Saturday, December 5, 2015

VINTAGE CLIP: Stone Temple Pilots on Letterman in '94


Following the sudden loss of Scott Weiland, we look at STP performing "Christmas Time is Here" and "Unglued" on The Late Show with David Letterman in 1994.

Read: Rest in Peace - Scott Weiland

Friday, December 4, 2015

Thom Yorke & Flea on French TV



Watch Thom Yorke & Flea perform "Atoms For Peace" on France's Le Grand Journal.

Rest in Peace: Scott Weiland


Former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland has passed away at 48.

Read: Underrated Classic - Scott Weiland '12 Bar Blues' 

Weiland died in his sleep in a Minnesota hotel early Friday morning where he was touring with his current band, The Wildabouts, according to reports.

Read Our 2010 Interview with Scott Weiland's Ex-Wife Mary Forsberg 

A statement on Facebook said:

Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, passed away in his sleep while...
Posted by Scott Weiland on Thursday, December 3, 2015

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. No cause of death has been revealed.

Velvet Revolver have issued a statement about Weiland's sudden passing on Duff McKagen's Facebook page:

We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of our old friend and bandmate, Scott Weiland. We experienced a good chunk...
Posted by Duff McKagan on Friday, December 4, 2015


Stone Temple Pilots released a statement on Facebook late Friday:

Dear Scott,Let us start by saying thank you for sharing your life with us. Together we crafted a legacy of music...
Posted by Stone Temple Pilots on Friday, December 4, 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Air's Nicolas Godin Announces Solo Album


Air's Nicolas Godin will release his solo debut, Contrepoint, in February. 

He said of the record in a press release: "Sometime during my fourth world tour with my band AIR, I observed that: music was taking up only a small part of my daily life. I had become what Glenn Gould called "a travelling monkey in the concert circus...”

Take a look at the cover, above, and the tracklisting, below:

01. Orca
02. Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde
03. Club Nine
04. Clara
05. Glenn
06. Quei Due
07. Bach Off
08. Elfe Man

Nada Surf Announce New Album


Nada Surf will return in March with their new album, You Know Who You Are. 

Take a look at the cover, above, and the tracklisting, below:

1. Cold to See Clear
2. Believe You're Mine
3. Friend Hospital
4. New Bird
5. Out of the Dark
6. Rushing
7. Animal
8. You Know Who You Are
9. Gold Sounds
10. Victory's Yours

Quick News

Coldplay have been confirmed for the upcoming Super Bowl Half Time show in February.

The soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight will be released this month on vinyl via Third Man Records.

The English Beat will release their new album, Here We Go Love! next year.

Speaking to The New York Times, Bono discussed how he got in touch with Eagles of Death Metal following the attacks in Paris during their gig at Le Bataclan and offered to send them home on a jet. He said: "We had a plane, which we put at the Eagles' use if they wanted it, but they found another way. The best thing we could do for our fellow musicians was to buy them phones. I spoke to Julian [Dorio] and to Jesse [Hughes]. But that was the best thing, Jesse said, just getting the phones to be texting and all the stuff that you do — social media — to find out what’s going on. Their phones were in the venue."U2 were in Paris at the time of the attacks and were going to perform a gig the following day which has now been postponed until this Monday. Bono also added that EoDM explained what happened: "Jesse took me through every moment. They really need proper counseling, though — not from a well-meaning Irish rock star. Because post-traumatic stress disorder is a real issue for people who go through these things. They’re going to come through fine, but it was pretty bad."

An Action Bronson fan has made an amazing / ridiculous calendar of the Queens rapper. Take a look and get yours HERE.

James Bay on Corden


Watch James Bay perform "Let It Go" on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Last Shadow Puppets New Album Teaser


Apparently this spring Miles Kane and Alex Turner will release the second Last Shadow Puppets LP!

Glen Hansard on Conan


Watch Glen Hansard perform "Winning Streak" on Conan!

The Killers on Kimmel


Watch The Killers perform last year's holiday hit, "Joel The Lump of Coal" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!