On Sale: Friday, April 30th, 2010

By Alex Young on April 29th, 2010

Tool, The Gaslight Anthem, She & Him, and more!

Tool gears up for new album, summer tour

By Alex Young on April 27th, 2010

Looks like it’ll be a busy summer after all.

Icons of Rock: Maynard James Keenan

By Matt Rhodes on March 28th, 2010

He might scoff at the title, but you can’t dismiss fact.

Tool recording new album?

By Harry Painter on February 10th, 2010

Band site news blurbs don’t get much more infuriatingly cryptic than this.

Puscifer tour, finally

By Tony Biedenkapp on September 2nd, 2009

With Tool just finishing up its summer tour, it didn’t take long for Maynard James Keenan to find something else to keep busy with. The California musician is finally ready to bring his long waited Puscifer tour to other locations than Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Granted they don’t make it past Texas, but at [...]

Live at Lollapalooza ’09: Day 2

By Michael Roffman on August 9th, 2009

With weather reports predicting high temperatures of up to 95 degrees, day two of Lollapalooza wasn’t exactly going to be a walk in the park, either. Well, in some respects it was, but you get the idea. By high noon, mile-long lines had already gathered at every beverage stand, and hundreds of bikini-clad girls flashed around their fresh and fashionable sunburns. Neither shade nor sunscreen made a difference — even the Ice Cream Man couldn’t save the day!

Tool preps summer tour!

By Alex Young on March 25th, 2009

Chalk up another high-profile tour coming soon to a venue near you. According to Blair McKenzie Blake, who maintains Tool’s official website, Maynard James Keenan and company will hit the road this summer for a North American tour. Although I can’t announce any specific dates yet (as the bulk of the dates haven’t been confirmed), [...]

Tool, The Killers confirmed as final two headliners of Lolla ’09

By Alex Young on March 23rd, 2009

In news that probably shouldn’t surprise anyone, Tool and The Killers are reportedly the final two headliners of Lollapalooza 2009, joining the previously leaked Jane’s Addiction, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, and Kings of Leon. Of course, nothing is official, but according to Mr. Leaky Faucet himself, aka The Chicago Tribune‘s Greg Kot, “multiple industry sources [...]

List ‘Em Carefully: Top 10 Albums of 1996

By David Buchanan on January 23rd, 2009

With all of last month’s end-of-year fun still very much in our minds, we decided to take a look back at some of our favorite albums from year’s past. You know, before 2007, or when CoS was officially up and running.Thus, we tapped David Buchanan to takle a look at the Top 10 Albums of [...]

Ridiculously Awesome Music Videos: Tool’s “Schism”

By David Buchanan on September 23rd, 2008

With the underlying rise of math rock and various alternative bands taking on lengthy songs lodged between artsy and overly so (think Mars Volta), this article is meant to do two things: remind and reward. The reminder is simple in that I distinctly remember my old friend Reuben inviting me to his mom’s house for [...]