Winwood seems off and running lately, with an opening slot on the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tour this summer to boot. But today we’ve got a treat for all you old school blues fans, as the following video features two legends, former Blind Faith colleagues singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and guitar master Eric Clapton.
“Dirty City” […]

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Coldplay, the famous British soft-hard-rock-pop-eclectic quartet, have just recently taken to the interwebs and revealed their latest album’s tracklist and, of course, title. The new record will be called “Viva la Vida,” most probably influenced by their stay in Barcelona, where they recorded the album and will contain just 10 tracks. The groups forth studio […]

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The Californian punk quartet, The Offspring, have just revealed to their eagerly awaiting fans, that they’ve finally manged to finish recording their latest studio effort “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace,” the band’s first album in five years, since the 2003 Splinter.
“After over a year of recording, I’m happy to announce that we are finishing […]

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Yes, you’ve read it right folks, Prince has been added to this year’s Coachella lineup, as a Saturday (4/26) headline, joining other acts like Breeders, Portishead, MMJ, Kraftwerk, or Roger Waters. When he’s not suing fans, his royal majesty, Prince, actually makes some music. To be honest I pretty much despise Prince for all that […]

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I just had to post this! I can barely type from all the laughing. Apparently the above photo is the actual cover art for Lil Wayne’s latest upcoming album Carter III. The new record from the New Orleans rapper will land on May 13th via Universal. Who here also loled ?

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I was a bit skeptical on the success of the comedy folk duo’s tv show, because at first I found the premise a bit uninteresting and well … downright terrible, involving a foreign rock duo trying to making it big in New York. What a cliche. However I’ve been hooked ever since the show premiered […]

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Is this the summer of vanity or what? Believe it or not ego-lords Oasis and master of arrogant hairdos Ryan Adams are teaming up for a joint tour, at the beginning of the summer. The dates have been mapped and apparently the two acts will be seen play through out the great white plains of […]

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April seems to be packed new music, with this week being flooded by new records from the likes of new and old acts alike. FIrst off there’s Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds, who’ve released their latest “Dig, Lazarus, Dig” LP in the UK, at the beginning of last month and are ready for US […]

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Artist name: The Raconteurs
Album name: Consolers of the Lonely
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Gender: Alternative/Blues
Release date: March 25, 2008
ZMErating: 9/10
Website: www.theraconteurs.com
Two years ago Jack White announced his latest side project, The Raconteurs, with a bang, after the group’s debut record “Broken Boy Soldiers” was very well received. Partly, of course, because of White Stripes‘ high notoriety and […]

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A lot of people have been criticizing singer/songwriter Chan Marshall for her latest covers, from the recent Jukebox, most saying they don’t live up to the originals. I’m not quite sure how to comment this, but Chan’s definitely a very talented artist and I actually thought Jukebox to be a lovely collection of covers. Covers […]

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