Guns N' Roses Virtual Reunion

Axl's voice and Slash's guitar complement each other perfectly. You can tell by these remixes that a new album from Axl and Slash would totally rock and would beat anything either has done post 1993. - Grab more info and check it out here

Religious Play Mistaken for Metal Concert

With a band name like Lamb of God this was bound to happen sooner or later. Some fans in Arizona were excited to hear that Lamb of God was performing in Tempe. The only problem is the announced Lamb of God is a religious play, not the metal band.

The band issued this statement to clarify things: "Lamb Of God would like to officially denounce any buzz of a show that they have been rumored to be playing in the near future.

The band will not be performing in Tempe, AZ at said show. The event is a religious play being performed in Tempe, and is NOT related to the band Lamb Of God at all, whatsoever."

If you want to see the metal band, Lamb of God, - the latest dates are here.

KISS Recording Paul McCartney Song

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS have made no secret of their love for the Beatles, so it's no surprise that they will finally take the opportunity to tribute one of the Fab Four.

Gibson.com reports: KISS founder Gene Simmons recently told Weekender.com that his band will be recording "Venus and Mars/Rockshow" for an upcoming Paul McCartney tribute album.

The Wings single (from the Venus and Mars album) was a Top 20 hit in the U.S. when it was released in 1975. The single was actually made up of the album's first two songs. On his Up and Coming 2010 Tour, McCartney has been opening every show with "Venus and Mars/Rockshow." The lyrics of "Rockshow" mention some famous rock and roll venues – such as Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl. The song also name checks Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. - more on this story

Mondo Generator Postpone Tour

Mondo Generator have pulled the plug on their U.S. tour for an undisclosed reason. The band issued a statement which simply reads:

"Mondo Generator have had to postpone their current US tour. The band are very sorry about this and would like to apologize to all involved.

"The shows will be rescheduled to run in December and January. New dates will be announced shortly" - more on this story

Jason Bonham Hoping For Led Zeppelin Reunion Experience

Jason Bonham is hoping his upcoming Led Zeppelin Experience tour may include a reunion. Gibson has the story: When Jason Bonham first announced that he was going to do a Led Zeppelin tribute tour this fall, he didn't offer a lot of details. In fact, he still hasn't announced who the other players in the band will be. He has, however, elaborated on just what the show will be: a personal multi-media journey through the groundbreaking music of that band for whom his father played more than three decades ago.

"What I want to do is a personal story," Bonham explained to Billboard.com. To that end, the show (titled "Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience") will feature video footage of Zeppelin and will include set changes. Bonham will also record narration to "give a little background on them and the reason why I'm playing them, and stories about growing up with dad and how Zeppelin has been part of my life from the beginning. It's a good musical journey. It'll be sad at times... but it will really be a celebration."

As for the surviving members of the legendary band, with whom Bonham shared the stage at a 2007 reunion show at London's O2 arena, the drummer has left an open invitation: "I will invite them to every show I can, because my goal and dream is, 'Wouldn't it be cool if I did something that they thought was cool and they would get up and play with me?' That's what I'm doing [this] for. I'd love it." The show has already received a blessing from Robert Plant, but Bonham has yet to hear back from Jimmy Page or John Paul Jones. - more on this story

Little Feat Richie Hayward Dies

Rock Radio had this sad news on Thursday: Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward has died of liver disease at 64, it's been confirmed.

He'd been with the band since it formed in 1969, before which he'd been a member of the Factory with Little Feat's first frontman Lowell George.

The southern rock outfit split in 1978 after George's death, but got back together nine years later. Hayward had remained in the band until last year, when his health deteriorated to the point he could no longer tour. - more on this story

Singled Out: Sky Sailing (Adam Young - Owl City)

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Before he became an international hit maker as Owl City, Adam Young wrote and recorded an album under the banner of Sky Sailing. Today Adam tells us about "Fireflies" from the recently released Sky Sailing album "An Airplane Carried Me to Bed". We now turn it over to Adam for the story:

It was 2AM and I was sitting on the floor in my parent's basement with a MicroKorg on my lap. I built this synthy legato, "ping" sound routed through a lowpass filter and ran it through a bunch of guitar pedals. I come up with a little cascading part that wound up as the intro and verses of a song called "Fireflies."

