Pete Townshend on iTunes, Steve Jobs, the BBC and his rebellious ‘inner artist’ Legendary guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend delivered the BBC John Peel lecture this evening at the Lowry Theatre, Salford in which he discusses the future of popular music as we know it…

Mastodon drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor has done a track by track rundown of the bands forthcoming new album “The Hunter“ which comes out 9/27
“Black Tongue“: That’s a song about a parrot. They have black tongues. I don’t know if you’re familiar. You know, looking in that fucking mirror all day playing with that bell, it just [...]

Masters of elegance, melodrama and symphonic grandeur, Within Temptation are not just one of the most distinctive and charismatic bands to emerge from the metal scene in recent times, but also one of European metal’s greatest success stories of the last decade.
Formed in 1996 by guitarist Robert Westerholt and vocalist Sharon den Adel, ably assisted [...]

Steve Levine has been working in the record industry since the mid-1970s, when he joined CBS Studios as a trainee tape-op. Working as an engineer and later producer he has worked with countless artists over the years, including The Clash, Stevie Wonder, Ziggy Marley, Motorhead and, perhaps most notably, Culture Club – he produced their [...]

Photo: Chris Becke
The Making of The New Album WALKING BACKWARD IN HIGH HEELS
By Mick Burgess
Back in September 2010, Syl Sylvain was interviewed when the New York Dolls were recording their latest album at Blast Studios in Newcastle, England. During the recording of the album, the band also performed three sold out concerts at local Newcastle venue, “The [...]

Interviewed by Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine, 8 December 1970
INTRODUCTION
In this material and turbulent age, where much of the music that surrounds us is over-hyped, over-played, over-sold and mediocre, I find myself wandering back to my younger days when I awaited impatiently for the next Beatles album. Then I ask myself the question: which [...]

Tron: Legacy Soundtrack Preview
Jason Bentley presents an exclusive Tron: Legacy soundtrack preview when he talks with director Joseph Kosinski about the much anticipated film and shares highlights from Daft Punk’s score in the 10 o’clock hour on the legendary Morning Becomes Eclectic in Los Angeles… Shake Online brings you the highlights…. For the full piece: [...]

ROUNDER RECORDS 40th Birthday Year Ends With 4 CD Box Set: The Rounder Story 4 CD Box set has been put together by the Rounder Collective; which covers a decade a CD and was released at the end of November

Rasmus Weng Karlsen 
Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, Efterklang have been making music since 2000, blending orchestral sounds with their unique indie pop. The band are currently on tour in support of their third album ‘Magic Chairs’ and fly into Liverpool on 3rd November for their only UK show as part of Liverpool Music Week.
You’re playing Liverpool [...]

Columbia Records UK is excited to announce that Kings of Leon released the highly anticipated fifth album, Come Around Sundown, on October 18, 2010. It was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios and produced once again by Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King. Come Around Sundown is the follow-up to the hugely successful Only By [...]