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Nashville Punks Be Your Own Pet Debut | ARTICLE
With their live show and EP stirring up buzz for more than a year already, Nashville's barely legal, garage-rocking four-piece Be Your Own Pet release their self-titled debut this week on Thurston Moore's label. The punk outfit...
June 7, 2006 3:18 PM ET -
Epic U.K. Rockers Muse Return With Cinematic New Album | ARTICLE
Orchestral rock trio Muse return on July 11th with Black Holes and Revelations, the follow-up to 2003's Absolution. The lead single, the electronica-tinged "Supermassive Black Hole," has just hit radio, driven by singer Matthew Bellamy's trademark falsetto. "That...
May 25, 2006 5:09 PM ET -
Sondre Lerche Packs Pop "Punch" on New Album | ARTICLE
Known as one of Norway's premier young pop balladeers, Sondre Lerche is preparing to embrace a new sound for his fourth album, tentatively titled Phantom Punch. Meeting up with Rolling Stone at Los Angeles' Sunset Sound recording studios,...
May 24, 2006 6:10 PM ET -
AFI's Secret Cali Gigs and a New Album | ARTICLE
On June 6th, former Bay-area punk outfit AFI will drop Decemberunderground, the follow-up to their 2003 major label debut Sing the Sorrow. "With each record we end up going into new territory," drummer Adam Carson says about...
May 12, 2006 1:21 PM ET -
Scissor Sisters Debut Fresh Disco | ARTICLE
On Sunday, Scissor Sisters will give America its first official taste of their sophomore album (due this fall) when they take the stage at the sprawling, much-anticipated Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, California. New...
April 28, 2006 5:27 PM ET -
Keane Tackle the War on "Iron Sea" | ARTICLE
British emotive-pop trio Keane will finally release their sophomore album, Under the Iron Sea, June 20th. The outfit fronted by the angelic-piped vocalist Tom Chaplin, began work on their latest effort while promoting their 2004 debut, Hopes...
April 25, 2006 6:03 PM ET -
Hot Hot Heat Gang Up on New Album | ARTICLE
Canadian four-piece Hot Hot Heat are writing away, preparing to hit the studio May 1st to record the follow-up to their 2005 breakthrough, Elevator, for a September release. The new material, some thirteen tracks the band plans...
April 6, 2006 1:24 PM ET -
The Polyphonic Spree Want Peace Now | ARTICLE
The robe-wearing, good-time promoting, pop-rock orchestra that is Dallas' Polyphonic Spree will release their third album, The Fragile Army, this summer. The twenty-plus-member band have become known for their wildly celebratory material -- about the joy of love and...
April 4, 2006 5:42 PM ET -
Giant Drag's "Unicorns" Gets Wicked | ARTICLE
Los Angeles' hypnotic indie-pop duo Giant Drag are ready to garner new fans with the re-release of their 2005 debut, Hearts and Unicorns, this week. But don't think the band is happy about it. According to frontwoman...
March 31, 2006 12:00 AM ET -
Courtney Love Sells Nirvana Rights Share | ARTICLE
When Nirvana singer and lead songwriter Kurt Cobain died in 1994, his widow, rocker Courtney Love, became the primary beneficiary of his estate, which includes more than ninety-eight percent of the band's publishing rights. Band members Krist...
March 30, 2006 11:23 AM ET -
Barat Finds Life After Libertines | ARTICLE
Carl Barat is laughing out loud -- and it's a strange thing to witness. After all, last time Rolling Stone met up with Barat, he was not looking well. Back then, backstage at Britain's Leeds festival in the summer...
March 29, 2006 3:56 PM ET -
Snow Patrol Keep Their Eyes Open | ARTICLE
Snow Patrol, the emotive indie U.K. outfit fronted by the lanky, tender-voxed Gary Lightbody, return with their fourth album, Eyes Open, May 9th. The follow-up to 2004's Final Straw -- boosted by the Coldplay-esque single "Run" -- was...
March 24, 2006 4:23 PM ET -
Goldfrapp Unleash "Supernature" | ARTICLE
With its infectious, fuzzy electro beats and the saucy, crystal-clear pipes of vocalist Alison Goldfrapp, Supernature quickly hit platinum status in their native England. Now the duo's third album will see its U.S. release, this Tuesday. The initial buzz...
March 7, 2006 1:10 PM ET -
Sonic Youth Bring Seventies Rock | ARTICLE
After spending last fall and early 2006 in the studio with John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Son Volt), New York's favorite avant-garde rockers Sonic Youth are now mixing the follow-up to 2004's Sonic Nurse, set for release on...
March 6, 2006 5:08 PM ET -
The Cult Seek New Followers | ARTICLE
British rockers Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy have reformed the Cult for A Return to Wild, a nineteen-date cross-country tour kicking off March 1st in San Francisco. Three years down the line, Astbury claims that he put...
February 27, 2006 3:29 PM ET -
Bloc Party Get Experimental | ARTICLE
London's favorite post-punk revivalists Bloc Party will head into the studio to record the follow-up to their 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, next month. The fourpiece, fronted by mop-topped singer-guitarist Kele Okereke, began writing for the record during soundchecks...
February 23, 2006 11:54 AM ET -
Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop | ARTICLE
After a year and a half spent writing new songs, traveling the world to collaborate with Pharrell Williams, Coldplay's Chris Martin and producer Nellee Hooper (No Doubt, Madonna), Nelly Furtado is finally ready to...
February 16, 2006 2:30 PM ET -
Courtney Love Is Cleared, Ready to Rock | ARTICLE
Courtney Love has officially completed her period of drug rehab and house arrest for violating the terms of her probation, a Los Angeles judge ruled Friday. The rocker appeared at L.A.'s downtown Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice...
February 3, 2006 6:30 PM ET -
Soul Legend Wilson Pickett Dies | ARTICLE
Legendary soul singer Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today in Virginia at the age of sixty-four. The singer, who earned the nickname "Wicked Pickett" due to his fiery vocals and masculine persona, was best known...
January 19, 2006 12:00 AM ET -
Oakenfold Brings "Lively" Beats | ARTICLE
After three years of work — in Los Angeles, London and Amsterdam — British DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold will finally release his second artist album, A Lively Mind, on April 11th. The dance-infused, twelve-track follow up...
January 12, 2006 12:00 AM ET
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