Metallica has done many things in their day but have never curated and headlined their own two-day festival...until now. Taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 23rd and 24th at Bader field, the festival will feature 'Tallica headlining both nights and they will be performing both The Black Album and Ride The Lightning in its entirety. The festival will include 22 bands hand selected by the band to perform. The line up is quite… Read More
Well here it is! The lineup that kicks off festival season for 2012 is finally here. Coachella, which takes place in Indio, California on consecutive weekends, will boast the following headliners: The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg. Other performers appearing at Coachella this year include At The Drive-in, Pulp, Refused, Arctic Monkeys, Bon Iver, Florence & The Machine, M83, Beirut and plenty of dance acts including AVICII, Afrojack, Girl Talk, Swedish… Read More
Were you a bit upset that The Black Keys didn't announce your hometown as one of their stops on their upcoming North American tour? Don't fret, lil' blues-rock hipster! The duo just announced more North American shows which you can check out down below. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will start up the second leg of their North American tour on April 24th in Houston TX and tickets for the shows go on sale starting Friday, January 13th. As a reminder, the always awesome… Read More
Yes, it seems on my Twitter account that all I occasionally do is rave about how awesome The Black Keys are. But to be fair they are really good. If you haven't heard their new album El Camino (it leaked) then be sure to pick it up on Tuesday, December 6th. Then head out to your nearest arena -- yup, arena -- to check out Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney rock thousands upon thousands of people with their gritty, dirty, wonderful blues-rock. The duo will… Read More
Bikers, babes and boobies. All and more will be seen in the new video from Arctic Monkeys for the title track of their newest album, Suck It And See. The main biker, played by Monkeys drummer Matt Helder, and his old lady ride down desolate desert roads and seem to go good and bad on one another. One minute, it's all love and sex in cheap motel rooms and the next she smashes bottles across his face. It's a pretty cool video to check out even if you don't fully understand the plot. Suck It And See… Read More
Arctic Monkeys are continuing their whirlwind tour in support of their new album, Suck It and See. More North American tour dates have been announced and it all kicks off on September 23rd in Las Vegas and will end on October 18th in Pittsburgh, PA. If you're a Florida resident, you're lucky since you get three dates in a row in Orlando, Sunrise and Tampa. All the dates are listed down below. Arctic Monkeys North American tour dates:… Read More
The new album from Arctic Monkeys, Suck It and See, has birthed yet another music video, this time for the song, "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala." But the video doesn't have a single Hellcat in it! WTF? Instead, we get to see super 8mm footage of the band on the road, performing on stage, warming up for shows and all that jazz. So unless the Hellcat is an easter egg somewhere in this vid, I would have just called this "Road Diary" or something. Ah well. Watch the video up top. Read More
ON this episode of the Rock it Out! Blog, I bring you my list of the best seven albums of the year so far. I feel that these albums have stood out among the many other releases that have hit the record stores thus far. How about you? What are your top 7 albums of the year? Stories: R.I.P. Clarence Clemons Radiohead… Read More
