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

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Guardian Music — Six months ago Tony Sylvester was just a fan of Turbonegro. Now the Brit in a bowler hat fronts Norway's wildest bandStanding on an icy pavement outside a dive bar in central Oslo, Tony Sylvester takes a deep breath, pulls his woollen hat down over h... more info

Metal Injection — Remember back in October when Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders revealed the band would be doing voices on the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Well this past Sunday's episode of the show, which is now called Aqua Something You Know Whatever ... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Sinking In California rockers Great White Buffalo are creating a big buzz with the release of their full length ‘All At Once’ which was co-produced by Grammy Winner Phil Allen (Adele 21). After spending time with the tracks you will ... more info

Chorus.fm — Josh Homme (from *Queens of the Stone Age* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/queensofthestoneage)) was featured in an infomercial for the new *Scissor Sisters* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/scissor%20sister/) album Magic Hour. It's pretty funny -- ch... more info

Guardian Music — Co-founder of US alt-rock's dedicated provocateurs leaves the group after 25 yearsGene Ween has left Ween. The band's co-founder has announced his retirement from one of the most provocative roups in American alternative rock, choosing instead to foc... more info

Guardian Music — A grab bag of things to read, watch and listen toGuardianmusic.tumblr.com is the place where our writers post songs, videos, pictures and other music-related odds and ends they come across during their web trawling.Here's our top five Tumblr posts fr... more info

Metalsucks — My first introduction to Nashville’s Jeff The Brotherhood came at the Mercury Lounge a couple of years back when the venue sound guy was playing an album of theirs between bands. The churning grooves, stoney mentality and catchy melodies reminded ... more info