ContactMusic — Outspoken Kiss rocker Gene Simmons is angry the band has never been inducted into Americas Rock and Roll Hall of Fame branding the snub a joke This years 12 induction ceremony includes Guns N Roses Beastie Boys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers - and... more info

Mercury News, California — Talk to the Beastie Boys, Dave Grohl, Jane's Addiction and Henry Rollins, to name but a few, and they'll all tell you that the Bad Brains are one of the most important bands of the last 35 years. more info

Starpulse — Beastie Boys star Mike Diamond has been named the artistic director of a new cultural festival in Los Angeles. The hip-hop star, aka Mike D, has been given the task of overseeing the Transmission... more info

ContactMusic — Beastie Boys star Mike Diamond has been named the artistic director of a new cultural festival in Los Angeles The hip-hop star aka Mike D has been given the task of overseeing the Transmission LA AV Club event which begins on 19 April 12 The... more info

Guardian Music — The first 'proper' single from Santigold's next album is a sight better than the improper one from last month Despite the four-year gap between her debut album and its forthcoming follow up, Santi White, aka Santigold, hasn't been idle. In fact, it's... more info

411 Mania — From Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" and the White Stripes' "Fell In Love With a Girl" to Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and more, the 411 staff ranks their Top 5 rock music videos of all-time! more info

411 Mania — Is David Lee Roth's "California Girls" one of the sexiest music video of the 1980s? What does it mean when an artist signs a "360 contract?" When is the best Beastie Boys album releasing? All this and more covered this week in Ask 411 Music! more info

Panda Toes — So it's Fashion Week here in New York. Which means there are gonna be tons of DJs DJing in tons of places where DJs generally should'nt be DJing. And tons of drinkers drinking drinks in tons of places where drinkers generally shouldn't be drinking dr... more info

NME Radio — Welcome to the NME Radio blog. I’m Michelle and I present the evening show on NME Radio, Monday to Thursdays, which is jam-packed with shiny new music. [...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Band ask Columbia Records to issue Sounds from Nowheresville a month early following online leakThe Ting Tings are asking their label to release their new album more than a month early, following an online leak. As pirates exchange copies of Sounds f... more info