Glamour of the Kill have announced a brand new album, as well as releasing brand new single, Break, featuring Michael Vampire of Vampires Everywhere.

Having previewed their their highly anticipated new album 'From Death To Destiny' earlier this week, York metalcore mob Asking Alexandria have revealed new track Killing You.

M.O have returned with their new single Hot, written by the group and produced by K-Gee (All Saints, Jessie J) and Hostage, set for release on August 25.

Californian alt-rockers Mazzy Star have announced 'Seasons of Your Day', which is set to hit shelves on September 23.

The Cult have reunited with touring guitarist James Stevenson after Mike Dimkich decided to move on.

Reckless Love, the flamboyant Finnish rockers who burst onto the UK scene in 2010, will have their third full-length studio album, 'Spirit', released via Spinefarm Records on September 2.

Bastille are out to continue their reign as one of the UK's most exciting new bands and will release live favourite Things We Lost in The Fire on August 26.

Hot-on-the-heels of their recent sold out blitz round the UK, Swim Deep have unveiled details of new track Crush, available exclusively with the album when ordered from iTunes. King City is also instant extra when people pre-order the album.

Glee star Cory Monteith died of an alcohol and heroin overdose, a coroner has confirmed.

Ticket demand for Jay Z’s upcoming UK tour has surged following the rapper’s hit-packed Wireless performances, however, it has failed to top demand for Beyonce’s last tour, according to ticket marketplace Seatwave.

Birmingham has produced some of the most iconic bands in the history of popular music, yet from the outside it seems that the second city has faded into the background in recent years. That is starting to change again, and a steady stream of like-minded indie bands have begun to appear from a fertile scene.

Britain's Got Talent stars Richard and Adam have unveiled a video of the making of their debut album ‘The Impossible Dream’. In it, the brothers talk about recording the album and what their hopes for the future are.  

Californian indie-rockers the Airborne Toxic Event have announced they will return to the UK and Ireland this autumn for a handful of live dates in October.

REM frontman Michael Stipe is ‘thrilled’ that Jay-Z borrowed some of his band’s lyrics for his latest album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’, describing it as an ‘honour’.

Soul singer Lester Chambers - frontman of the Chambers Brothers - was attacked while performing live onstage over the weekend, after dedicating a track to Trayvon Martin.

Rolling Stone magazine has sparked outrage among its readers today, after unveiling that the forthcoming August 3 issue will feature Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover. Angry fans are calling for a boycott of the magazine with many threatening to cancel their subscriptions.

SOiL have been around the block a few times. It’s been almost 12 years since they dropped the hugely successful ‘Scars’ and they're now gearing up to release a record that’s a kindred spirit of their biggest success to date. ‘Whole’ will arrive on August 19 and is the first album since 2004’s ‘Redefine’ to feature the vocals of founding member Ryan McCombs.

James Murphy has described the new Arcade Fire record - which the band has revealed will be released on October 29 - as "fucking epic".

Johnny Marr has released a new track, The It-Switch, which is streaming over at Pitchfork. The song is the b-side to Marr's new single New Town Velocity, a track from his solo debut 'The Messenger'. The single will be released exclusively in the US next week as a limited edition 7" vinyl, and an iTunes download.

Nathan Hubbard - CEO of Ticketmaster - has claimed that artists should be unionised, following this week’s Spotify controversy.