Impose Magazine — In June of '11, we declared Iceage's New Brigade record to be the album that would upseat "Fucked Up's David Comes to Life as the best hardcore album that people not normally into hardcore will enjoy." Iceage frontman Elias Bender Rønnen... more info

ContactMusic — A lawyer for DR Conrad Murray has blasted Los Angeles prison authorities for treating Michael Jacksons physician like Hannibal Lecter insisting its offensive to keep him in isolation and heavily shackled The embattled medic has been behind bars si... more info

Sky News — Nick Clegg is said to be privately furious with David Cameron over his decision to veto the new EU treaty, saying the result has left Britain as the "lonely man of Europe". more info

Metalsucks — The year may be winding down but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still a few new releases coming our way. With new releases come streams, and today we’ve got three excellent ones for you: Vektor, Dirk Verbeuren’s Bent Sea, and The Fallen Divin... more info

ContactMusic — Angelina Jolie had to be quarantined from her children for two days when she fell ill with the flu. The brunette beauty wrote the script for her directorial debut 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' to stave off boredom when her illness meant she had to... more info

ContactMusic — Tom Ford "couldn't have gone on much longer" at Gucci. The designer - who was creative director at the brand, which included Yves Saint Laurent, from 1994 until he left in 2004 when he and CEO Domenico de Sole failed to agree with PPR bosses over cre... more info

Altsounds — Decibel Magazine is now hosting the public's first listen to the upcoming *HARM'S WAY* full-length, Isolation, set for release via Closed Casket Activities on July 5. The Deciblog is streaming "New Beginnings" from the forthcoming album, so kick o... more info

Topix — Even though Chris Brown has been making progress in his efforts to repair his relationship with ex-girlfriend Rihanna , the singer still feels like he hasn't totally been accepted by fans and fellow stars. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Stay tuned for our interview with filmmaker John Scheinfeld per his documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?). In the meantime, check out Nilsson’s cover of John Lennon’s “Isolation;” a track I’ve has on s... more info

My Old Kentucky — From Newcastle, UK come the power-pop kids of Maximo Park. You wanna win one of these 7 inchers, shoot me an email at dodge77(at)gmail(dot)com with Maximo 7 Park in the email header. You'll need to opt-out in your email if you don't want to... more info