I have insomnia and I've always had a tough time falling asleep for as long as I can remember. I wanted to sing about my inability to sleep in a whimsical way that portrayed the condition as lighthearted and almost more of a "blessing" than a curse. It's ironic that when sleep and I cannot bring ourselves to meet are is often when inspiration strikes hardest. I'd just been on vacation to Iowa the week before I wrote the song and was amazed at home many fireflies came out at dusk. I didn't really have to think about making a connection between insomnia and lighting bugs, it just sort of happened and the song basically wrote itself. It was a lot of fun.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen to selected tracks from the album, watch the Sky Sailing videos and learn more about the album - right here!

Peter Gabriel TV Special Announced

Peter Gabriel will be the first guest on the new Guitar Center Sessions TV special. Here are the details: Guitar Center have partnered with Collective Media and DirecTV for Guitar Center Sessions, a new television special featuring exclusive performances and intimate conversations with revered musicians.

Hosted by Jason Bentley, KCRW's Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, Guitar Center Sessions' first episode features the iconic Peter Gabriel, fresh off of the release of his critically-acclaimed new album "Scratch My Back" and sold-out world tour.

The show premieres August 21st on DirecTV's The 101 Network (channel 101) at 9PM ET/PT in 2D hi-definition and is currently airing in 3D on DirecTV's new 3D channel, n3D (channel 103). - more on this story

KISS, Motorhead, Coldplay Guitar Heroes for iPhone

Activision are releasing new song packs for the Guitar Hero App for iPhone and iPod touch including three song packs from Motorhead and KISS, plus a pack including songs from Band of Horses, Coldplay and Nada Surf.

Available for purchase through the app's in-game store, the song packs will contain the following tracks:

Song Pack featuring Band of Horses, Coldplay and Nada Surf • Band of Horses – "Laredo" • Coldplay – "Life In Technicolor II" • Nada Surf – "Weightless"

KISS Song Pack • "Love Gun" • "Lick It Up" • "I Love It Loud"

Motörhead Song Pack • "Iron Fist" • "Ace Of Spades" • "Overkill" -

Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift NFL Kick Off

Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift will help kick off this year's NFL season. Here are the details from the DMB Myspace: Dave Matthews Band will perform in New Orleans on Thursday, September 9, 2010 prior to the kickoff of the NFL's 91st season.

Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift are scheduled to perform at the special pregame show, "NFL Opening Kickoff" – at 7:30 pm ET.

The show leads into the season opener between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings at the Superdome. (NBC, Westwood One Radio Sports, 8:30 PM ET) and is part of the celebration to kick off the 2010 season and to honor the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans. - more on this story

Paul Weller Going Bicoastal

Paul Weller is going bicoastal this November when he plays two exclusive shows in the United States – November 3rd at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles and November 7th at the Nokia Theatre in New York City.

Paul will be playing live in support of his new Mercury Prize-nominated album Wake Up the Nation (Yep Roc). The coveted award will be announced September 7th in London.

Supporting Paul in New York will be Erland & the Carnival, a band featuring Simon Tong, formerly of notable UK acts Gorillaz, The Verve and The Good, The Bad & the Queen. In Los Angeles will be Bella Union records artist Alessi's Ark. - more on this story

Kylesa Announce New Album and Tour

Kylesa have announced the release of a new album and thier new tour plans. Season of Mist have set an October 26th release date for Kylesa's new album Spiral Shadow.

Recorded at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC earlier this summer, the eleven-track album was once again produced by band member and renowned producer Phillip Cope (Baroness, Withered).

Kylesa, who are currently on tour in Europe with Converge, will join High On Fire and Torche for a five-week trek beginning Sept. 29 in San Francisco and wrapping up on Nov. 7 at the Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin. The Georgia band also recently confirmed two additional festival appearances: The Soundwave Festival (Feb. 2011 touring festival in Australia) and the Raleigh-based Hopscotch Music Festival on Sept. 11. - more on this story

Dr. Paul Rodgers' Future Plans

Our friend RossCat at Nightlife magazine caught up with Paul Rodgers when Bad Company rolled through town earlier this month. Here are a couple excerpts of the interview where Paul discusses his new doctorate and his future plans.

On his honorary doctorate from the University Teesside: It really is a wonderful honor, although it is an honorary degree, so I do take it with a pinch of salt. That being said I'm extremely honored that they would recognize me in such a manner. I left school at the age of sixteen and basically hit the road, so most of my schooling has been through playing music. The fact that the University has chosen to honor me for doing something that I Love to share with people is truly a humbling experience.

