To celebrate their 35th anniversary, Hard Rock is sending forth the Ambassadors of Rock Tour. The concert series will spread the word of rock through nine cities in five countries.
Sounds cool, right? Well get this: Roger Waters and The Who will be opening the first event. And remember that blurb about Waters playing Dark […]

Indie rock sensation Clap Your Hands Say Yeah begin tonight a tour that will take them coast-to-coast. Their self-titled self-released 2005 release was pretty much universally well received and was certainly one of my favorite albums of the year. I was supposed to see them in New Orleans last fall, but the show was cancelled […]

The Coachella website has been updated with yet another artist addition. Pop legend Madonna is the latest artist to be added to a lineup that is already epic. Their website issued this statement:
Coachella 2006 Official Line Up - UPDATED AGAIN
The addition of Madonna in the Sahara “dance tent” has sparked a lot of talk, […]

Depeche Mode are currently in the middle of an extensive Eurotour that began last year. And in January they were confirmed as the headliner for day one of Coachella. Today they added a bunch of North American dates to their already crowded schedule.
The band is touring in support of their new album Playing the Angel, […]

Big news! Roger Waters announced today on his website that he will be performing The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety “somewhere in France, this summer.” He will be joined by former bandmate Nick Mason, the only member of Pink Floyd to perform on every one of the band’s albums. I’m sure this […]

Uber-rock band Tool announced today dates for a forthcoming tour across the pond. The foray will span from the end of the spring through well into the summer, reaching from Portugal to Finland. An extensive North American is expected to follow.The tour will be in support of their forthcoming, as of yet untitled, fifth album. […]

The latest album from The Fiery Furnaces has surfaced on the net. No word yet as to how good it is, but I’m sure love/hate will begin soon. Hopefully this new release gets away from the monumental failures of Rehearsing My Choir.
In 2004 the sibling duo released their enormously succesful Blueberry Boat. The album was […]

NME is reporting that Test Icicles have decided to cease operations. The band announced they would be cancelling their much anticipated US tour and performing their final five UK shows before ending their union. NME reports, “The band have just come off a European tour and are exhausted from the constant pressures of touring, subsequently […]

Metallica announced Thursday that Rick Rubin will be producing their new record. Rubin has an illustrious track record (no pun intended) as he has manned the controls for some of the best albums from Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, and The Mars Volta among others. Many fans have blamed Metallica’s decline […]

Indie label Asthmatic Kitty has released a compilation album entitled “Mews Too,” a sequel to their 2001 compilation “To Spirit Back the Mews.” The 24-track disc features songs from Sufjan Stevens, Half-handed Cloud, Liz Janes, Castanets, Bunky, Danielson, Royal City, Denison Witmer, Jim Guthrie and Steven Lambke.
This is what their website has to say […]