Kerrang! — Tonight on K! Dot Com we'll be announcing another wave of awesome bands who will be playing the 2009 Download festival. Tune in tonight (Monday, March 23) at midnight or, if you can't hold it in, head on over to our MySpace page to speculate wildly.... more info

ContactMusic — TESLA rocker FRANK HANNON is playing through the pain after fracturing the radial bone in his elbow. The guitarist suffered the arm injury last month (Feb09) after falling ... more info

Obscure Sound — When synth-pop was first glorified in the late ‘70s, it was a musical breakthrough in a more than one way. Its introductory development was more dramatic than most of its stylistic predecessors, as an entirely new emphasis on certain instrument... more info

Kerrang! — Down, Lacuna Coil and Papa Roach have been added to the bill of this year's K!-sponsored Download festival. Lacuna Coil are set to release their new album Shallow Life on April 20 and vocalist Cristina Scabbia tells K! that the band are itching to ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) This edition of the LiveDaily Weekend podcast features tour, ticketing and music news about U2 [ tickets ], Dave Matthews Band [ tickets ], Jonas Brothers [ tickets ], Taylor Swift, Joe Cocker, Nickelback, Neil Young [ tickets ], Indi... more info

Rawkblog — The double-edged sword that is the ’80s nostalgia train has its obvious pros and cons: On the one hand, sweet synthesizers, melodramatic vocals and squelchy rhythm sections free of the mandatory reverb that prematurely aged much of the decade’s o... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Veteran rockers Tesla [ tickets ] have added more shows to their early spring "Forever More" tour, which will canvas the US starting next month.... continued more info