All About Jazz — Barry Schrader's Monkey King CD has been released by Innova Recordings on Innova 703. The CD contains music inspired by the five elements of ancient Chinese tradition in Wu Xing – Cycle of Destruction, and by stories from the great Chinese clas... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — GUNS N' ROSES's seminal 1987 debut, "Appetite for Destruction", will be reissued on vinyl on October 28 via Interscope. more info

Metalsucks — Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler, former Guns N’ Roses/L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns, former collaborator of a former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Eric Dover, and former Guns N’ Roses appreciator Chip Z’Nuff have formed a new supergro... more info

E! Online - Retro-pop trainwreck Amy Winehouse may not seem like much of a career counselor, more info

E! Online — Retro-pop trainwreck Amy Winehouse may not seem like much of a career counselor, but apparently she's taken on that role for her 12-year old goddaughter, Dionne... more info

The Lemur Blog — Dada Life are back with another completely awesome mix featuring some of the hottest and best electrohouse you can get today. I just say: UNLEASH THE FUCKING DADA! As usual we get some exclusives, including a sampler from the forthcoming Dada Life de... more info

Pop Matters — We're given the legacy of one of the 20th century’s most influential avant-garde filmmakers and artists, but also the sad, thin-skinned ego of a societal outcast. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — "Appetite for Destruction", the classic 1987 debut album by Los Angeles-based hard rock band GUNS N' ROSES, was certified on September 23, 2008 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for U.S. more info

Paste Magazine — R.E.M. has already penned “The Finest Work Song.” Now would be a good time to come up with the finest pop song. The band has seen most of its fanbase dwindle since 1994’s Monster, and 2004’s Around the Sun was so resolutely bland and unmemora... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — GRENDEL, the melancholic metal band from Finland, will release its second album, "A Change Through Destruction", on October 22 via Firebox Records. more info