Altsounds — With Cojones the size of cartwheels and the horsepower to deliver, The Minutes were born in Dublin in the mid-Noughties out of a shared love of NYC punk rock, The Smiths and Thin Lizzy. The band's new single Black Keys shall be released on October 31... more info

Altsounds — Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of GYPSYHAWK, a band who hails from Pasadena, CA and is part of the Modern Wave of Classic Heavy Metal. Combining the sound of Thin Lizzy, Hawkwind and Deep Purple with contemporaries like The He... more info

Guardian Music — From Daphne and Celeste surviving a bottling to New Order making rock fans dance, here are our most memorable moments. But what are yours?This weekend sees the summer stagger to a close with the annual parade of power chords, hog roasts and token dan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Saviours during Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by BBG) There's a fine line between embracing your roots and aping them. While Oakland's Saviours wear their influences proudly ( Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, Motorhead and gods of the 70/80s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Moab - "So On" (MP3) LA tro Moab may worship at the altar of bands like Hawkwind, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath and similiarly riffy 70s gods, but this band hasn't forgotten what it's like to be modern.... more info

NME — Rockers line up 12 dates in January and February next year more info

Guardian Music — These 70s fetishists from Bath are on a mission to revive glam, mixing cheesy, infectious pop with kick-ass guitar solosHometown: Bath.The lineup: Luke Smyth (vocals, guitar), Jules Wells (bass, backing vocals), Jay Synclair (drums, backing vocals), ... more info

Guardian Music — August 1976: Number 11 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicIt helped that Nick Lowe's debut solo single was a great record – So It Goes was a brilliant, breezily craven rip-off of Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back in Town ... more info

Guardian Music — English folk-rock legend Roy Harper celebrates his 70th birthday with a one-off concert (5 Nov, Royal Festival Hall, SE1, southbankcentre.co.uk) …And hitting 70 isn't stopping American folk-rock legend Bob Dylan from performing at London's Feis (18... more info

Guardian Music — With the 'big four' thrash bands all playing sonisphere, Louis Pattison steels himself for a summer of metalHeavy metal is back. Of course, true metalheads would say that it has never been away. Metal isn't a trend that comes and goes – it's sturdy... more info