Sorry, America! Atoms for Peace to tour Europe in July

Atoms for peace is definitely one of the hottest good bands of the moment. The band, featuring Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Flea from RHCP and producer Nigel Godrich will be played a series of shows throughout Europe. The tour will culminate with three shows played in consecutive days in London. Here are the dates: So far, the only Stateside set any Atoms For Peace affiliates have planned is Yorke and Godrich’s DJ booth appearance at Le…

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Karen O: ‘Where Has Rock’s Sexuality Gone?’

As I was telling you a few days ago, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back! They promise to bring back charisma and sexuality “back into the fray” with their new album “Mosquito”. You can listen to the sample track “Sacrilege” here. Singer Karen O explained that she misses the gnarl and energy of the early-2000s music scene, when she and the band started: “I miss the bands that were around when we first started out….

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Eric Clapton to retire from touring soon

Eric Clapton is about to release his 21st solo album, Old Sock, on March 12th and head out on a spring U.S. arena tour – and you may want to pick up your tickets as soon as possible, because Slowhand announced he will only be touring for a year or two: “The bit onstage, that’s easy,” Clapton, 67, tells senior writer Brian Hiatt. “If I could do that around my neighborhood, that would be great….

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Supergroup in the making: Pearl Jam, Guns n Roses and Screaming Trees members in

There’s a new player in the select club of supergroups – with members of Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses and Screaming Trees already joining in. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready has joined forces with former Guns N’ Roses member Duff McKagan and former Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin for a brand new but still unnamed band. I’ve been waiting to see Duffy play something like this in years, and when Pearl Jam head guitarist and Screaming…

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ANNA – The Courteeners

They’re back with a third album and it’s all guitar riffs, synths, and rhyming lyrics! But what’s so different about it to the rest? Well it is quite a different approach by the boys; compared to the 2008 debut St Jude and 2010 album Falcon. Being cut from the same cloth, I guess you won’t be surprised to hear it as a combination of the style of these two albums. The album opens with a…

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David Bowie streaming his new album ‘The Next Day’ in full

In case you didn’t know (despite the fact that we already told you twice so, no excuses there) – David Bowie broke his 10 year long musical silence, taking everybody by surprise and storming in with his new songs, and now, a full album that he’s streaming on iTunes. He already released two singles – the first one (Where are we now?) shot straight to no. 1, and no one was really surprised, while the…

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Scott Weiland a day before being kicked out of STP: ‘No One’s Ever Fired Anybody In STP’

Talk about a backstab! Yesterday, we were telling you how Scott Weiland was fired from STP, and how he actually found out about it from the press. But there’s more drama here; ironically, just a day before this, he was giving an interview, saying how the band only needs some “fresh blood”, and how “no one’s ever fired anyone from STP”: “STP has not broken up. I haven’t quit. I haven’t been fired. We’re talking…

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