Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz are getting married
Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden (also of the Madden Brothers fame) is officially tying the knot with actress Cameron Diaz tonight. According to US Weekly, Madden, 35, and Diaz, 42, began dating in May of last year after they were hooked together by Madden's sister-in-law, Nicole Richie. The Good Charlotte member popped the question a few weeks ago...
Stream A Skylit Drive’s new acoustic album, ‘Rise: Ascension’
A Skylit Drive are teaming up with AP to bring you their new acoustic album, Rise: Ascension, which will be officially released tomorrow, January 6, via Tragic Hero Records. Stream it in full below, and let us know your thoughts. Pre-orders are on sale now. If you missed it, ASD have been holding open auditions...
Enter Shikari hold nothing back on their latest track, "Anaesthetist"
Enter Shikari hold nothing back on their latest single, “Anaesthetist.” You can check out the track, along with its thought provoking music video, below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Watch the band's hilariously bizarre animated video for “Slipshod.” Enter Shikari's latest studio album, The Mindsweep, is set for release in the U.K. on January...
James Dewees explains the origins of his Reggie And The Full Effect alter-egos
When you go to a Reggie And The Full Effect show, you’re getting several bands for the price of one. You have Reggie, the umbrella under which everything functions, Fluxuation, a sexed-up British electronic artist, and Common Denominator, a Finnish, blood-covered metal act. They’re a cast of unique characters, each with their own sound, all...
The McDonald’s-themed Black Sabbath cover band are real
Yup. Mac Sabbath are an LA-based band with “demonic versions of Ronald McDonald on vocals, Mayor McCheese on lead guitar, Grimace on bass, and the Hamburgler on drums,” according to the Daily Dot. On their Facebook page, the band describe themselves as “Ronald Osbourne and the whole gang in full regalia playing all their hits like...
This Century are "finishing up" their new album
While This Century laid fairly low in 2014, it looks like they're about to take 2015 by storm with a new album. This morning they posted a statement on their official Facebook page, which contained the comment, “We have a new record that we're finishing up…it is by far our favorite creation we've created and...
Republican superintendent wants hip-hop (and Rage Against The Machine) out of schools
The head of Arizona public schools has threatened to pursue sanctions against a school district for offering classes that mention hip-hop and Rage Against The Machine. Seriously. According to Raw Story, in a letter, superintendent John Huppenthal (R) criticizes a high school for its class, “Culturally Relevant Mexican American Perspective,” which includes lyrics from Rage Against...
Weatherbox will return to the stage later this month
This past August, Weatherbox were forced to drop off of a tour with Dikembe due to a medical emergency, which entailed Brian Warren essentially enduring a seemingly never-ending metal breakdown. He was then admitted to three separate hospitals in an attempt to stabilize himself and his medications before embarking on an impending tour with Finch...
New study examines why shitty music sells the best
A recent study published in the PLOS One journal examines how a particular style of music’s complexity increases or decreases over time with respect to album sales. The study found that “album sales of a given style typically increase with decreasing instrumentational complexity,” which can be seen as “music becoming increasingly formulaic in terms of...