M.I.A. Shares Matangi Cover

Amidst some personal legal problems, M.I.A. has finally shared the cover of her long expected delayed album, Matangi. The album is theoretically coming out on November 5 through Interscope, though I wouldn’t bet all my money on that one. More visuals and a taste of the new album below. Oh, and if you really wanna see something wicked, select the pictures as if you were selecting a text box – it’s seriously awesome. Via M.I.A.’s…

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Bob Dylan’s metalwork exhibition

It’s a nice, simple day, until something you stumbled upon something totally awesome like this: Who wants to see Bob Dylan with a blowtorch? Or even better, see the works of art he created ? Not content with being one of the greatest songwriters of all time, he’s turned his hand to iron and metalwork. You can check his work if you’re in London at an exhibiton at Halcyon Gallery in November. Damn I’m jealous…

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Kanye’s absolutely crazy interview

It didn’t take Kanye long enough to show off his megalomania once more – the interview with Zane Lowe had barely started when he 36-year-old rapper said “people are going to be talking about this interview in five years time”. Thing is, that may very well be. During the course of 60 fist clenching cringe-inducing minutes Kanye addressed anything and everything, from Lady Gaga to jogging pants, and from the Internet to being the biggest…

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Alter Bridge Streaming New Album ‘Fortress’ in Full

The Florida rockers have officially streamed their new album, ‘Fortress’, prior to the 8 October release. Featuring 12 new song, the album is the 4th effort from Alter Bridge, and it goes a long way towards what guitarist Mark Tremonti called the process of “proving themselves”: “When I was growing up and I’d see a band’s fourth album, I’d feel like, ‘Wow, they’re at the end of their career. I’ll be lucky to have four…

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Stream Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience 2 Of 2”

Justin Timberlake has released part two of his album The 20/20 Experience for streaming on iTunes. The stream is of the clean version of the album and does not include the two bonus tracks exclusive to the Target deluxe edition of the album. You can pre-order the album here and listen to the album on Timberlake’s iTunes artist page until the album’s proper release on September 30th. Below is the audio for the latest single from the…

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Zakk Wylde: ‘Pantera Reunion Would Be a Beautiful Way to Honor Dimebag’

Get your hype ready people: a Pantera reunion is quite possible. Guitarist Zakk Wylde is very interesting in participating in such a reunion, taking over late axeman Dimebag Darrell’s parts. Wylde discusses such a feat, talking about how it’s a great way to pay homage to Dimebag, while also pleasing fans and providing a great experience for remaining band members. “If they were like ‘We’re gonna do it and honor Dimebag’ and ‘Zakk, would you…

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Mumford and Sons go on indefinite hiatus

It’s as simple as it sounds: Mumford and Sons will go on a hiatus, and the hiatus won’t end in the forseeable future. The band revealed their plan to take a break following a mammoth tour of their newest album “Babel” which won several Grammys, broke sales records and ended in Kansas. “There won’t be any Mumford & Sons activities for the foreseeable future following Friday’s show,” said keyboardist Ben Lovett on what will be…

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New Motorhead Single Leaks Online

It’s not clear if this is intentional or not, but one thing’s for sure: we have a new single from the metal giants, Motorhead. The song, titled “Heartbreaker,” is the lead single from the band’s upcoming “Aftershock” album, and it kicks so hard it’s barely legal. Classic motorhead, seriously awesome, makes me hardly wait for the entire album! A few days ago, Motorhead also revealed the entire track listing and cover. “Aftershock” will be released…

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A Decade of Seeing New York as Ancient Rome: ‘Bazooka Tooth’ Turns Ten

Aesop Rock, early 2000s. (mushrecords.com) “People can label me whatever they like. I don’t really care any more…I get told that I’m weird—but you forget that the whole reason you liked [Boogie Down Productions] in the first place was because you never heard anything like that before.” – Aesop Rock, quoted in the Harvard Crimson, 2003 As Ian Bavitz was writing the songs that filled out the 70 minutes of Bazooka…

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The Strypes – A Snapshot into the Future?

Snapshot… Where to start? This album is the closest we’ve had to the raw sound of the early sixties since the early sixties. Aged only between 16 and 17, and with their debut album reaching the top 5, these 4 boys are really starting to make a name for themselves. They’ve already got Jeff Beck, Paul Weller, Roger Daltrey, Noel Gallagher and Dave Grohl behind them, and I think  if 5 of the biggest musicians in the…

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