Ross CAT-Ironically enough I think you were touring with Queen when Brian May received his honorary doctorate. There must be some good humored ribbing going on between the two of you. Paul Rodgers -Yes Brian was very proud of his honorary degree as well, we did share a laugh after I received mine commenting that if anyone came around asking if there was a Doctor in the house at one of our shows we could say "We'll Yes actually there are two". (Laughter)

Ross CAT-With so many accolades bestowed on you in recent years one might think that your in the twilight of your career, yet its quite the contrary, tell us what's on the Paul Rodgers docket following the summer tour dates? Rodgers -Your absolutely right there's a lot going on for me; songwriting has been and always will be a constant passion for me. The Music Business has changed so much, I try to get myself into a situation were I can surround myself with the right Band and the right songs which I've been fortunate enough to achieve over the years. The biggest challenge is finding a good Record Deal so that the music that I put out there is properly distributed; I'm in the process of putting that all together. It's interesting you used the term "twilight" of one's career I'm actually sixty years old and I still can't believe that, it's an age that I never dreamed attainable its somehow in the midst of yonder time for me. When I look at my life I've proceeded on two fronts, there's been sort of an internal life were I've been trying to be successful in the world around me and succeed at what I Love to do. On the other hand you try to find yourself the person that you truly are within. At this stage of my Life I think those two things have finally come together and I have a much better picture of who I'am as a person which has given me more clarity on the direction I want to go musically. It really is a Good Time for me in my life and I can't wait to see what the next chapter has to bring.

- Read the full interview here

Beatles Revolver Milestone Remembered

It was 44 years ago today in 1966 when The Beatles' Revolver started a seven-week run at #1 on the U.K. charts. It spent a total of 34 weeks on the U.K. chart and was also a U.S. #1.

Gibson has an in-depth look back on this momentous anniversary: The Beatles' recorded output remains staggering to this day. When the band released Revolver in August 1966, it was their seventh LP in just over three years (not to mention the scores of singles released during that time that did not appear on their British albums). Beyond mere volume, the band broke ground for all of popular music with nearly every release, adding elements of folk, classical, Indian and other new strands of music to the core material of rock and roll, namely R&B and country. Of all the band's records, perhaps no album took a longer leap forward than the album that was nearly titled Beatles on Safari.

When the group entered the studio that April, they were between grueling tours. In fact, the tour that would follow the recording of Revolver would indeed be the band's last. But tired as they were of deafening (and non-listening) crowds and hotel room imprisonment, the band was as vitalized as ever when it came time to record. They were eager to experiment with produced sound to the point that they no longer took into consideration whether a recording was even possible to reproduce live on stage. This was certainly the case with the sound effects on "Yellow Submarine" and the backward guitar tracks on "I'm Only Sleeping." Likewise, the band employed ornate orchestration on "Eleanor Rigby," as well as soulful horns on "Got to Get You into My Life" and tabla, sitar and tambura on George Harrison's "Love You To." And on the album closer, "Tomorrow Never Knows," the band and production team threw everything from tape loops to untried (and illegal with Abbey Road policy pushers) mic placement and speaker employment in order to get the otherworldly sound that blew the minds of so many in the rapidly growing psychedelic scene. - more on this story

Iggy Pop & James Williamson Revisit Kill City

Iggy Pop & James Williamson's Kill City has been restored, re-mixed & remastered for release on October 19th on Alive Naturalsound & Bomp! records. Here is what Iggy and James had to say:

"I like what this album has to say. It is rather high concept, and the music is well thought out. It adheres to no particular genre. A lot of people have borrowed its ideas. It's one of the very first independent LPs I know of. I hope you like it." - Iggy Pop

"Kill City was by all measures a desperate effort, a singularly honest and heartfelt performance, a genuine progression of our song writing, and another in a long line of flops that were later resurrected and heralded as masterpieces. By the time it was released as a record, both Iggy and I were off doing other things with our lives, but with this rerelease we are not only reunited in our musical endeavors but in our appreciation of this album, its remix, and its importance to us as artists." - James Williamson

- Check out the video tease here

The Faces Kick Off Reunion

Familiar faces teamed up Wednesday night for the first date on the Faces reunion tour with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall replacing the missing Rod Stewart.

