Totally Fuzzy — Machine Head is the sixth studio album released by the English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released in March 1972. Machine Head is often cited as influential in the development of the h... more info

ContactMusic — Deep Purple star Jon Lord has announced he is battling cancer. The keyboard player, who co-founded the Smoke on the Water heavy rock icons, has posted a statement about his health crisis on his blog. The 70 year old writes, "I would like all my frien... more info

Metalsucks — This shit is so baddass it turned my sneakers purple……true story. -KW more info

Stereogum — When we called Givers a Band To Watch last summer, we noted the Lafayette quintet made fans of Dirty Projectors with their “eclectic, ecstatic, celebratory, knotty, vocally rich sound.” And if you’ve spent any time with Givers’ excellent debu... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Artie Lange, Howard Stern, Dan Patrick Howard Stern didn't turn his back on Artie Lange when the comic entered treatment following his suicide attempt -- in fact, Lange claims, Howard even called him ... while Lan... more info

Guardian Music — In keeping with the current mood for retromania, today's lot drag doo wop out of history's bin and give it a modern indie spinHometown: Philadelphia, Montreal, Portland Oregon.The lineup: Nick Thorburn, Ryan Kattner, Joe Plummer, Michael Cera.The bac... more info

Altsounds — On June 28, *Eagle Rock Entertainment* will release *Deep Purple's Phoenix Rising* – a two-hour-plus revelatory documentary including 30 minutes of never-before-seen (not even on bootleg) onstage footage from Japan. *Phoenix Rising* will b... more info

Dirty Physics — First let me give a shout out to Jtokyo and JediK killing it on their posts. Some really great tunes to listen to.  Hopefully this next track will live up to the hype. Adele has been blowing up on blogs lately so i think its only fitting that she i... more info

Dirty Physics — I've been saving it all up for the big DP summer comeback! I'm really digging this new track from Foster the People. Largely following the music trend of late Foster the People sound like a less frenetic version of MGMT mixed with Passion Pit. Their ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Decemberists @ Summerstage 2007 Junior Boys today in NYC * Museum Mile Fest * Blue Note Jazz Fest * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Denman Maroney @ The Stone * Deep Purple @ Beacon Theatre * Tell All... more info