Ipecac Records news! Tomahawk is almost done with their new record which will be released around april. Preproduction on the new Fantômas and Peeping Tom has begun. Fantômas will be released this summer, while Peeping Tom is scheduled for early 2004. Ipecac will also be the home of the next Desert Sessions from Josh Homme and is working on a special Queens Of The Stone Age treat.
Check out some cool videos from Mr Bungle, Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Temple Of The Dog, Fun Lovin Criminals and Six Feet Under at http://v1p0n3.pt.vu
Estradasphere renewed their site. They also updated it with new tourdates in California. www.estradasphere.com
Massive Attack will finally release a new album. 100th Window is scheduled for february 2003, with Special Cases being issued a couple of weeks in advance as the lead single. Robert "3-D" Del Naja is the only original member left, and so he will be joined by several guests, such as Damon Albarn, Horace Andy and Sinead O'Connor. A follow-up record is already in the works and should be released within twelve months after 100th Window... which means we might hear it somewhere around 2006.
Everybody welcome our new writer: Jeff Jacobus!
Beth Gibbons, the singer of Portishead, released a solo album called "Out of Season" on Go Beat Records at the end of october. Samples available on Beth's website.
The Gathering is in the recording process of the new album. The, still somewhat tentative, title is Souvenirs and will feature various guest appearances like Kris Rygg (Ulver, Arcturus) and 'Piggy' from Voïvod.
The Blessed Hellride is the title of the next Black Label Society CD. Zakk Wylde is laying down the bassparts today and drums will be recorded this weekend. It will be released spring 2003. Zakk will also talk to Ozzy about a new Ozzy Osbourne
4 years after the release of Psyence Fiction, James Lavelle has "relaunched" his Unkle project. The involment of DJ Shadow has not been confirmed but Queens of the stone age's Josh Homme should sing on a few tracks.
Listen to liveshows of Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane on the Abstract Logix site.
Dave Lombardo might be the drummer on Slayer's new album. Songwriters Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King have to hurry though, because Dave might not be interested anymore when it takes too long.
Jane Child's recording of the followup to Surge has been suspended. She currently gives priority to playing Beethoven and Bartók and educating herself.
'Manufacture' your own band and compete with the Britney's and Backstreet Boys of this world and have some fun on the side..
The End Records will release the new Ulver album, Lyckantropen Themes - Original Soundtrack For The Short Film By Steve Ericsson and Star Of Ash - Iter.Viator on january 14th in the USA. Both albums were recently released in Norway by Jester Records. The rest of Europe should be able to get it around the same time as the USA. The End Records put up a sample from one of the new Ulver tracks right here (right click to download). You can expect a review on this site of Lyckantropen pretty soon.
Listen to the new Musique Machine Radio broadcast. 19 tracks and almost 90 minutes of music. Artists included are: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Giddy Motors, John Zorn, Asa Chang, Gåte, Múm, Dälek, Programme, Meshuggah and more... Press the radio button in the menu to listen.
Amorphis recorded an exlusive song, Kuusamo, for the soundtrack of the Finnish movie Menolippu Mombasaan.
Everything about the upcoming new Radiohead album can be found here.
Kurt Cobain is resurrected for his new videoclip, You Know You're Right, which has been released on the net at www.interscope.com.
As a prelude to his next studio album album, Fennesz has released Field Recordings. It brings together a range of material Christian Fennesz has contributed to compilations, special projects and film soundtracks between the years 1995 and 2002. Also, for the first time on CD, it includes his debut 12": Instrument (remastered) and a new track recorded specially for this release, Good Man.
Download all your favourite themesongs at this site: www.jvsplace.co.uk/themesa.htm
Bad news, the Ipecac Helloween show in NY has been cancelled. To make a long story short: It seems that the venue that was hosting the party somehow booked 2 shows for the same night. For reasons unknown they decided to honor the other artist his contract and not Ipecac's. The label is looking into potential legal action because they lost a lot of money with this 'mistake'.
System Of A Down will release Steal This Album, a CD containing Internet-leaked cuts from the Toxicity sessions and other unreleased tunes, before year's end.
You can download a full track from the new Sigur Rós album, ( ), on their site. It's a track from the darker half of the album, track 6 to be exact, which once had the working title of E-bow. Enjoy!
Now that Electric Tears has been released, the next album by Buckethead is announced: Super Diorama Theater which will be released by Catalyst Entertainment. This album will feature Bill Laswell, Gigi, Extrakd and Pete Scaturro. The release of the long-awaited Deli Creeps CD is still in limbo.