Jason Merritt / Kevin Winter, Getty Images 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees Announced
With only a month to go before 2012′s MuchMusic Video Awards winners are handed their trophies at the ceremony on June 17, it’s time to announce the nominees — an eclectic list of acts that includes Coldplay, Foster the People, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes and Maroon 5.
Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Images Joey Ramone’s New Posthumous Album ‘…Ya Know?’ Streaming Now
He’s been deceased for over a decade, but Joey Ramone has a new album coming out in a couple of weeks — and thanks to the good people at NME, you can stream the whole thing right now.
Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Green Day Headlining Voodoo Fest 2012
It’s been three long years since Green Day released a studio album, and the band has so much pent-up creative energy that it’s preparing to unleash a full-on trilogy of new LPs over the next year. The first installment, ‘¡Uno!,’ arrives in September — and the band will celebrate its release by heading down to New Orleans and headlining Voodoo Fest 2012.
Ethan Miller, Getty Images The Killers Cover the Raspberries’ ‘Go All the Way’ for ‘Dark Shadows’
Tim Burton‘s ‘Dark Shadows‘ was, um, overshadowed at the box office by ‘The Avengers‘ last weekend, but even if you didn’t head out to a theater near you to watch Johnny Depp act like a vampire, you can still go all the way to the bottom of your browser to hear the Killers‘ cover of a Raspberries power pop classic for the soundtrack.
John Shearer / Handout, Getty Images Dave Matthews Challenges ‘American Idol’ Contestant Phillip Phillips to Take Over His Band
After weeks of having his singing style compared to Dave Matthews, ‘American Idol‘ contestant Phillip Phillips finally took the plunge last week and covered one of Matthews’ songs on an episode of the show. Naturally, an intrepid reporter for New York Magazine’s Vulture asked Matthews to give his thoughts on the performance — and although he admitted he hadn’t heard it, he was willing to weigh in.
Jason Merritt, Getty Images Blink-182′s Travis Barker Having Emergency Surgery, Band Cancels Tour Dates
Citing drummer Travis Barker’s emergency tonsillectomy, the members of Blink-182 have announced the cancellation of all concert appearances for the month of May, including their scheduled May 19 set at the Bamboozle in Asbury Park, N.J.
Evan Agostini, Getty Images Beastie Boys Hit With New Lawsuit Just Before Adam Yauch’s Death
Most hip-hop fans are probably aware of the way early records made liberal use of samples — until a wave of copyright lawsuits changed everything in the late ’80s, right around the time the Beastie Boys‘ groundbreaking, sample-heavy second album ‘Paul’s Boutique’ was released. What they may not realize, however, is that those lawsuits are still going on; in fact, a new one was filed just last week — two days before Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away.
Getty Images / NASA Jack White Shares Space DJ Dreams With Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Jack White has had some pretty good luck with attaching his music to balloons lately, so you can hardly blame him for wanting to take it to the next level. And by “the next level,” we mean “all the way to outer space.”
Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images Soundgarden Hint at Fall 2012 Release for New Album
It might have taken them 15 years to get around to it, but now that the members of Soundgarden are back together and making new music, it sounds like their next album could be in stores relatively quickly — say, as soon as October 2012.
Jason Merritt, Getty Images Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Discusses Orion Festival and Spiteful Reaction to ‘Lulu’
Love him or hate him, you can always count on Lars Ulrich to not mince words in an interview — and true to form, the Metallica drummer didn’t hold back during a recent exchange with Spin that covered everything from the male-heavy lineup at the Orion Music + More Festival to the overwhelmingly negative response to last year’s ‘Lulu.’
Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Slash, Marilyn Manson, Evanescence + More Name Their Guilty Pleasure Pop Songs
Whether or not we believe in the concept of guilty musical pleasures, most of us enjoy a few songs and artists that we’d rather not be caught listening to — and rock’s biggest acts are no different, as evidenced by a recent Fuse piece that asked famous rockers to share the darkest secrets of their personal playlists.
Theo Wargo, Getty Images Stone Temple Pilots to Perform ‘Core’ on Upcoming Tour
Believe it or not, Stone Temple Pilots‘ debut record turns 20 this year — and to celebrate, the band will join the “complete albums performed live” craze by heading out on the road and playing the disc from start to finish.
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