The Police with anniversary compilation

This year coincides with the 30th anniversary reunion tour in 2007. The band prepares a tour and they have also released a double compilation called “The Police”. The quality can not be denied but but this set falls just a bit short of being the definitive Police double disc. It feels a bit slim at 28 tracks. But the bad thing is not that it is slim but rather that some definitory tracks are missing….

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UNKLE with their third LP: ‘War Stories’

It’s been four years since we haven’t heard anything new from [tag]UNKLE[/tag], but now their back in full throttle, with their new LP: “War Stories”, set for release in early july. War Stories is due out on July 9 and was co-produced by James Lavelle and Chris Goss from Queens Of The Stone Age, under James Lavelle’s new label, Surrender All.

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John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ on canvas

[tag]John Lennon[/tag]’s former wife Yoko Ono has given permission for one of John’s greatest song “Imagine” to be immortalized as pop art. Imagine is a utopion themed song, that first appeared in 1971, as part of John Lennon’s album Imagine. In 2004 it was voted the third best song in the world by Rolling Stone Magazine, after “Satisfaction” by [tag]Rolling Stones[/tag] and “Like a Rolling Stone” by [tag]Bob Dylan[/tag]. The lyrics from this legendary song…

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Foo Fighters with anniversary album

The famous [tag]Dave Grohl[/tag] fronted alternative rock band Foo Fighters are set to release a 10th anniversary edition of their second 1997 LP: “The Color And The Shape”, which reached the 3rd position in the UK album chart of the same year. This special edition album will be released on June 25th on a two-disc set, containing 13 remastered songs featured on the original album plus 6 rare B-sides and covers tracks. The bonus tracks…

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Kanye West postpones album release

[tag]Kanye West[/tag], [tag]hip-hop[/tag] artist-producer, has recently announced that his third major label album release has been pushed forward from September to August. Kanye recently featured on 25 tracks Louis Vuitton mixtape, that massively circulated around the internet and contained some teasers from the new record. A lot of big names are said to have collaborated on the album, like [tag]Coldplay[/tag]’s Chris Martin on the track ‘Homecoming’, as well as ‘Late Registration’ collaborator Jon Brion, 88…

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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab

In case you are asking yourself [tag]Lindsay Lohan[/tag] did it again. The singer admitted herself to an intensive medical rehabilitation facility but claimed her right to privacy and wanted people to appreciate the seriousness of the case. This is after a weekend during which she crashed her car and was arrested. She is said to have driven under the influence. This is the second rehab stint this year. The substance was found by the police…

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Timberlake Launches Record Label

There are few things that [tag]Justin Timberlake[/tag] has yet to do, and now he is going corporate. He has launched Tennman Records, where he will be chairman and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles-based label. There is some interest around that. Some is caused by the statement the singer made; I cannot wait to introduce the world to my new discoveries, Timberlake said. Looks like he manages to make some new discoveries all the…

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Green Day Covers “Simpsons” Theme

The notorious “Simpsons” theme song will get a punkified version, courtesy of Grammy Award-winning rock band [tag]Green Day[/tag], as the tv show will turn to the silver screen with it’s theater debute on the 27th of july. The Green Day Simpson theme will be published as a single and will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack, that will be released on the 24th of july, three days prior to the film’s debute. Three different…

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The Films debut album: “Don’t Dance Rattlesnake”

The Films is a band formed in Charleston, South Carolina, in the year 2003, that is currently highly rated by critics, despite the fact they haven’t launched an album till very recently. The band was formed by four high school acquaintances with different musical pasts: Michael Trent (Vocals, Guitar), Jake Sinclair (Bass, Vocals), Kenneth Harris (Guitar, Keys, Vocals) and Adam C. Blake (Drums). After relentless touring from Atlanta to Nashville to Birmingham and back, the…

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