Alternative

Rock Report: Beastie Boys Drops New Song, Gwen Stefani Talks Gavin Rossdale, Crossfade’s New Album

Hip-hop-rock collective The Beastie Boys dropped the first single from their new album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, and the track, “Make Some Noise,” is totally lo-fi, old school Beasties. Also find news on Gwen Stefani of No Doubt, hard rock band Crossfade and classic rockers Styx and Yes in this week’s Rock Report!
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Interview [PODCAST]: Director of Foo Fighters Documentary

Oscar and Emmy Award-winning director James Moll talks about his latest gig, directing grunge rock band the Foo Fighters’ first documentary, “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth.”
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Interview [PODCAST]: Death Cab for Cutie’s Jason McGerr

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re well aware alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie has a new album, “Codes and Keys,” slated to drop May 31. Death Cab for Cutie drummer Jason McGerr checked in with Anne Erickson via alternative station 94.1-FM The EDGE. Listen to the whole thing, here.
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Rock Report: Staind Talks New Album, Papa Roach Designer Tees, Death Cab Announce Live Feed Music Video

Staind frontman Aaron Lewis is keeping busy with a solo, acoustic tour that will run through this summer and promote his new album, Town Line. But, make no mistake: Staind is at the forefront of his mind. This week’s Rock Report also packs rock news on Skillet, Papa Roach and Death Cab for Cutie.
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Skillet Scores First-Ever No. 1 Active Rock Hit with Female Vocals

Memphis-based hard rock band Skillet are celebrating their first-ever #1 Active Rock song with “Awake and Alive,” which went from #4 to #1 this week.
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Nirvana Re-Releases Rare EP for National Record Store Day

Rock News: Grunge rock great Nirvana’s, Hormoaning, EP is set to be re-released on National Record Store Day, April 16. Originally only available during the band’s 1992 Australian tour, the EP features two original songs (“Aneurysm” and “Even In His Youth”), as well as covers taped during a 1990 BBC Peel Session.
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Rock Report: Stone Sour Kicks Off Avalanche Tour, 311 Announce Summer Tour, Foo Fighters Documentary Coming To Theaters

The first-ever Avalanche Tour featuring hard rock bands Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Skillet, Halestorm and Art of Dying kicks off Friday, March 25, in Milwaukee. Plus, grunge band the Foo Fighters are releasing their new documentary nationwide, and alternative guys 311 are launching a summer tour with Sublime with Rome.
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A Perfect Circle Guitarist Has Plans to Rekindle Ashes Divide

Big thanks to A Perfect Circle guitarist Billy Howerdel for stopping by to talk about the hard rock band’s gig at Rock on the Range this May. Blabbermouth.net, the “CNN of heavy metal and hard rock,” picked up the interview. Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair also made an appearance, and you can read the interview via Gibson Guitar.
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Interview [Podcast]: A Perfect Circle

Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel-fronted hard rock band A Perfect Circle has unveiled a full list of summer tour dates, including gigs at Toronto’s Edgefest, Colorado’s Red Rocks and more. Howerdel says the group will be “playing some of the new songs,” on this tour, “so that’s always an exciting prospect.”
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Soundgarden Stream Songs from Live Album

Grunge rock band Soundgarden are streaming tracks from their first-ever live concert album, Live on I5, at the group’s Facebook page. You have to “like” the page to have access to the songs. The collection of rock songs, out March 22, consists of live performances from a 1996 West Coast Soundgarden tour.
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