There still seems to be place free at the top of the pedestal for British alternative rock/punk, it appears that no one ever manages to hold that number one spot down. However this isn't to do with live shows (because it's not often you get a bad show from any British punk rock band), it's more to do with album consistency and following up with a solid second album after an impressive first. This is what London rockers Young Guns are attempting with sophomore release Bones . They seem to have pushed other bands aside in the ...

Alternative rock group Angels & Airwaves are currently on tour with their latest “LOVE, PART II” and had a recent stop at  the Avalon.  Vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge (Blink 182) with guitarist David Kennedy (Box Car Racer), bassist Matt Wachter (30 Seconds to Mars) and the recent addition of Ilan Rubin (Nine Inch Nails) on drums [...]

Okay, haven't actually looked at these yet, but I'm going to guess that the key theme of this year's NME shortlist will be 'please like us, Lana Del Ray's people'. Here's the shortlist in full : Best British Band (supported by Sonos) Arctic Monkeys Bombay Bicycle Club The Horrors Kasabian Muse Best International Band (supported by T4) Fire">Arcade Fire Foo Fighters Justice Odd Future The Strokes Best Solo Artist (supported by Rekorderlig) Adele Florence + The Machine Turner">Frank Turner Laura Marling Miles Kane Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh ...

Filed under: News , Interview Charles Epting Backstage, before a recent sold-out Angels & Airwaves show in Anaheim, Calif., Tom DeLonge couldn't say enough about how much the band meaned to him. Started in the wake of the break up of blink-182 (his other band) back in 2005, DeLonge and company (guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer , bassist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and drummer Ilan Rubin from Lostprophets and Nine Inch Nails ) have been fairly prolific. There have been four albums, a feature film, documentary, a series of promotional videos ...

Jared Leto can do it all. He is a singer, rock band leader, actor, alternative icon, fashion icon, deity in the majority of Asia, and director. He is widely regarded as The Most Alternative Man Alive . It seems like he is 'spreading his wings', looking 2 take on new challenges. He directed the 'trailer' for HARD SUMMER 2012. Hard is a popular electro festival rave brand that puts on some of the most important American electro raves in the world. They are the people who recently brought u HOLY SHIP: A Very DubLectro Cruise Ship . Anyways, as u can see ...

Das Highfield Festival, das in diesem Jahr vom 17. bis zum 19. August stattfindet, präsentiert einen weiteren Headliner. Die Londoner Band  Placebo wurde als nächsten Act bestätigt. Damit ist die Liste der teilnehmenden Bands auf insgesamt elf angewachsen. Auch bei der 15. Ausgabe des Festivals treffen sich Liebhaber von Alternative bis Electro am Störmthaler See bei Leipzig. Hier dürft ihr noch einmal das aktuelle Line Up und den Trailer zum letztjährigen Feiermarathon betrachten: Beatsteaks | Placebo | Sportfreunde Stiller | Broilers | La Brass Banda | The Wombats | Casper | Bonaparte | Me First & The Gimmie Gimmies | H-Blockx | Kraftklub Highfield - "Trailer 2011" Das Highfield Festival besteht mittlerweile ...

Dopo gli Oscar cannibali cinematografici e i Cannibal Telefilm Awards , potevo forse lasciare scoperto il campo musicale? Ennò, certo che no e allora ecco qui una bella cerimonia di premiazione anche per il meglio (e il peggio) dell’annata sonora. Quali sono i verdetti del 2011? Il rock è morto. Punto. Se fino a qualche anno fa era più un chiedersi: “Il rock è morto?” ormai il punto interrogativo se n’è andato via. Per il rock chitarristico l’annata era anche partita bene con il doppio discone dei Verdena, ma poi di altri segnali positivi ne sono arrivati ben ...

For the past several months, there have been rumors swirling regarding the split of 30 Seconds to Mars

For the past several months, there have been rumors swirling regarding the split of 30 Seconds to Mars

General Music News : 30 Seconds To Mars have denied rumours that they planning to split.

General Music News : 30 Seconds To Mars have denied rumours that they planning to split.

After delivering yet another fun Christmas charity single at the tail end of 2011, The Killers are planning to take on 2012 by releasing their fourth studio album. The Las Vegas band is currently working with producers Steve Lillywhite (U2, 30 Seconds To Mars) and Brendan O’Brien (The Fray, Brandon Flowers’ solo album Flamingo), and ... More »

It had previously been rumoured that the group would split after their two-year global jaunt

It's the end of a year and while everyone was talking about the year's best dressed, GQ was busy figuring out who was the years worst dressed! We are pretty sure that t didnt take them much time to narrow it all the way  down to the actor and 30 Seconds To Mars frontman, Jared Leto. LIST: Ryan Gosling Is GlobalGrind's Best Dressed Man Of 2011 This guy never seems to care if his clothes match, fit, or are even really made to be worn by adults. From his knit animal hats to his proclivity for wearing ...

Angels & Airwaves est un groupe de rock alternatif composé du guitariste et chanteur du groupe Blink 182 : Tom DeLonge, du guitariste David Kennedy (Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street et Box Car Racer), du bassiste Matt Wachter (30 Seconds to Mars) et du batteur Ilan Rubin (Lostprophets et Nine Inch Nails). La formation [...]