Guardian Music — Thirty years ago today, MTV was launched. Here are some of the station's highlights, including awards disasters, Nirvana's Unplugged performance, reality TV hell and more30. MTV launches to the sound (and sights) of Buggles' Video Killed the Radio St... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers Faith No More have extended their reunion tour by announcing plans to headline the Swu Music and Arts Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The We Care a Lot hitmakers will hit the stage on the final night of the November (11) event - almost a year ... more info

NME — Members join up for Fear And The Nervous System more info

Metalsucks — Alright, so I don’t know if anyone remembers this — hell, I didn’t remember it until I did search of the MS archives — but more than three years ago, Korn “guitarist” Munky announced the formation of Fear and the Nervous System, a new sup... 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

KEXP Seattle — Seattle-area drumming icon for Hole (and before that Sybil and other bands) Patty Schemel intimately confesses what it was like to rock both grunge clubs and headline major festivals playing for Courtney Love. P. David Ebersole’s first feature-leng... more info

Metal Injection — I have this game I play with myself (not that one you pervert) where I'll take a band like Faith No More, and wonder what they'd sound like if they ever decided to go Djent. Well it's not often I get sent a press release of a new band ... more info

Metalsucks — A dude could get used to the practice of semi-annually checking in with loud alternative rockers the Deftones. That’s the pattern at MetalSucks: Every other season, we pry into the personal and professional business of a band destined to be remembe... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Provocative Whites is a modern American rock and roll band formed in the late winter of 2005 in Tucson, Arizona. The four piece includes singer/lyricist/guitarist Mike Rowden, drummer/percussionist James Few, guitarist Kane Flint, and bassist T... more info

KEXP Seattle — Like many people who came of age in the late ’80s/early ’90s, the first CDs I ever owned were ordered through the mail-order service/borderline scam run by BMG/Columbia House. Along with many others, I’m sure, one of that very first batch of di... more info