Altsounds — The All-American Rejects have spent the last year writing new material and are ready to hit the studio to record their fourth studio album! Over the last year, the Rejects' lead singer, Tyson Ritter, has also spent a great deal of time on his cha... more info

Guardian Music — Two new programmes claim to document the creative process. But can the pressures of reality TV really help songwriting?I'm a big fan of BBC4's Classic Album series. It's fascinating to see what went into making some of the greatest LPs of all time, e... more info

Kings of A&R — Check out the track Jessica by Austin Gibbs. He produced his latest EP with Cory Spotts and Bob Hoag (The Maine, Lydia) Has shared the state with The Maine, The Summer Set, The All American Rejects, and Jimmy Eat World and was profiled in AP magazine... more info

411 Mania — Continuing his A to Z of albums, Alistair McGeorge moves to the letters H through N this week. From Less Than Jake's Hello Rockview to No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls by Simple Plan, this week also features two albums by Queen and efforts from The A... more info

Metalsucks — This year’s Warped Tour has a formidable albeit small deathcore contingent, the core of which is comprised of Emmure, Whitechapel, and California’s tattooed sons Suicide Silence. Competing with the likes of Hey Monday, Andrew W.K., and All Ameri... more info

MTV.com News — 'At this moment in our career, it feels like we don't need a major label,' frontman Rivers Cuomo tells Rolling Stone. By Gil Kaufman Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images Last time around, Weezer went all in on the mode... more info

The World Forgot — If you took a few British boys, told them to mix together the pop sensibilities of All American Rejects and Phoenix, then for good measure throw in the insanely catchy beats of !!! and a little zest of Postal Service and you’ll probably find Two Do... more info

MTV.com News — Bonner Springs, Kansas, venue identifies the late concertgoer as Curtis Alan DeForest.By Eric Ditzian A concertgoer died at Monday's Vans Warped Tour stop in Kansas, according to a press release from the tour. The young man died during the all-da... more info

DJmag — The man behind DIM MAK RECORDS who founded and released artists from Bloc Party, The Kills, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Mystery Jets, The Rakes, The Gossip, Envy, also is the to remix Michael Jackson, The Killers, Robin Thicke, Lenny Kra... more info

MTV.com News — Still-untitled album due in September.By Kyle Anderson Weezer Photo: Geffen Weezer once let five years lapse between albums (1996's Pinkterton and 2001's Weezer, a.k.a. The Green Album), but lately the group has become one of the more prol... more info