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The Black Keys Announce First Leg of 2012 North American Tour

Just days before the Black Keys release their new full-length, El Camino, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have announced the debut leg of their 2012 U.S. tour.
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Posted 02 Dec 2011 | Alternative, Music, Rock News | 0 Comments

U2’s Bono Frightened of Alicia Keys

Bono seems like a friendly chap who wouldn’t be intimated by anyone. But, there’s one person who came make the U2 frontman wobble in his boots: Alicia Keys.
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Posted 02 Dec 2011 | Music, Rock, Rock News | 0 Comments

Tool Confirm New Album is on the Way

Tool have confirmed that six-stringer Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey and bass player Justin Chancellor spent Thanksgiving weekend working on new material.
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Posted 01 Dec 2011 | Music, Rock, Rock News | 0 Comments

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Talks ‘Siamese Dream’

Nirvana main man Billy Corgan holds the band’s sophomore album, Siamese Dream, dear to his heart.
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Posted 01 Dec 2011 | Alternative, Grunge, Music, Rock News | 2 Comments

Kurt Cobain’s ‘Flipper’ T-Shirt Gets Bootlegged by Forever 21

Clothing shop Forever 21 is selling a mass-produced adaptation of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain’s famous ‘Flipper’ shirt, and it’s raising some eyebrows.
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Posted 01 Dec 2011 | Grunge, Music, Rock News | 0 Comments

The Black Keys Preview Five New Songs Off, ‘El Camino’ [First Listen]

Alternative rock duo the Black Keys are offering the chance to hear five songs off, El Camino, a tad early. Listen to the new vignettes, right here!
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Posted 30 Nov 2011 | Alternative, First Listen, Music, Rock News | 0 Comments

Blink-182’s Travis Barker Gets Questioned by LAPD for Twitter Outburst

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been called in by the Los Angeles Police Department for questioning over a traffic violation, reports TMZ.
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Posted 30 Nov 2011 | Alternative, Music, Rock News | 0 Comments

Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland: People Don’t Get ‘Sex Type Thing’

Nearly two decades after Scott Weiland and the DeLeo brothers penned Stone Tempe Pilots’ breakout hit, “Sex Type Thing,” they still think the song is misunderstood.
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Posted 30 Nov 2011 | Alternative, Music, Rock News | 0 Comments

Grouplove, Young the Giant Prep for 2012 Trek [Tour Dates]

Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Grouplove have been tapped to open for Young the Giant on the band’s 2012 North American tour. Find tour dates, here!
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Posted 29 Nov 2011 | Alternative, Music, Rock News | 0 Comments

Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger Can Take the Haters, Says My Darkest Days

While Nickelback is one of those polarizing bands that draws heaps of love and detest, Matt Walst of My Darkest Days says Chad Kroeger takes it all in stride.
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Posted 29 Nov 2011 | Music, Rock, Rock News | 0 Comments