Punknews.org has the scoop on Be Your Own Pet: “We’ve all been writing for the next record. Everything is getting really exciting around here! We go into the studio with Steven Mcdonald (Redd Kross) in June and then we will have the record in your hands in following months. (fall release date!?)” Hailing from Nashville, […]

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The original Bad Brains line-up is set to release Build a Nation on the Megaforce label this month with Beastie Boy Adam Yauch producing. This isn’t the first time the band has reunited. 1995’s God of Love saw the original line-up attempt a comeback for Madonna’s Maverick label (with millions of dollar bills dangling above […]

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NME has news that Radiohead has posted a clip of a new song called “15 Step” on the deadairspace section of their official site. You have to click on the HODIAU DIREKTION banner to hear it. For those less inclined to play aong with Radiohead’s cryptic and weird little cyber games, or, simply find them […]

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UPDATE: Led Zeppelin didn’t play. Whew. To what extent the surviving members of Led Zeppelin are “reforming” remains to be seen, but Phil Collins will also be present at Alantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun’s memorial tonight at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Let’s hope Collins isn’t tempted to play John Bonham again and step anywhere near […]

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Mute Records has signed Maps, a.k.a James Chapman. We Can Create is set for release on June 19. A purveyor of, as the Guardian dubs it, “bedsit electro melancholia”, Chapman has an affinity for My Bloody Valentine and dark, haunting melodies, which, as the Guardian also succinctly put it, sounds like “Aphex Twin with tunes.” […]

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Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry gave an interview with Germany’s Welt Am Sonntag newspaper last month, in which he stated: “The way that the Nazis staged themselves and presented themselves, my Lord! I’m talking about the films of Leni Riefenstahl and the buildings of Albert Speer and the mass marches and the flags — just […]

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After Metric’s latest audio turd, Live It Out, it’s no wonder Emily Haines is getting something else lined up, just in case. Her debut solo record Knives Don’t Have Your Back is out June 4 with a single, “Doctor Blind”, preceeding it on may 21.

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