Fat Freddy's Drop landed in the UK earlier this month to bring their mash-up of reggae, ska and hip hop to the masses, and we were on hand to capture the action at their Bristol show.

Following the top five chart position of their 11th studio album ‘Rewind The Film’, Manic Street Preachers release a new single Anthem For A Lost Cause on Columbia Records on November 25.

Hardcore troupe Parkway Drive have released their first book 10 Years of Parkway Drive. 

There was a buzz in the air, a real sense of good time ahead. Bristol's Colston Hall was sold out for the evening in anticipation of the arrival of Fat Freddy’s Drop.

Award-winning guitarist Michael Schenker will release a brand new studio album, 'Bridge The Gap', in the UK on December 2. Released by in-akustik, the album features Schenker’s band Temple of Rock which consists of ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), plus Rainbow’s Doogie White (vocals) and Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards).

Sŵn Festival have released the 2013 schedule, letting fans know who's on where and when. Grab that highlighter and get planning your Sŵn weekend! 

The highly-anticipated James Murphy remix of David Bowie’s Love Is Lost has surfaced online.

American pop punk outfit We Are the In Crowd look set to hit the UK for a tour in the near future - and could be bringing a selection of their favourite fellow US bands with them.

Throughout the summer, Drenge have hopped between the biggest festivals going, pausing only to unveil their self-titled debut and a wide-ranging UK tour. Landing in the north west, they took over the newly refurbished East Village Arts Club in Liverpool.

Pop rockers the Jonas Brothers have cancelled their North American tour just days before it was set to begin amid rumours that they may be about to split.

So you think you’ve got what it takes to be the next big thing? Want to get noticed by the big guys at the top? Well, for mainstream contenders The X Factor is one way of over exposing yourself in the most vulnerable manner possible. But if you are a hard-working, ambitious rock band, hungry for a little leverage, then the Marshall Ultimate Band Contest offers a more dignified approach.

Andrea Begley, winner of The Voice UK 2013, has released the official video for the lead track from her debut album, which is released on October 21. 

Bastille will release their new single Of The Night on November 25. It's a mash up of Snap!’s '90s hit Rhythm is a Dancer and Corona’s The Rhythm of the Night, which first featured on the band’s February 2012 mix tape ‘Other People’s Heartache’.

When Stone Temple Pilots and Scott Weiland parted ways in February, it wasn’t the biggest surprise of them all. There had been numerous spats since their ‘90s heyday, Weiland’s well-publicised drug addiction and successful spell as frontman of Velvet Revolver, so in the eyes of many it was only a matter of time before the inevitable came to fruition.

Paradigm Shift. According to genius physicist and all-round boff Thomas Kuhn, that’s a “series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions”, in which “one conceptual world view is replaced by another”. Given that Korn basically released a dubstep album in 2011, and have since reunited with original guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch, it seems that ideas and concepts are being tossed about like loose change. This is not the same band that wrote 'Life Is Peachy', and they're all the better for it.

Lady Gaga took to Twitter on October 9 to reveal the tracklisting of her forthcoming new record, 'ARTPOP'.

Comedienne Joan Rivers has confirmed dates for a new UK tour in October 2014. Joan Rivers Tickets are ON PRESALE NOW, priced from £34.50 + fees.

Thrash metal titans Metallica will hit the studio to record their next album in March 2014.

Aussie comedy folk-rockers, The Beards have announced dates for February and March 2014 UK tour.

Gerard Way has unleashed his first new track since My Chemical Romance split earlier this year.