(antiMusic) The Patriot Ledger is reporting :The rumors are true. The J. Geils Band will reunite to perform during the opening week of the new House of Blues in Boston at 8 p.m. Feb. 19. moreLily Allen and Bruce Springsteen were the new champions on the U.K. singles and album charts yesterday (Feb. 1). Allen's "The Fear" (EMI) debuted atop the singles chart, while Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" (Columbia) entered the album survey at No. 1more
Four major video game franchise titles with music tie-ins sparked a record year for US video and computer game software, representing more than 5% of the total 298 million units sold in 2008, according to the NPD Group that tracks sales at retail.more
Rob Zombie has announced that he's completed his upcoming studio album, but is delaying its release until he finishes directing the sequel film Halloween 2.more
3 Inches Of Blood's first album, "Battlecry Under a Wintersun", will be released in the U.S. on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 and in Canada on Tuesday, February 24, 2009.more
Astralwerks is releasing 'Heroes' on February 24th, a unique album of cover versions by artists such as The Kooks, Lily Allen, Duffy, Hot Chip , The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio and more conceived to benefit War Child, an award-winning humanitarian organization that provides relief to children in some of the worst war-ravaged parts of the globe. more
With his "Reflections" box set coming today (Feb. 3), Graham Nash is looking ahead to mining the past on a number of other projects -- including a new Crosby, Stills & Nash covers album the trio is making with producer Rick Rubin. more
Frank Zappa's two longest-running band members, Ike Willis and Ed Mann, and Mothers of Invention's original synth player, Don Preston, have united to faithfully recreate the live Zappa experience for an East Coast tour.more
According to the New York Post, guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen has been awarded $820,000 in damages after he was allegedly defrauded by his former accountant and manager.more
P.O.S's new record Never Better (Out today on Rhymesayers) is currently streaming in its entirety on MySpace
BreakThru Radio aired Mumiy Troll's first-ever live North American radio performance on Live Studio last week and the on-demand recording can be found here
Eyehategod will headline the fifth annual Los Angeles Murderfest, set to take place on May 9-10 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. more
New Nightwish release is out at March 2009. MCD was recorded during still continuing "Dark Passion Play World Tour". Release will include also bonus-DVD with material from Israel to South-America, directed by Ville Lipiδinen. more [This came from an official announcement]
Animal Collective have announced that they are rescheduling two sold-out Los Angeles shows that they cancelled in January due to the lead singer's illness. The shows have been rescheduled for February 26 and 27 more
Danish metal band Urkraft has announced their break-up. Formed in 1995, the band last released an album with Earache Records. - more on this story
