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
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International, the group has released a massive compilation called Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. The four disc compilation, featuring 75 tracks, can be streamed for free over at Amnesty's Facebook page. The album will be released on January 24th with all the profits going to Amnesty International. Included in this compilation are bands like… Read More
Jersey boys The Gaslight Anthem released a kick-ass record this year with American Slang. As a matter of fact, it was one of the RiO!B's top 7 albums of the year so far. So naturally, when they release a new music video for the title track, we're gonna bring it to you.
It's the middle of 2010 and I thought that we should take a look back at the past six months and, from all the albums that have been released, pick the Rock it Out! Blog's top 7 albums of 2010...so far. This isn't a ranked… Read More
The Jersey boys of the Gaslight Anthem are giving us another sample of their upcoming album American Slang. The song, called "Boxer", is less than three minutes long but gets the job done. A little bit of old school mixed with a fresh sound, singer Brian Fallon's Springsteen-esque vocals makes us wonder what would happen if the Boss himself decided to go punk. The new album is out on June 15th and the new song is streaming over at their Read More
New Jersey is representing this summer and no I'm not talking about the scumbags from Jersey Shore...except for J-Woww. I want to go to there. The Gaslight Anthem, NJ's current rock superheroes, have announced tour dates for this summer in support of their upcoming album American Slang which comes out June 15th. The album will actually be made available for pre-sale starting tomorrow, April 27th, over at the website american-slang.com.… Read More
Let me start off by saying that if you don't have tickets for the Glastonbury festival this year, you're shit out of luck because they're sold out. But if you do have tickets, then enjoy reading the following words. The lineup for Glastonbury was announced recently it is going to be a monster of a festival this year. First off the headliners include acts like U2, Muse, Stevie Wonder and Jack Johnson. Plus you've got other huge acts like Vampire Weekend,… Read More
