April 24th, 2012

Garbage’s Shirley Manson: ‘We were stuck with a label who didn’t give two shits about us’

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 10:30am

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has said the band felt they were ‘stuck with a record label who didn’t give two flying shits’ about them before leaving Geffen Records a few years back.

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Motorhead, Anthrax announce joint UK tour

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 10:00am

Metal veterans Motorhead and Anthrax will head out on a joint UK tour towards the end of 2012.

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Primal Scream, New Order to play inaugural Festival Number 6

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 9:00am

New Order, Primal Scream and Spiritualized will appear at the first ever Festival Number 6 event, it has been confirmed.

Kasabian looking to capture New Year’s spirit on next album

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 8:26am

Kasabian guitarist and songwriter Serge Pizzorno is hoping to capture the energy of their gig which welcomed in 2012 as he throws himself into work on the Leicester band’s fifth record.

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Fiona Apple unveils first single from fourth studio album

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 8:00am

Fiona Apple‘s new single ‘Every Single Night‘ is streaming online, and can be listened to below.

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Brand new Beach Boys album nearly completed

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 7:21am

The first Beach Boys album for over two decades to contain entirely original music is close to completion, according to Bruce Johnston.

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Review: Spiritualized – ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light’

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 6:45am

Fans and critics alike will forever consider Spritualized to be one of those bands whose every release comes off as if it was its own momentous occasion.

Ever since the career-defining latitude he attained with 1997’s epic ‘Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space‘, group mastermind and former Spaceman 3 alum Jason Pierce has continued to chase a decidedly widescreen vision in terms of both sound and ambition. Each record since arrived like a statement of purpose, from the one hundred-plus musicians that contributed to ‘Let It Come Down‘ to Pierce’s near-fatal bout of double pneumonia which helped form the conceptual template behind ‘Songs In A & E‘.

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Spiritualized – ‘Hey Jane’

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 5:32am

The first single from Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

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Cat Power album set for release later this year

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 5:30am

Cat Power has confirmed her ninth studio album ‘Sun‘ will be released in September.

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Guns n Roses’ Steven Adler ‘doesn’t want to do anything’ with Axl Rose again

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 at 4:38am

Former Guns n Roses drummer Steven Adler has said he ‘doesn’t want to do anything’ with Axl Rose again after the frontman decided not to appear at the band’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony earlier this month.

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