Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan and PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready have joined forces with ex-SCREAMING TREES drummer Barrett Strong to form a new project called LEVEE WALKERS. The first two songs from LEVEE WALKERS, titled "Freedom Song" and ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Killing Joke at Irving Plaza in 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Bad news for Killing Joke fans: the group's upcoming North American tour, which included a NYC date in February, is not happening. From the band's Facebook:Dear Gatherers and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Killing Joke and Soft Moon show at Irving Plaza go on Noisey, Live Nation and Music Geeks presales today at 10 AM (passwords: "NOISEY," "MUSICGEEKS"). Ticketsfor the Scott Weiland and The Icarus Line shows at Gramercy,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Justin M. Norton "We're sitting on a fucking monster, man," says legendary Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman from somewhere in Europe. While musicians tend to boast around new albums, Coleman and his bandmates (guitarist Youth, bassist Geordie and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Killing Joke at Irving Plaza in 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Goth/industrial legends Killing Joke will release their new album Pylon on October 23 via Spinefarm, the followup to 2012's MMXII. Now, as promised, they've announced a 2016 North... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Killing Joke at Irving Plaza in 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Legendary and influential British band Killing Joke are preparing to release their 16th studio album, Pylon. It comes out October 23 on Spinefarm, and they've already released two s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — In 2014, Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman released a self-published book titled Letters from Cythera, as well as an accompanying CD, The Island, which is an orchestral score he composed, performed by the Auckland Symphony Orchestra. (Stream The Isla... more info

Stereogum — Jason Pierce is happy to go for years and years without releasing anything new, so any news we get of a new Spiritualized album is always an awesome surprise. And now we’re getting some. Apparently, Pierce and his accomplices are working on the fol... more info

Stereogum — Blistering Leeds post-punks Eagulls have already shown their facility with covers by taking on Killing Joke’s “Requiem,” so they were a good choice to participate in the A.V. Undercover series. Their song of choice was the Stone Roses classic �... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ringo Deathstarr in Austin, 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Peter Murphy releases his new album, Lion, this week via Nettwerk. The album was produced by Youth of Killing Joke and, as the title might imply, its a little wilder than... more info