Rolling Stone — Photo: James Minchin III Nearly five years after their last album, Green Day will return this May with their latest punk masterpiece, 21st Century Breakdown — an album Rolling Stone’s David Fricke describes as even “more ambitious” t... more info

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Guardian Music — The New Wave of New Wave was never really much cop. It was an early 1990s music press-concocted punk revival scene based around a handful of long-forgotten bands such as S*M*A*S*H and These Animal Men, and it predictably foundered as soon as Britpop ... more info

XFM.co.uk — First listens to ‘21st Century Breakdown' suggest Green Day's next record will be as epic in scale as ‘American Idiot'. more info

Unreality Music — This one’s been long-awaited: a new album from Green Day, to be called 21st Century Breakdown, and to be released sometime in May, this year! Some lucky music journos have listened to a sneak preview of the album, helpfully giving clues to w... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveMeat Loaf will hit the studio April 15 to record a new album -- the follow-up to 'Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose' -- which will be produced by Rob Cavallo, best known for producing Green Day's smash 'American Id... more info

Chorus.fm — Billboard gives *Green Day* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/greenday)'s new record a first listen (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/green-day-roars-back-with-breakdown-1003941697.story). more info

Pitchfork — The next Grammy Awards ceremony won't be for another year, but we already know who's going home with a bunch of trophies, and we know it without actually hearing a note of the album. Ambitious years-in-the-making follow-up to ambitious years-in-the-m... more info

NME — This week's NME Music News is available to watch now on NME.COM (scroll down for the video). more info

Idolator — Though I have gone to great pains here to debunk the idea that "making your money on the road" is a viable option for most independent artists, it ain't so bad if you're a hegemonic musical force like Madonna. Billboard's Top Money Makers list is ou... more info