Kicking off their tour at London's O2 Arena, Hucknall proved a more than able deputy for Rod the Mod and the crowd reacted enthusiastically to his vocal performance. Critics were also suitably impressed, with This is London saying, "If this was a musical audition, The Faces (and Hucknall) passed with flying colors" and the Telegraph stating, "Mick Hucknall wins fans as he replaces Rod Stewart at Faces reunion."

The new-look Faces includes Ronnie Wood and fellow Faces originals, drummer Kenney Jones and keyboard player Ian McLagan, alongside former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and Hucknall. At the O2 show they were also joined Ronnie's son Jesse on guitar. - Wanna see the setlist?

Bring Me The Horizon Declare There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret

Bring Me The Horizon have set an October 5th release date for their new album, There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret.

Here is the announcement from their label: BMTH will unleash Hell on fans this fall when they co-headline the AP Tour Fall 2010 tour with August Burns Red.

After the commercial and critical success of previous album Suicide Season (2008), BMTH were determined to explore the more experimental side of their music, refusing to be confined to the unwritten rules of the Metalcore scene that spawned and catapulted them to worldwide domination. From the progressive opening riff and digital manipulation of choristers in the epic 'Crucify Me', to the violins of 'Don't Go', to instrumental track 'Memorial', it quickly becomes clear that this is an album like no other. - more on this story

Hall and Train Soul Sister

Train's Pat Monahan and guitarist Jimmy Stafford join Daryl Hall to perform their platinum single, "Hey, Soul Sister" on the latest installment of Live From Daryl's House.

The episode brings together Hall with Monahan and Stafford for a seven-song set that includes, in addition to "Hey, Soul Sister," Train songs "If It's Love," from their most recent album, Save Me San Francisco, as well as "Cab" and "I'm Not Waiting in Line," both from their 2006 effort, For Me, It's You. The entire ensemble also tackled Daryl Hall & John Oates hits "Say It Isn't So" and "Wait for Me," as well as a cover of the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."

"My time at Daryl's House was incredible," said Monahan about the experience. "Daryl's band mates were super-seasoned pros and Daryl was gracious and right on with what I hoped such a legend would be like. Thanks all!" - more on this story

Neil Young's Clucking Gulf Benefit Efforts

Neil Young has announced some benefit shows but which also have an interesting chicken tie-in. Here is the official word:

Neil Young will perform several shows in the Gulf Coast in September to aid residents affected by the oil spill. Young has teamed up with his friend John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, Inc., which will donate 100,000 pounds of chicken products to be distributed to the Bay Area Food Bank.

Tyson will deliver four truckloads of chicken, the equivalent of almost 400,000 meals, to the Bay Area Food Bank, which serves Central Gulf Coast communities in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. - more on this story

Early Black Sabbath Interview Posted Online

The Metal Den has posted a snippet of a rare audio interview featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath.

The interview is believed to be taped sometime in 1976 with L.A. radio station KMET. The program is called Innerview and the host is Jim Ladd, who began his radio career in 1969 at KNAC. After two years, he went on to Los Angeles station KLOS. In 1974, Ladd moved to KMET, known as "The Mighty Met", where he stayed for the rest of the 70s and most of the 80s, while also hosting and producing Innerview, an hour-long nationally syndicated interview program that aired during the same period.

In the clip, the listener will be treated to Butler opening up about his "strict Catholic" upbringing and early fascination with "Satanism". - Listen here

The Wonder Years Announce Upsides Reissue and Tours with New Found Glory and Four Year Strong

The Wonder Years are rereleasing The Upsides and hitting the road with New Found Glory and Four Year Strong.

According to the PR, The Upsides was the band's restless diary of growing up, getting out and making the best of what you have. Arriving September 21 in stores and online everywhere, this re-imagined version of The Upsides not only has a new face to it... it also has 4 new tracks that we're sure you'll have on repeat. Wanna check out the CD? Watch as Soupy walks you through the new artwork here

In addition to the standard CD, we've created a very special limited edition fan pack that includes, yes, a Wonder Years lunchbox! Don't worry, it's filled to the brim with everything you could possibly need... a Hopeless & Wonder Years button pack, a Wonder Years poster, a very necessary lunch lady shirt, and because we know you deserve it, a hand signed, and numbered suspension notice. - more on this story

Saviours of Ozzfest

Saviours have announced their only US tour for 2010 which include some Ozzfest dates.

