New York – Tennessee-based rock act Kings Of Leon will hit the road in North America later this month in support of its upcoming sophomore album, “Aha Shake Heartbreak.” Released last November in Europe, where the act is hugely popular, the RCA set is due Feb. 22 in the United States. Kings of Leon will be in Park City, Utah, on Friday (Jan. 21) playing an ASCAP-sponsored showcase at the Sundance Film Festival. A handful of other West Coast dates will follow before the band heads to Japan for the Sonicmania Festival, which will also feature Good Charlotte, Marilyn Manson,… Read more »
Cake, Pete Yorn, the Strokes, Perry Farrell and a Siouxsie and the Banshees reunion are among the additions to the third Coachella Music and Arts Festival. Organizers for the two-day concert, scheduled for Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California, on April 27 and 28, have also added dozens of electronic music acts, including Sandra Collins and Pete Tong. Cake, Yorn and Siouxsie and the Banshees join previously announced acts Björk, the Chemical Brothers, Sasha and Digweed, Groove Armada, Jurassic 5, Queens of the Stone Age and KRS-One on April 27. Jack Johnson, the Beta Band, G. Love and Special Sauce,… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about musicians running for office.
With 2K3 coming to a close, ChartAttack have started a campaign to ask a bunch of smart-ass questions to rockers for the end of the year. What was the dumbest thing that happened to you this year? Steve-O: We didn’t sell as many records as last year. Nah, just kidding. This band doesn’t do dumb things; believe it or not this band doesn’t do anything stupid. What was the wickedest thing that happened to you this year? Steve-O: Nothing. Did we do the Spider Man soundtrack video this year? If so, that’s another dumb one. Cause when you surround yourself… Read more »
Metallica’s latest album release St. Anger sold more than 137,000 copies last week, pushing album sales over the one million mark. The album holds steady at Number Five in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week. The sales figures for St Anger, which now totals over one million, are good enough for platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA). Metallica kicks off the Summer Sanitarium Tour on Friday (July 4), in support of St. Anger, its eighth studio album. Other rock debuts include Liz Phair’s self-titled release, which sold more than 38,000 copies, and Mars… Read more »
