(antiMusic) Chickenfoot - the much-talked-about band featuring Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith - are streaming two songs from their upcoming debut album. Available on both the official Chickenfoot website and the band's MySpace page, the songs are called Soap On A Rope and Down The Drain. moreJane's Addiction released two new studio tracks online Friday (March 20) via Ninja2009.com (http://Ninja2009.com), the tour site for the forthcoming co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder were acting as producers for the new cuts. But can fans expect a new record? "I don't think so," Farrell says.more
South By Kanye West. The rapper performed twice Saturday at the annual South By Southwest music conference and festival, dominating the final night of the live music event mostly populated by lesser known acts.more
Jurors in Phil Spector's retrial can consider the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter instead of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson, a judge ruled Friday.more
Universal Music Publishing Group has become the exclusive administrator of the Jimi Hendrix catalog throughout the world outside the United States.more
U.S. glam diva Lady Gaga took top spot in Britain's singles pop charts Sunday, emulating the success of her debut release.more
Boss Hires Temp: Following in your father's footsteps doesn't get cooler than this: 19-year-old Jay Weinberg will be subbing for his dad, Max Weinberg, as drummer for Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band. The younger Weinberg will play "a small number" of gigs with the band this summer, most likely in Europe more
Slash N' Ozzy: According to Quart.no, former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash will be joined by Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne for the axeman's headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival more
Fred Durst says bullying was actually one of the reasons that Limp Bizkit split up. "The irony is, Limp Bizkit, for a while, [was] the fuel for bullies to beat up a lot of these underdogs," Durst explained. "That's when I decided to stop. I was like, 'You know, that's me they're beating up, and my music is fueling them.' So I held back for a while." more
Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins meant it when he told the crowd at Stubbs for the group's official South By Southwest showcase on Saturday that "we're gonna play some brand new songs for you." Those new songs, from the San Francisco quartet's forthcoming fourth studio album, "Ursa Major," due in stores June 23, comprised the bulk of the group's 15-song set. more
Neil Young's oft-delayed "Archives" collection will finally be released on June 2, Young's manager Elliot Roberts announced at South by Southwest in Austin, TX today (March 21).more
John Mellencamp posted on his website that a "special tour is in the works," fueling the rumor that he and Bob Dylan will be hitting the road together.more
Overlorde are happy to announce the return of none other than Bobby 'Leather Lungs' Lucas as their new vocalist!more
My Hero Is Me has called it quits. Formed in 2004, the band put out two releases with Tragic Hero Records. Their final show will take place on May 9th at Club Oasis in Winston-Salem, NC.more
Early Graves has added bassist Matt O'Brien (ex-Grace Alley) to their line-up. O'Brien replaces bassist Tyler Jensen, who has moved to guitar in the band.more
Rapper Big Boi, one half of the musical duo Outkast, told Rolling Stone that his upcoming solo album, Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty, will feature 16 tracks that will cover "electro, funk, blues, some of everything. It's all over the place."more
Iglu & Hartly's Michael Anderson Jarvis was arrested in Austin in the early hours of Thursday (March 19) after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard while half naked. more
Swedish rock heavyweights Raised Fist will enter Dugout Productions in Uppsala, Sweden in April with producer Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah) to begin recording their fifth album for a late 2009 releasemore
Finnish metallers Gloria Morti have issued the following update: "After 10 years as the band's drummer, Jarmo [Juurikka] has decided to leave the group due to personal reasons. There is no grudge between him and the other members. Gloria Morti is now in progress of finding a new drummer.more
Norway's Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with Gorgoroth guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) about his court battle against vocalist Gaahl and bassist King ov Hell over the rights to the Gorgoroth band name. more
Will Haven has been forced to cancel their upcoming European run and will instead focus on writing and recording the follow up to 'The Hierophant' - more on this story
