In the aftermath of the event promoter Ben Ray issued a statement that asked for "another chance to prove that this event can work", and promised to spend "the next 12 months planning to ensure nothing like this can happen again". Will the proven success of Slam Dunk North...

At the beginning of last year’s summer I showed myself skeptic with respect to a movie solely based on facebook and its founders, but showed a lot of interest in its soundtrack penned by Reznor and Atticus Ross. In the meantime, I saw the Social Network, I’ve sampled the...

New York-based Primary Wave Music, one of the largest indie music publishing and management companies, recently inked deals with DJ Skee and up-and-coming producers, Ryan & Smitty.

Skee inked a management contract with the company, while the west coast production duo of Ryan & Smitty have been signed to a co-publishing...

Port Maria, St. Mary - 21 year old, primary school teacher, Monique Samantha Clarke walked away as Miss St. Mary Festival Queen 2010 at a parish coronation show organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) in Port Maria on Saturday (May 1). A past student of the College of...

Founding bassist Mike Giordano and lead guitarist Anthony Wayne McGinnis recently left the San Diego metal band CAGE after many years of true metal madness, with Mike departing due to medical reasons and Anthony for family reasons.

Replacing Mike is monster bassist Steve Brogden, who is the lead guitarist/vocalist for the...

ChronicYouth.com is one of the only (if not the only) websites that marries the worlds of hardcore, black metal, dark electronic, psych and just about every other derivative of pissed and heavy music. Established in August of 2009, the site has also become synonymous with producing all-things heavy events in...

To commemorate the May 20 release of his ninth album, "Tokyo Jukebox" (via AVEX), former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman held a "secret live event" atop Tokyo Tower on May 19. There were two shows, both filled to capacity, and all who attended were treated to Marty's first time performing these...

The SoftiesI don't know where this recording originally came from but I got it from Mr. Pinefox a few days ago â€" and with perfect timing, too, on a nice rainy day! This is a really great recording and it's nice to hear all of these songs live; especially "The...

Zooey Deschanel photo by Alex Burack; Ben Gibbard photo by Natalie Kardos

Cue the sound of thousands of blogger hearts breaking. USmagazine.com (via Rawkblog) reports that Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and actress/She & Him singer Zooey Deschanel are engaged. Isn't that just...