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Will Van Halen's new album be the first major album of 2012? It seems that way.
According to the graphic up top (via Van Halen News Desk), the band's first new album featuring singer David Lee Roth will be released on February 7th. VH's last album with Roth was 1984 which was released in 1983.
It's also being reported by the site that the… Read More

So I guess Sublime With Rome will now be called....With Rome?
In an interview with L.A. radio station KROQ, original Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh who laid down the beats for Sublime 2.0 announced that he was leaving the band to become a dad again. You can watch Gaugh's announcement in the video down below. As to who will be stepping in to drum for the band, that would be none other than Nine Inch Nails/A Perfect Circle/Weezer/Devo drummer Josh Freese.
Luckily… Read More

Question: What does one Bay Area band give another Bay Area band for their 30th anniversary? If you're Green Day, you cover the Misfits.
Up top, you can check out Billie Joe Armstrong and the crew cover "Hybrid Moments" as a present for Metallica and then launch into a rendition of "Happy Birthday." It should be noted that Armstrong lovingly refers to 'Tallica in the song as "You old ass heavy metal motherfuckers." I'd say that's a pretty spot-on description.
Meanwhile, Metallica has… Read More

When Radiohead performed on Live From The Basement this past summer fans became quite excited since, at the time, there were no plans for the band to do any touring behind The King Of Limbs. This provided us a first look as to how RH would play an album like TKOL in a live setting.
Well now that Live From The Basement will be released digitally on iTunes on December 19th and in early 2012 on DVD and Blu-Ray. The performance features the band playing all eight tracks from… Read More

This really has been a good week for Metallica fans. It seems as if almost everyday another unreleased demo from the band was hitting the web for you to consume...so why stop now?
Down below, you can stream yet another previously unreleased Death Magnetic recording called "Rebel Of Babylon" (via Blabbermouth). This is the fourth track to come from Metallica… Read More

Yes, the site has been flooded with stories and posts about The Black Keys but for good reason. They're the biggest band in the country this December. Their new album, El Camino, is in stores and now they're making the promotional rounds on the late-night talk circuit.
Last night, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney showed up on The Colbert Report for an interview and a performance of their infectious new single, "Lonely Boy." They also performed… Read More

The Black Keys began their promotional push for their new album El Camino last night as they took the stage at Saturday Night Live. Being introduced by host Steve Buscemi, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney performed their new single "Lonely Boy" as well as the song "Gold On The Ceiling". Check out both performances down below courtesy of The Audio Perv and also check… Read More

You're getting the heads up from now that Record Store Day 2012 is going to be awesome.
In a recent interview with MTV News Canada, Mastodon frontman Troy Sanders revealed that the band will be releasing a split single with Canadian songstress Leslie Feist and her band for next year's vinyl holiday. Sanders says in the clip down below that "the idea is for Mastodon to cover a Feist song and throw some hair and dirt on it. They're gonna take… Read More

Smart moves being made by Justin Vernon here. Just to make sure his new album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, lands on as many best album of 2011 lists, the digital deluxe edition of the album features 10 short films; one for each track on the LP.
Thanks to a heads up from Some Kind of Awesome and CoS,… Read More

Saturday Night Live got a dose of Florence Welsh and her Machine when they came to play two tracks from their sophomore album, Ceremonials. Up top you can watch the band play "Shake It Out" and down below, you'll be treated to "No Light, No Light". Granted, Welsh didn't treat the crowd to any flowing, arm-waving dance moves during this performance but it's still a good one to watch.