May 28, 2012

Frank Turner rehearsing for new album

Frank Turner has begun rehearsing for his new album with his backing band, the Sleeping Souls. Check out an update below:   Rehearsals for album 5 with @_sleepingsouls are go. Here's the songlist from our practice room (working titles!):lockerz.com/s/212606236 — Frank Turner (@fthc) May 28, 2012 A photo of some working song titles is below....

Watch Of Mice & Men perform "Ben Threw" at Hit The Deck Festival

Rocksound recently filmed Of Mice & Men backstage at Hit The Deck Festival, as well as a performance of “Ben Threw.” Check it out below.

Flaming Lips rerecord "Race For The Prize" for Oklahoma City Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder have the support of some of their city's favorite sons—the Flaming Lips. The popular psychedelic rock band rewrote and rerecorded their 1999 song “Race For The Prize” for their hometown NBA team, who are currently down 1-0 to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Watch a video for...

Facebook hopes to launch their own smartphone in 2013

Facebook is making serious moves to enter the smartphone business in 2013, according to a report from the New York Times' technology blog, Bits. The story notes that this will be the third attempt at phone manufacturing from the social networking giant—after a scrubbed first attempt in 2010 and a second, a partnership between Facebook...

Hawthorne Heights - Hope EP

Hawthorne Heights Hope EP The independent life seems to suit Hawthorne Heights well. After nearly a decade of time spent on labels, the group have exercised their liberties as free agents, undertaking a three-EP series completely funded and released on their own dime. While last year’s Hate found the band exploring their angst-fueled hardcore roots,...

Interview: Serj Tankian on his prolific solo career and the future of System Of A Down

SYSTEM OF A DOWN are touring this fall (with Deftones as support) and understandably, plenty of people are curious about when the semi-newly reactivated political/genre-bending juggernaut will release new music. Take a look at the schedule of SERJ TANKIAN, though. The well-spoken, energetic and good-natured frontman has no less than four new albums on the...

Tyler Carter releasing free single "Stayin' Alive" on Wednesday

Tyler Carter will be giving away his new single, “Stayin' Alive” ft. Roy English, for free this Wednesday.

The Overseer (Solid State) release lyric video for "Amend"

The Overseer have released a lyric video for “Amend,” as seen below. The band's new album, We Search, We Dig, is out June 19 on Solid State Records.