Hot Hot Heat reveal new album, record label

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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

Pink Floyd wins court battle over EMI

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

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

Watch: Coheed and Cambria – “The Broken”

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The Broken

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Pearl Jam touring the U.S.A!

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Pearl Jam + U.S. tour = YES!!!
High fives all around for this news. Eddie Vedder and the boys are touring the U.S. this coming May (via CoS). The legendary band will kick things off on May 1st at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and finish it all up with two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden on the 20th and 21st. Afterwards they'll head out to Europe.
What makes… Read More

Gorillaz are mini-touring the U.K.

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

With the release of their new album, Plastic Beach, Gorillaz are obviously going to tour behind it. So to kick things off, they're doing a mini-tour in the U.K. before coming to the U.S. for their Coachella gig.
CoS reports that this tour will be to road-test the "new live band" which may include former Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonson (who also appear… Read More

The Strokes are confirmed for Lollapalooza

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

If you were wondering what U.S. music festival to hit up this summer then this bit of info may help to make your decision.
According to the Chicago Tribune, The Strokes have been confirmed to play the Lollapalooza festival this summer in Chicago, IL.
Julian Casablancas said that the band are fielding a bunch of… Read More

Coldplay debuts brand new song called “Don Quixote”

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Apparently the best place for a band to play in the entire world is Buenos Aires, Argentina. That's what Chris Martin of Coldplay said to the crowd in Argentina before playing them a brand new song.
Consequence Of Sound came across this live stream of a new song called "Don Quixote" which immediately invites you to chant the familiar refrain "Olé Olé Olé"… Read More

Faith No More playing NYC show!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Well, well, well. The summertime in NYC just got a little cooler...I mean warmer...I mean...ah whatever. Faith No More is playing a show in Brooklyn.
July 5 will not only be the day people celebrate their Fourth of July hangovers but the day NYCers will make their to Hipstertown, U.S.A. aka Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY to catch the return of Mike Patton and the rest of the crew perform live. The show will take place on the Williamsburg Waterfront to benefit… Read More

Watch: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Beat The Devil’s Tattoo”

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

One of the most underrated bands, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, just released their brand new album called Beat The Devil's Tattoo and the music video up top is for the title track.
The song is a foot-stomper in… Read More

OK Go form their own record label

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The band that currently holds the world title for best music videos has now said damn the man and struck out on their own.
OK Go has left their long time record label, EMI, to begin their own label called Paracadute. With this move, the band will now exclusively oversee the promotion and distribution functions of the band. They are also planning a huge new promotional campaign for their album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky.
Lead singer Damian… Read More