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Exclusive Video Premiere: Heaven & Earth's Live Performance of "Victorious"

Tue, June 18 2013 4:49pm - Source: ArtistDirect

ARTISTdirect.com wants you to feel like you were at Heaven & Earth 's album release party for Dig , held at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on April 10, 2013.

Lou 'The Hulk' Ferrigno: 'Michael Jackson was just a regular guy'

Sat, June 15 2013 3:49pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

"When I was three I suffered an ear infection which took away 85 per cent of my hearing. This left me introverted and I was picked on a lot.

Sentenced to life at 16, woman hopes for freedom

Sun, June 09 2013 8:29pm - Source: Dead Flowers

Click photo to enlarge YPSILANTI, Mich.—More than 21 years after she went to prison, Barbara Hernandez enters the cinderblock visitation chamber at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in the turquoise blouse with applique flowers she keeps for special occasions.

Watch the Stars Under the Stars With a Little Something Extra

Fri, May 31 2013 11:40pm - Source: WNEW

We're heading right into the heart of summer blockbuster season not just in the multiplexes, but on the free outdoor movie screens, too.

Hip-hop star is no longer haunted by the past

Mon, May 27 2013 5:18pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Today, we meet to discuss its follow-up, Some Say I So I Say Light at a private members' club for trendy east London creatives – a world away from his Tooting, south London, upbringing and former life in Coventry, where he studied media production.

Altered State: Same TesseracT, Now with Less Metal

Tue, May 14 2013 7:00pm - Source: Metal Sucks

If not already the case, I think it's high time people stopped referring to Tesseract as a metal band, and I say that without the slightest shred of elitism.

Neal Morse – Live Momentum (2013)

Fri, March 29 2013 11:52am - Source: Something Else!

Touring behind Momentum, a rare, mostly secular solo effort after years of focusing on Christian prog, Neal Morse connects the dots between what has often been perceived as two separate portions of his career.

Get up to speed on the series before the battle for the Iron Throne begins again

Wed, March 27 2013 4:20pm - Source: Rolling Stone

If the plot of Game of Thrones were a Facebook relationship status, it'd be, "It's complicated."

Rapture & Verse #21

Wed, March 27 2013 2:22pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Promising you more rabbit than the Easter bunny, away we go with Lil Jon – remember when he owned the world's dancefloors?

Tourists’ terror over not-so-gentle giant

Sat, March 23 2013 2:25am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

The marauding 13ft bull animal chased and barged the holidaymakers' four-wheel-drive vehicle through two miles of South African savannah – just like the tyrannosaurus rex in the hit film Jurassic Park. The dramatic footage of South African Mavis Carter and the giraffe was captured by cameraman Rainer Schimpf.

‘Very special stuff’: Billy Sherwood polishes up some final sessions by Peter Banks for Prog Collective 2

Thu, March 21 2013 12:56pm - Source: Something Else!

Producer Billy Sherwood is substantially finished with the star-flecked Prog Collective 2, which will include some of the final recordings of Peter Banks, the original Yes guitarist who passed earlier this month.

TVD Live: Deathfix at the Black Cat, 3/17

Tue, March 19 2013 5:41pm - Source: The Vinyl District

If you're a music fan–and if you're not why are you here when you should be off looking at porn like a normal person?–you've got, whether you realize it or not, a Top 10 list running through your head.

Journey Into Fear

Sat, February 23 2013 6:59pm - Source: Freaky Trigger

I asked a question on Twitter last night – what songs have actually scared you? – and it got a whole bunch of interesting replies.

My Vinny saved 14 clubbers from blaze ... he died a hero

Sat, February 02 2013 4:26am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

FIRE crews were too frightened to enter the inferno – but young clubber Vinicius Rosado was not.

'American Idol' Is Back: 5 Reasons to Watch

Tue, January 15 2013 4:07pm - Source: Rolling Stone

On January 14th, American Idol returns for its 12th season – and it won't take fans very long to see that the Fox staple has shaken things up radically.

Act of evil

Sat, December 29 2012 3:02am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

THE wife of a church organist murdered as he walked to Christmas Midnight Mass told of her heartache last night.

KING SOLOMUN

Tue, December 25 2012 10:12am - Source: Mixmag

Mixmag's DJ Of The Year is lying on the bed of a hotel room watching a montage of classic basketball slam dunks on YouTube.

Afrojack: Bleep Right And Work With Michael Jackson And Chris Brown

Fri, December 14 2012 8:48pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

When I call Afrojack the 6'10 gentle giant is the studio with David Guetta, Akon and Shermanology working on new tunes during our call.

Something Else! Interview: Nektar frontman Roye Albrighton

Thu, December 06 2012 2:29pm - Source: Something Else!

Roye Albrighton jump started Nektar in 2000, after recovering from a near fatal liver infection, but in some ways the band is just now coming into its own again.

