The second edition of the Hydro Connect Festival is set to take place between August 29 and 31 at Inveraray Castle in Argyll, Scotland. As was the case last year, the self-described boutique festival, which is a word you may start seeing more often to describe a non-cooperate, more intimate event, will offer an impressive, […]

Happy Sunday fellow CoS readers! We’ve got one hell of a treat for you. Up until the very middle of June, Bill Fanelli will chronicle several Bonnaroo artists that he thinks you should see in our new feature, “Who’s Who at Bonnaroo.” Wouldn’t Dr. Seuss be proud? As with last month’s Coachella updates, you can […]

Aside from the relaxation, sun, and fun, summer also brings a bounty of not just your typical, massive music festivals, but also some smaller, quite impressive street festivals. In the coming months, the city of Chicago will play host to a few particular strong ones. Oh, and did we mention, they’re all practically free to […]

After selling out Wrigley Field two nights in a row just under a year ago, The Police returned to the Midwest last night with great compromise and exceeded all expectations. Opting for the close pocketed, rather intimate Allstate Arena, snuggled away in Rosemont, IL, the blonde trio were able to interact with the crowd in […]

As if this weekend wasn’t busy enough, Tokio Hotel made their American debut on Late Night With Conan O’Brien this past Friday night with their hit single “Ready, Set, Go!” The band having played Bamboozlefest last weekend, as well as appearances at Virgin Records in downtown New York and TRL on MTV, certainly struck […]

What better time than Mother’s Day to unveil the lineup for this year’s edition of Kidzapalooza? If you’re not familiar, Kidzapalooza is a mini, children oriented music festival taking place during Lollapalooza between August 1 and 3 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.
Kidzapalooza is proud to announce the 2008 line up and amazing activities…
Perry Farrell, […]

Perhaps I’m foreign to the whole concept of mega pop concerts, but after watching video from Madonna’s performance last night at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, I couldn’t help but scratch my head/burst out in laughter. In particular, I just found something odd about the “Material Girl” singing along with and strutting against a pre-recorded, […]

Chicago post grunge rockers, Local H announced earlier this afternoon on their myspace page that their newest album 12 Angry Months is available for pre-order. The band guarantees the album will ship no later than the 12th, as the scheduled release is for Tuesday, the 13th.
The band is currently in a seven night stay […]

Those Led Zeppelin tour rumors, which were on the back burner of late, have again been reignited and it now appears that the legendary British band will indeed embark on a world tour in the coming months.
According to the U.K.’s Daily Mirror, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, whose reluctancy has been one of the initial reasons […]

I am not at all ashamed to express my affinity for one Mr. Tim Fite. Since seeing him open last for Ben Kweller last August at the University of Virginia, I have been mesmerized by the Brooklyn oddball’s eccentric hodgepodge of sounds, ranging from banjo to wind chime, that somehow collectively come together to form […]

There’s a captivating magic that dwells in the mystery of excavation. When things fade out, people disappear, or stuff burrow away, only to be unearthed years (or decades) later. It’s what attics are for, really. In the music industry, bands vanish year after year, leaving fan bases to scratch their heads and wonder, “What happened […]

No you didn’t read the title wrong. NOFX are still alive and kicking.
In fact, if you been flipping around your television, you may have seen the influential L.A. punk rockers on Fuse TV. Their new reality show, NOFX: Backstage Passport, documents the band’s experiences on tour. Since more episodes will eventually air in the near […]

On the eve of the release of Narrow Stairs I’ve decided to take a look at Death Cab for Cutie’s last album Plans. While technically not an independent release, it was their major label debut, and something of a culmination of their previous four releases on Barsuk. Their […]

One of the most impressive tracks off The Odd Couple, “Going On”, finally sees a video for itself. For those that have been under a rock for the past two years, Gnarls Barkley know how to direct a video or two. This one is no exception. While the idea is unique and hip, the tone […]

In a marketing technique that’s popular with every mainstream act nowadays, Coldplay, through an iTunes pre-order package, have offered a new track off its upcoming release, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, which is due for release June 17th. The title song “Viva La Vida” is a bit on the epic side, […]

Earlier today, NME reported that English art-rock legends Echo & The Bunnymen (remember the opening credits of Donnie Darko? Yeah, that was them.) set a date at the world famous Radio City Music Hall in New York to perform their classic fourth album Ocean Rain in it’s entirety on October 1st. The band […]

Hiding in the recesses of the LA “skate punk” scene for a couple years, drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt and guitarist Randy Randall’s project No Age quickly caught the attention of Sub Pop in late 2007, which was once well known for putting out music by bands with that sort of sound in the past. The group […]

As if Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl didn’t have enough “badass” medals pinned to his rock and roll uniform, he shall earn his “heavy letter writing” merit badge today. This morning, the former Nirvana drummer sent an open letter to heavy metal heavyweights Metallica in regards to their newest record, complete with a tongue-in-cheek […]