The tour is in support of their latest release, Accelerated Living on Kemado Records.

The 20+ date tour will include stops on the 2010 Ozzfest dates, and other shows will include Devildriver, Kataklysm, and Skeletonwich. - more on this story

Angra Aqua Details

We received some more info about Angra's new album "Aqua" which is set for an October 12, 2010 in North America on SPV/Steamhammer.

This is Angra's first new album in four years, following up their 2006 release "Aurora Consurgens" The album will be available in three formats: a standard jewel case edition, a double LP edition that includes 3 bonus tracks, and it will be available as a digital download.

ANGRA guitarist Rafael Bittencourt recently spoke at length about the concept and recording of "AQUA": "Here we are again. Doing what we love the most, which is to bring our music to the world. That amazing feeling of having our ideas spread among the fans like seeds that will be growing, as people get more involved with the album. Finally, after four years of no work released, we are bringing what in our opinion is one of our best pieces ever composed. "AQUA". - more on this story

Queensryche's Empire Reissue Delayed

Queensryche's expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of Empire will now be released by Capitol/EMI on September 28th instead of the original September 14th date.

The new 2-CD and digital packages both include the remastered album, featuring six hit singles, including the #1 smash "Silent Lucidity," as well as 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1990 at London's Hammersmith Odeon.

The 2-CD package is presented in a lift-top box with five postcards, a fold-out poster and a booklet featuring rare photos from the band's personal archive. - more on this story

The Showdown Release New Album Trailer

The Showdown has released a short video trailer for their fourthcoming album, Blood In The Gears, which is due out on August 24th on Solid State Records.

The trailer, which features an audio clip of the forthcoming record's title track, can be viewed here.

Four new tracks from Blood In The Gears - "Take Me Home", "Bring It Down", "Heavy Lies The Crown", and "Blood In The Gears" - are currently available for streaming on the band's official
- MySpace page

New Model Army Announce Special U.S. 30th Anniversary Shows

Post punk Brits New Model Army will kick off their Worldwide 30th Anniversary Tour with two very special U.S. performances on September 3rd and 4th at the Bellhouse in Brooklyn.

The band promises these two evenings will truly be long-remembered musical events, with two completely different sets each night that will draw from all 13 of the band's studio albums (including their two B-Sides / 'Lost Songs' compilations).

13 studio albums, 6 live albums, over 30 singles and EPs, a handful of compilations and some 17 band members later the band is as much of a musical force now as they've ever been. - more on this story

Scissor Sisters Release New Video

Scissor Sisters premiered their new music video for the song "Any Which Way," yesterday on their official website.

The clip was directed by AceNorton (Death Cab for Cutie, Teddybears, Norah Jones). "Any Which Way" will be the next single from Night Work, which was released in June by Downtown Records. Night Work debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums Chart and within the Top 20 of The Billboard 200, becoming Scissor Sisters' highest charting album to date. Scissor Sisters will perform on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on September 7th.

The band will launch the North American leg of its world tour onAugust 21st at Atlanta's Buckhead Theatre. Renowned DJ Sammy Jo will open on all dates. - more on this story

Sonisphere Death

(hennemusic) More fallout from Sunday's freak storm that trashed the Sonisphere Festival in Finland.

The Sonisphere producers have just posted the following update to their Facebook page:

"We have just received news that the 50-year old male that was critically injured during the freak storm at Sonisphere Finland has passed away. We are obviously shocked and devastated and would like to offer our most sincere condolences to the family and friends of the victim – the thoughts of Team Sonisphere, Iron Maiden and all Sonisphere Fans are with you." - more on this story

Martha and the Muffins' Echo Beach Revisited

Martha and the Muffins have recorded a new version of their hit "Echo Beach" to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

They have also recording a brand new song called 'Big Day'. Both songs are now available from iTunes and other leading digital download stores.

Although founding Muffins member, Mark Gane was not aware of a real Echo Beach when he originally wrote the song in 1978, fans around the world have written to the band, asking them if it was about a particular beach or place. For the past 30 years the mystery has been a part of the song's universal and enduring appeal. - more on this story

The Bloody Beetroots Tour

Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, a.k.a. The Bloody Beetroots, is preparing to launch his latest U.S. tour this October.

