Jared Leto: 'New 30 Seconds To Mars Album Might Turn Into Best Album We've Ever Made'

Californian rock trio 30 Seconds to Mars have revealed that they’re edging closer to finishing work on their fourth studio album - and frontman Jared Leto has revealed that it could turn out to be ‘the best album we have ever made’.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012

Festival-Goers Forced To Sleep In Cars As Isle Of Wight Festival Turns Into Mudbath

Festival-goers at the Isle of Wight Festival have been left wet, stranded, and sleeping in their cars after torrential downpours turned the festival campsite into a swamp.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012

Rob Zombie Unveils Details Of Remix Album 'Mondo Sex Head'

On August 6th 2012 Universal Music are to release Rob Zombie’s 'Mondo Sex Head', featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today’s top DJs, including KoRn’s Jonathan “JDevil” Davis, Photek, the Bloody Beetroots, Drumcorps and Ki:Theory. 'Mondo Sex Head' was curated and executive produced by Jason Bentley, Music Director at L.A.’s influential KCRW and Electronic Dance Music expert. Richard Bishop, co-executive producer of RE:GENERATION music project and documentary film, supervised the project. Each track was hand selected by Rob Zombie who road-tested many of the songs in his car, driving the L.A. streets.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012

Steve Vai Announces Release Of New Solo Album 'The Story Of Light'

Virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer Steve Vai is set to release a new solo album of original material on September 17th (in the UK) called ‘The Story Of Light’. The title comes out on Favored Nations Entertainment, the label Vai founded in 1999. Its sprawling and expressive 12-song set continues a conceptual and cosmic narrative arc begun on the artist’s acclaimed 2005 album 'Real Illusions: Reflections', Vai’s last studio album.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012

Insane Clown Posse Announce New 'The Mighty Death Pop!' Packages

Insane Clown Posse have revealed that they will be releasing three brand new packages of their forthcoming album ‘The Mighty Death Pop!’.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012

Rival Sons Reveal Tracklisting For New Album 'Head Down' & Announce BBC Radio 2 Performance

Rival Sons have revealed the track titles that are set to appear on their highly anticipated forthcoming album,'Head Down'.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Mike Oldfield To Release Career Retrospective 'Two Sides'

Multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield is set to release his brand new career retrospective album ‘Two Sides’ on July 23rd, just under 40 years after he released his debut studio album ‘Tubular Bells’.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Green Day Claim New Album Trilogy Sounds Like 'AC/DC And The Beatles'

American punk-rockers Green Day have opened up about their forthcoming trilogy of albums ‘¡Uno!’, ‘¡Dos!’ and ‘¡Tré!’ - and have claimed that they sound like a cross between “AC/DC and The Beatles”.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Seasick Steve Joins Line-Up For Strummer Of Love Festival

Cult blues musician Seasick Steve is set to join the already outstanding line-up for this year’s Strummer of Love festival taking place in Somerset on the weekend of 17th-19th August. The one-off event will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of iconic Clash frontman Joe Strummer.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

The Stone Roses' Ian Brown Allegedly Uses English Flag To Wipe Bum

The Stone Roses are a legendary English rock band, but the Queen may have something to say about frontman Ian Brown’s latest onstage antics - after it was reported that he wiped his behind with an English flag being waved by an audience member.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Simian Mobile Disco Unveil New Single 'Your Love Ain’t Fair' - Listen Now

In the run up to the release of their new album 'Unpatterns', the last few months has seen a whirlwind of activity for Simian Mobile Disco, with a clutch of beautifully diverse and visually striking videos released to the internet, the album teaser tracks 'Cerulean' and 'Seraphim' winning over fans on the radio (everyone from Pete Tong to Nick Grimshaw, among others) and their recent set at the Mixmag party causing absolutely raucous scenes.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Plan B Unveils 'Lost My Way' Remix Featuring Wu Tang Star Raekwon

Plan B has unveiled the latest surprise twist to the ill Manors project – a remix featuring Wu-Tang Clan legend Raekwon. Check it out below.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Lady Gaga Reassures Fans After Suffering Concussion In New Zealand

Eccentric pop superstar Lady Gaga has reassured her friends, fans and family that she’s okay after suffering a concussion performing a show in New Zealand, as part of her Born This Way Ball world tour.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012

Incubus To Release Live CD And DVD 'Incubus HQ Live' In August

In summer of 2011, celebrating their 20th year together, alternative-rock giants Incubus turned a Los Angeles storefront space into a low-key, hi-tech residency that resulted in six nights of free performances and fan encounters now chronicled on the three separate multi-disc packages of 'Incubus HQ Live'.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers To Release 18 Singles Over Next 6 Months

