411 Mania — New clip from Sound City documentary... more info

ContactMusic — The Black Keys, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pearl Jam and Deadmau5 will headline the Lollapalooza festivals in Brazil and Chile in March and April next... more info

Consequence of Sound — A Perfect Circle, Franz Ferdinand, Passion Pit, Nas, too. more info

Consequence of Sound — The QOTSA frontman's contribution to End of Watch. more info

Guardian Music — Emily Eavis has asked her Twitter followers to suggest acts for next year's festival – but who would you like to see playing? (Spoiler: the Stone Roses will not be on the bill)Emily Eavis, co-organiser of the Glastonbury festival, tweeted on Friday... more info

ContactMusic — Queens of the Stone Ages new album is sounding so badass The Little Sister band are recording the follow up to 2007s Era Vulgaris and friend of the band Jesse Hughes says hes excited about what hes heard so far He told NMEem... more info

411 Mania — They're in the studio… more info

Metal Injection — Queens Of The Stone Age are not ones for long Facebook status updates. Earlier today, they posted a brief message, "Recording." Which means it's safe to say the band is in the studio working on a follow up to the excellent 2007 release, Era Vulg... more info

Guardian Music — Reading/Leeds FestivalIt's more than 20 years now since the Reading/Leeds festival entered its modern era, but the event's image remains the same: a goth eating a baked potato sitting by a fire made of plastic cups. A hard rock festival with occasion... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Nick Oliveri has escaped a jail stint after agreeing a plea deal with prosecutors following a stand-off with police last summer Jul12 The former Queens of the Stone Age star agreed to plead guilty to one count of possession of cocaine in retur... more info