I’ll get PM by the Nads!

Sat, November 24 2012 1:53am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

REBEL Tory Nadine Dorries last night vowed to use her I'm A Celebrity fame to topple PM David Cameron.

Corrie legend Bill Tarmey dies

Sat, November 10 2012 3:56am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

CORONATION Street legend Bill Tarmey has died aged 71.

The Top Ten Italian Progressive Rock Bands

Wed, October 24 2012 5:38am - Source: Swan Fungus

For the sake of this list, I'm not going to include singular musicians (i.e. Franco Battiato, Claudio Rocchi, Riccardo Cocciante), even though their records might be some of my favorites.

Tom Murro: Obama Turns Park Ave Into Parked Ave During Buoniconti Dinner

Tue, October 02 2012 11:03pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

My old BFF, President Obama, the man who gave me my start in this business was in town -- and when Obama's in town, streets close down.

Q&A: Ian Anderson

Thu, September 20 2012 1:27pm - Source: Soundspike

The lyrical story arc of "Thick As a Brick," as Anderson relates on his website, was credited at the time to the fictitious child character Gerald Bostock.

Dethklok Creator Brendon Small Talks Spinal Tap, Stand-Up Comedy and King Diamond (EXCLUSIVE)

Fri, September 07 2012 4:40pm - Source: Noisecreep

On Oct. 16, animated virtual death metal heroes Dethklok are releasing Dethalbum III , their third full-length album.

Michael Clarke Duncan: Gone Too Soon

Fri, September 07 2012 2:02pm - Source: Big Thoughts From A Small Mind

That smile, that deep voice, that hulking frame and towering height.

Animal Collective: The 10 Best Lyrics On Animal Collective's 'Centipede Hz'

Tue, September 04 2012 10:49am - Source: Prefix Magazine

After settling in after a three-year break since their last full length album, Animal Collective returns in 2012 with the familiar sound of triumphant synthesizers, clever sampling, and inquisitive guitar riffs on Centipede Hz. The most alluring aspect of the album however, is David Portner's frenetic yelps and Noah Lennox's haunting delivery, which provide caustic social commentary around every turn, and help to bolster the group's infamous use of cryptic poetry.

My Andy protected wife and property

Tue, September 04 2012 1:54am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

"My son was just protecting his wife and property."

Speechless And Heartbroken: Rest In Peace, Michael Clarke Duncan

Mon, September 03 2012 11:21pm - Source: Pop Dose

A deep brooding voice that would scare the hell out of you at "hello."

‘You don’t have to make an album anymore’: Alan Parsons says no new projects in works

Mon, August 27 2012 6:08pm - Source: Something Else!

Though Alan Parsons recently took part in The Prog Collective, don't look for any new full-length albums under his own name anytime soon.

One Track Mind: Colin Moulding, Rick Wakeman and Billy Sherwood, “Check Point Karma” (2012)

Mon, August 13 2012 12:23pm - Source: Something Else!

For all of the intrigue surrounding Billy Sherwood's recombining with members of Yes on a pair of new Cleopatra projects, his collaborations with XTC's Colin Moulding have emerged as perhaps the most interesting moments.

‘It was great fun’: Mike Keneally on XTC, Frank Zappa and the enduring magic of Tarkus

Wed, July 25 2012 11:42am - Source: Something Else!

By turns angular, poetic, experimental and gorgeously intelligent, Mike Keneally's new collaboration with Andy Partridge more fully explores the lesser-known impact of XTC in his sound.

Neal Morse makes bold return to prog rock with second release of 2012

Mon, July 16 2012 7:23pm - Source: Something Else!

Neal Morse returns once again to mainstream progressive rock with the September 11 release Momentum, to be followed by a North American tour.

MoD names 3 Brit soldiers killed by Afghan cop

Wed, July 04 2012 1:50am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

Tributes poured in for brave squaddies, part of a team training local policemen, who were slaughtered in Helmand on Sunday.

'Toy's House' Fills Up With Alison Brie, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Megan Mullally, Erin Moriarty & More

Thu, June 28 2012 1:28pm - Source: The Playlist

After first landing on The Black List way back in 2009 , Chris Galletta 's debut screenplay is finally moving in front of cameras this month under the direction of Jordan Vogt-Roberts , the man behind the " Successful Alcoholics " short film , in his feature film debut.

Jason Segel - The Lazy Man's Ryan Gosling?

Sat, June 23 2012 11:26am - Source: The Four Oh Five

The 1999 cult series Freaks and Geeks helped spawn the career of some of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, including James Franco and Seth Rogan.

Archers Of Loaf at The Phoenix in Toronto

Fri, June 22 2012 12:33pm - Source: Chromewaves

Frank Yang When we left off yesterday , I was biking furiously across town to get from The Rivoli to The Phoenix for Archers Of Loaf. So why not roll this show into the festival coverage?