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced that they’ll be releasing 18 brand new singles over the next six months - all of which will be pressed onto 7” vinyl.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Metallica's Kirk Hammett Announces New Book 'Too Much Horror Business - The Kirk Hammett Collection'

Metallica's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett announced today that he will publish his first book, 'Too Much Horror Business - The Kirk Hammett Collection', this October via Abrams Image.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Two Door Cinema Club Announce Release Of Sophomore Album 'Beacon'

Today, Two Door Cinema Club announce the release of their highly-anticipated sophomore album, entitled 'Beacon', out 3rd September 2012 on Kitsuné.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Gun Announce Release Of Comeback Album 'Break The Silence'

After a 14 years break, Scottish rockers Gun will release their great rock and roll comeback in the shape of new album 'Break The Silence' on 2nd July 2012.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Ginger Wildheart Releases New Triple Album '555' Via Pledge Music

PledgeMusic, the international direct-to-fan music company, is celebrating one of its most successful pledge campaigns to date with Ginger Wildheart, frontman of UK rock act The Wildhearts, A high chart entry is anticipated due to Ginger generating nearly £200,000 with pre-orders.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Megan Massacre To Join Combichrist On European Tour

Flame-haired electro and industrial DJ Megan Massacre – one half of DJ duo Letz Massacre - have been added to the Combichrist European tour.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

One Direction's Zayn Malik Accused Of Trying To 'Pimp Islam' To Young American Fans

One Direction’s Zayn Malik has come under fire from a (particularly stupid) right-wing blogger in America – who’s accused the singing star of ‘pimping Islam’ to younger, more impressionable Americans.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Lawson Announce Release Of Second Single 'Taking Over Me' - Listen Now

Today guitar-pop outfit Lawson announce the July 24th release of their second single 'Taking Over Me'. The track premièred on In:Demand last night and may sound familiar if you've already seen the guys on tour.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Adele Song Wakes Young Girl From Coma

Superstar singer Adele has managed many things in the past couple of years, turning from a small-time artist to an award-winning international mega-hit – but it’s not often an artist can claim to have helped awake a child from a coma with a song.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Aiden Grimshaw Announces Release Of Debut Album 'Misty Eye' & Lead Single 'Curtain Call'

Aiden Grimshaw releases his debut album ‘'Misty Eye'’ through RCA records on August 20th. The album will be preceded by the single ‘'Curtain Call'’ on August 12th.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Sir Paul McCartney Donates Signed Guitar For Nordoff Robbins Charity

Sir Paul McCartney is donating a signed guitar to go up for auction for Nordoff Robbins for the second time. Last time he did this in 2007, the guitar was sold for £60,000 - let's hope that this year we can raise a similar amount!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Wham! To Reunite For One-Off 30th Anniversary Gig?

Lock up your mothers! It looks as though 80's pop superstars Wham! are set to reform for a one-off celebratory concert.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Cow Return With Paul Weller Backed Album 'Dedicated To... The Mighty Drum'

Fresh from supporting Paul Weller at his personal request on his 5-night residency at London's Roundhouse, Cow return with a new album 'Dedicated To... The Mighty Drum'. The album, which is available now, was recorded at Paul Weller's Black Barn studios, and features the man himself on several tracks, including new single 'Black Harvest'. Cow were formed in late 2006 by Mark Boxall and Maxine Cook. The album sees them going back to the acoustic roots of their debut album with 10 new self-penned songs, drawing influences from pop, soul and psych.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2012

The Raveonettes Celebrate 10 Year Anniversary With New Album 'Observator'

The Raveonettes Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner have announced the release of their new album 'Observator,' out September 10th via the bands own Beat Dies Records in the UK. Throughout their impressive career the Danish duo has explored sonic territories ranging from lush pop songs to reverb drenched soundscapes and continually celebrated life through songwriting. All of these forms are evident in 'Observator,' sumptuous and beautiful in its sound, but bleak and sad at its heart.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2012

The Bejing Gang Announce 'Tan Qi' Release Date

The Beijing Gang, a collective of high-profile Chinese classical musicians, have announced that their brand new album 'Tan Qi' will hit shelves on August 27th.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Blur Tease Release Of New Material On Twitter And Facebook?

Listen up Blur fans! Exciting news looks set to be announced come early July, if the band's latest Twitter and Facebook posts are anything to go by...

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2012