Queens Of The Stone Age have released a new video teaser for their upcoming album ' ...Like Clockwork' and can be viewed below.  

The 23 second long video shows the vinyl version of the album being cut while a new song by Queens Of The Stone Age is being played.  It's thought that the piano part being played on the track is by Elton John, who is confirmed to appear on the album.  

As well as…

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Jimmy Eat World have unveiled, "I Will Steal You Back," the first single from the band's new studio album, Damage, out June 7th on RCA Records.  The song can be heard below.  



The single is now available digitally and is also free with every pre-order of Damage from iTunes.



Jimmy Eat World is equally excited to announce the long discussed "Home-State" Arizona tour. The five city journey slated …

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Multi-platinum selling singer songwriter KT Tunstall is set to release her much-anticipated fourth studio album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon on 7th June.



Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon represents a return to the delicate simplicity of her early work and an evolution of her sound, with its country-folk tinged undercurrents. Travelling to Tucson, Arizona to record her new album with alt-coun…

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Phoenix are streaming their latest album 'Bankrupt!' ahead of its release and can be heard at iTunes HERE.

The album is fifth studio album from the French band and their first since 2009's 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix'.  'Bankrupt' was recorded at Motorbass Studio in Paris and Oscilloscope Laboratories in New York.  

'Bankrupt' is released in New Zealand on Apri 19th.

'Bankrupt!' Tracklisting

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Dave McArtney, a founding member of Hello Sailor, has died at his Auckland home.  

At this stage no details have been released concerning the cause of McArtney's death, however the NZ Herald has reported it's thought the musician had cancer.  

McArtney founded Hello Sailor in 1975 along with Graham Brazier and Harry Lyon.  He sang and wrote their song Gutter Black, which was used for the hit …

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Kaipara and Auckland based five-piece band Soljah have announced that their debut album ‘Aotearoa' will be released through Sony Music New Zealand on May 10th. ‘Aotearoa', the title track on the upcoming album is also available now.  The video can be viewed at the bottom of this page.



Soljah is Ben Ratima, Les Watane, Tawhiri Littlejohn, Raniera Littlejohn and Jacob Nansen, a band well known …

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The Taite Music Prize is set to take place this Wednesday night - April 17th, at Galatos Live in Auckland City.  

Named after the late Dylan Taite, one of the country's most highly respected music journalists, this will be the fourth year for the award. The Taite Music Prize's purpose is to recognise outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album. The winner wil…

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Following from playing this year's Laneway Festival, Japandroids are returning to New Zealand this September to play three shows around the country.  

The duo are set to perform at Refuel in Dunedin on Thursday 5th September, Bodega in Wellington on Friday September 6th and the Kings Arms in Auckland on Saturday 7th September.

Japandroids formed in 2006 and consists of Brian King (guitars, voca…

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Chi Cheng, the bassist from Deftones has died at the age of 42.  

Cheng was involved in a car crash in 2008 which left him in a coma.  His family broke the news on the website One Love For Chi.  The statement can be read below.  

"Our dearest Family,

This is the hardest thing to write to you. Your love and heart and devotion to Chi was unconditional and amazing. I know that you will always …

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BANGtheDRUM have announced the digital release of LatinAotearoa's first single ‘Something About You' taken from their forthcoming debut album Sonido out May 3rd via Rhythmethod.

‘Something About You' features the vocal talents of Tom Scott from Homebrew, Anna Coddington and reggae single Jah Red Lion.

LatinAotearoa is DJ Bobby Brazuka, Venezulean songstress Jennifer Zea and multi-talented m…

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Promoters regret to advise that YES frontman Jon Anderson's New Zealand shows on Wednesday 17th April at the SkyCity Theatre in Auckland and Saturday 20th April at the St James Theatre in Wellington have been cancelled.

All ticket holders will be required to return to the point of purchase for a full refund on their tickets.

Please contact 0800 842 538 or go to www.ticketek.co.nz for more infor…

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South Korean pop sensation Psy has revealed his long awaited follow up to the smash hit 'Gangnam Style'.  The song is titled 'Gentleman' and can be heard below.  

Psy is set to perform the song live from Seoul's World Cup Stadium tomorow evening in South Korea (April 13).  Up to 50,000 people are expected to attend the show and the performance will be streamed live via Psy's Youtube (9.30 PM,…

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Daft Punk are to debut their latest album Random Access Memories at the annual agricultural Wee Waa Show in the rural town of Wee Waa in New South Wales.  

Random Access Memories will be unveiled on the evening of Friday May 17th at the festival with the album set for release in New Zealand on May 17th. 

4,000 tickets are available for the festival which go on sale from tomorrow from the Cross…

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield has released a video preview of the new Metallica Pinball game and can be viewed below.  

The game has been designed by Stern Pinball Inc and includes classic Metallica tracks such as For Whom The Bell Tolls, Master Of Puppets, Battery, Sad But True, Fuel, One and Enter Sandman. 

It's thought that the game will make its debut during Metallica's Orion Music fes…

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The Flaming Lips are streaming their new album The Terror and can be heard below.  

The album is the thirteenth studio release from the band and is available to purchase in New Zealand from tomorrow (April 12th).  

Frontman Wayne Coyne commented about the album "We want, or wanted, to believe that without love we would disappear, that love, somehow, would save us that, yeah, if we have love, g…

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