For the first time, Rifo will be joined for the extended tour by a full band: Bloody Beetroots DeathCrew 77.

Stepping out from behind the mixers, Rifo now plays guitar, bass, and synths and is joined on stage by Tommy Tea on controllers and the Beetroots' newest member Edward Grinch on drums. - more on this story

The Cliks, Hunter Valentine and The Dollyrots Tour

The Cliks, Hunter Valentine and The Dollyrots will hit the road together from August 24th to September 3rd, 2010.

Led by front man Lucas Silvera, The Cliks paired up with legendary producer-engineer Sylvia Massy to record "Dirty King" (Tommy Boy Records), their most adventurous album to date. Following the great success of their sophomore album "Snakehouse," The Cliks' live shows became the calling card by which they were known, and in short order, musical heroes Ian Astbury of the Cult and Cyndi Lauper hand-picked the band for their respective tours. MTV's Logo awarded The Cliks the NewNowNext "Artist On the Brink" award which ultimately led to an appearance on teenybopper mecca TRL.

With the release of their brand new sophomore album "Lessons >From the Late Night" (Tommy Boy Records), Hunter Valentine was recently named "Best Local Band" by Go Magazine. Always committed to touring and performing for new audiences, the band recently returned from a west coast tour of the United States and continues to tour in their native Canada and in the United States. Working with award-winning director Taylor Cohen, their video for "The Stalker" won mtvU's "The Freshmen", and the band recently shot a new video for "Revenge" with acclaimed Canadian director Colin Minihan. - more on this story

Tall Tall Trees Announce East Coast Tour

Tall Tall Trees have announced a nine-date tour of the East Coast which kicks off on August 27th in New York City.

Bluegrass purists might shake a finger at Tall Tall Trees when lead singer Mike Savino plugs his banjo into a series of stomp boxes and cranks up his amplifier, but, for fans, the result is strikingly fresh and original. The band, which also features guitarist Kyle Sanna, percussionist Mathias Kunzli and bassist Benjamin Campbell, has been touring in support of the self-titled debut album they released in 2009.

Using a similar formula to fellow New Yorkers Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors, Tall Tall Trees mix American folk and rock with elements of Brazilian and African music, providing rhythmic support to Savino's melodically and lyrically twisted tunes. Live, the band is energetic and masterful, reflecting years spent collaborating with a diverse roster of artists including Moby, Yo Yo Ma, and Vieux Farka Toure. Their friendship and musical chemistry allows them the opportunity to re-invent songs night after night. - more on this story

The Joy Formidable Announce North American Tour, Plan Major Release Next Year

The Joy Formidable have inked a deal with Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records, who will release the band's full- length debut in early 2011.

The Joy Formidable will hit the road for a headlining North American tour beginning on November 3rd in Toronto, Ontario.

Prior to that, the band will headline the Emerge NME Radar tour in September and October, making stops at various venues throughout the UK. Currently the band is on the road in Australia with acclaimed bands The Temper Trap and Passion Pit. - dates

Raunchy Want To Shake Your Grave

Raunchy are giving fans an early taste of their new album "A Discord Electric" with the posting of album track, "Shake Your Grave," on Myspace.

Produced once again by long time friend Jacob Hansen, A Discord Electric, delivers the following 12 songs of pure ecstasy and genre-defining heavy metal music: "Dim the Lights and Run", "Rumors of Worship", "Blueprints For Lost Sounds", "Nght Prty", "Street Emperor", "Shake Your Grave", "Tiger Crown", "Big Truth", "The Great Depression", "The Yeah Thing", "Ire Vampire", "Gunslingers and Tombstones".

A short comment from the band: "This is by far the most experimental, the most challenging, and the most interesting album we have come up with since the beginning of the band. My personal take on this endeavor is quite simple actually: This album will be on the hot list when it comes out! Every member of the band has had the freedom to take things to the limits, above and beyond, and believe me, boundaries are transparent this time around, we're going totally apes***, and you're definitely in for some big surprises with some cool guest performances by our friends in DUNÉ on the song "Big Truth" among other exciting things", says vocalist Kasper Thomsen. - more on this story

. John Mellencamp - Save Some Time To Dream

There are stories from our past, our present and hopefully our future on this solemn yet heart-tugging collection of tunes. However, its the opening cut that has stolen my heart; Save Some Time To Dream. - Read the full John Mellencamp - Save Some Time To Dream review