates are below.
Tickets for the… Read More

There are plenty of bands around the world that make some people say they "would do anything" to see them at least once. In the case of 160 Metallica fans in Colombia, that "anything" would be starting a riot outside the venue… Read More

June 1st will be the day you walk into your record store and see an album called Future Breeds from the Vancouver, Canada band Hot Hot Heat.
This will be their first album in three years and their first album on their brand new label Danger Bird Records. Frontman Steve Bays said that the reason it took a while for them to come out with a new album was because they wanted to record the album first and then send it off to different labels (via Read More

A damaging blow was given to the Man yesterday when the band Pink Floyd won their court battle against record label EMI.
The band's lawsuit claimed that EMI was selling their songs individually online when they had no right to. It even said in their contract that "there are no rights to sell any or all of the records as single records other than with [Pink Floyd's] permission.”
EMI tried to counter by saying that the word "record" only applied to… Read More

Up top is the brand new video from Coheed and Cambria for their new song "The Broken". If you were looking for a video featuring an epic, futuristic battle between giant machines that looks like it came straight out of a graphic… Read More