(Reuters) Paul McCartney's ballet debut writing an orchestral score and tale of love about an ocean dwelling princess received poor, early reviews on Friday that called his music agreeable but the story and staging bland. more(The 1st Five) On November 22, 2011 Fat Wreck Chords will reissue Lagwagon's first five albums in remastered and expanded editions, including 2xLPs for the first time. The sets will also include almost every b-side and outtake the band was able to find in their archives more
(MU) Vocalist Brian Fair of Shadows Fall has issued the following brief update via Twitter about the band gearing up to enter the recording studio next month: 'Lots going on in Oct. @ShadowsFallBand will be in studio." more
(Classic Rock) The Flaming Lips are currently streaming a new song online – and it's six hours long. No, this isn't a wind up. It's called I Found A Star On The Ground more
(SRX) 'Unfinished Business', a 20th anniversary commemorative CD to KISS drummer Eric Carr, featuring unreleased music, live songs and more, will be released on November 8th. more
(Classic Rock) The Smashing Pumpkins have issued details on upcoming album Oceania. Although there's no release date as yet, the full track listing is here
(A.I.R.) Underoath have announced the release of a special, triple-CD set, Play Your Old Stuff, featuring all the songs from three of their most popular albums more
(BW&BK) Unearth are about to embark on a short headlining tour of Japan with openers Every Time I Die and Acacia Strain. more
(Lambgoat) Wolves in the Throne Room will tour Europe with support from Wolveserpent. more
(MU) Malevolent Creation bassist Jason Blachowicz (a/k/a Jay Black) has created a new old-school death metal project called Murder Suicide. more
(SRX) L.A. Guns' live album 'Acoustic Gypsy' is slated for release on September 27th, but already vocalist Jizzy Pearl has announced he will be leaving Tracii Guns' version of the band after two years. more
(PNO) With their 10th Anniversary tour set to kick off in October, Minus The Bear has announced plans for some reissues as they celebrate their diamond anniversary. The band's label, Suicide Squeeze Records will be repressing the currently out-of-print Highly Refined Pirates and This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic on vinyl and producing a limited number of cassettes. more
(BW&BK) Opeth's new album, Heritage, has landed at the #22 position on the Official UK Top 40 albums and #1 on the UK Top 40 Rock Albums. more
(NME) Kasabian's fourth album 'Velociraptor!' has gone straight in at No 1 on the Official UK Albums Chart. more
(Lambgoat) Following several weeks of pre-production, Job For A Cowboy has entered the studio to commence tracking their next full-length. more
(BW&BK) Thin Lizzy have announced three off-date headline shows due to take place during their North American support tour with Judas Priest through October and November. more
Ulrich Wild (Static-X, Zombie ,etc) is set to produce/mix/engineer the new NYC CD. "I think Ulrich is the Perfect Producer to Capture all the Intensity and Insanity of NYC and bring the Absolute Best Focus to the Guaranteed Sonic Madness of this New Disc" states NYC's Tommy Bolan. Watch him shred here to get an idea of what's to come.
