While not one of my favorite bands from the 90’s, it’s cool to see the Seattle natives return with a new album.
Candlebox will release their fourth studio album Into the Sun on July 22, which will be the band’s first album in 10 years. Into the Sun will also feature the original lineup, which hasn’t […]
Last night Beck played a surprise gig at the Echo in Los Angeles, where he unveiled five tracks from his upcoming album Modern Guilt.
Just over 300 folks were lucky enough to check out the hour long set, which also included some classic Beck tunes.
Modern Guilt will be Beck’s tenth, which was produced by Danger […]
Starting today The Offspring will be streaming their eighth studio album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace on imeem. Fans can buy the album on June 17.
You can check out the new album right here.
Besides streaming the new album today, the band is also premiering their video for the first single entitled “Hammerhead”; which can […]
You could probably imagine my excitement when I jumped online this morning and saw that Yahoo had compiled a list of the 25 best alternative rock bands of the 1990’s.
Then, it dawned on me that music lists on Yahoo are made up by this clown named Rob O’ Connor, but I still gave it […]
It’s Tuesday, which means brand new music. This week will be an interesting one for 90’s alt. rock fans with releases from Weezer, Radiohead and Gavin Rossdale.
Weezer’s sixth studio album was supposed to be released on June 24, but after many of the songs were leaked, the album was moved up to today. The […]
The boys from Omaha have apparently entered the studio to begin work on album number nine. The band has been joined by Metallica producer Bob Rock, who has also worked with Motley Crue, The Offspring and Aerosmith.
For now there are no other details, but the band has stated that they will spend more time than […]
Sonic Youth are set to release Hits Are For Squares on June 1o exclusively through uber corporate chain Starbucks (ugh, not cool) in their New York, L.A., San Fran, Philly, Seattle, Boston and D.C. stores, as well as on line.
What is great about the compilation is that some cool folks handpicked the tracks, which goes […]
Beck is currently streaming a new track entitled “Chemtrails” on his official site and his MySpace page.
“Chemtrials”premiered yesterday (May 19) on BBC Radio 1 and will be included on Beck’s upcoming album, which was produced by some dude named Danger Mouse. It’s a very cool track. It’s mellow and hypnotic during the chorus, which I […]
Despite getting back together with STP, Scott Weiland is already looking forward to his second solo album.
While on the Howard Stern show, Weiland announced that he was working on the album with legendary producer Steve Albini (he’s worked with the Pixies, Page & Plant, PJ Harvey and Nirvana). Also, Weiland revealed that No Doubt’s Adrian […]
Last week I mentioned that Jane’s Addiction would be receiving the “Godlike Genius Award” from NME.
Now, it gets even better.
The band’s original bassist, Eric Avery, will be reuniting with the rest of the band. This will mark the first performance from the original line up since 1991.
Jane’s will be receiving the award on April 23 in […]
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