
After four years in a coma, Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has begun to show some promising progress. While he remains semi-concious, he has begun responding to outside stimuli and is able to move his legs when asked. Cheng was seriously injured in November 2008 after a severe crash in Santa Clara, California. Cheng has been opening his eyes and responding to his surrounding for some time but still cannot respond verbally. Sadly, Cheng's family has been having financial issues after losing his insurance just a few months after the [...]
Metallica has unveiled their own festival, dubbed Orion Music and More , likely after the song of the same name on 1986's Master of Puppets . Metallica assembled the lineup for the festival, which will take place at Bader Field in Atlantic City on June 23rd and 24th. The metal band will close both nights and perform 1990's Metallica and 1984's Ride the Lightning in their entirety on each night respectively. The lineup spans a number of genres, with the [...]

The Black Keys have released their video for "Gold on the Ceiling." The song comes from 2011's El Camino .

Mest frontman Tony Lovato posted on his Twitter account that the occasionally-reunited pop-punk rockers are going to release a new single in two weeks, on Valentine's Day (February 14th), called 'Almost'. Tony also announced, in the same update, that Mest are planning to release a new album this spring. No further information has been revealed. Mest's last studio album Photographs was released in 2005 on Warner Bros. Records. The band subsequently split in 2006.

El día de ayer se lanzó una nueva plataforma de streaming y descarga de música en línea, Ideas Musik . Ya que en México, Argentina y Brasil las descargas de música alcanzan cifras millonarias, y siendo la principal actividad de los internautas (después de las redes sociales), Ideas Musik ha decidido cubrir esta necesidad por consumir contenido auditivo que forma parte de la vida diaria de cualquier persona que navega en Internet. Ideas Musik es un servicio en línea que nos permite descargar y escuchar música en línea de manera simultánea, y [...]

Angels and Airwaves ' live performance from Jimmy Kimmel Live is now streaming online. The band performed the track "Surrender" from LOVE .

Death Cab For Cutie have announced dates across North America for April and May. Supporting the tour will be Low, Youth Lagoon and members of San Francisco's Magik*Magik Orchestra.The tour will be visiting historic theaters and more 'intimate" venues than some of their past tours. The band continues to support 2011's Codes and Keys . Click Read More for the dates.

Gary Clark Jr. es un guitarrista originario de Austin, Texas. Comenzó su carrera como guitarrista en el circuito blues de esa ciudad por ahí de los 15 años y de pronto, a pasos agigantados se ha puesto en la mira del mundo de la música. Le llaman la reencarnación de Hendrix, salvador del soul, quien hará popular el blues dentro la audiencia actual, acostumbrada a la música mainstream prefabricada. Esas afirmaciones son de mucho peso y aceptémoslo, muy aventuradas, pero también hay que reconocer que son justificadas. Clark Jr. se mantuvo consistente como guitarrista [...]

Mastodon and Opeth are headed out on a co-headlining tour. The two prog-metal bands will be supported by Ghost . On various nights, either Opeth or Mastodon will close out the night. Mastodon released The Hunter , Opeth delivered Heritage and Ghost issued Opus Eponymous , all in 2011.
If you want to avoid getting hit with a DCMA takedown notice, it can be hard. A couple of times now, I've shared a video sent to me by a record company PR outfit - cleared and websafe - only to have the same record company issue a DCMA takedown a few days later. But if you're sharing your own video, and it has no music on, you're safe, right? Erm... nope . Crochetgeek makes silent videos showing how to crochet. Despite the complete lack of music on them, Warner Music Group [...]

So we typically toss a video onto a post when highlighting a new band or a show preview or something and let you draw your own conclusion about it. Sometimes we throw a change-up... strike that - let's call it a round up. Most of these videos are of bands we have previously talked about here on Draw Us Lines, so we won't be telling you much about those bands themselves, just some musings that really aren't worth a damn. If a picture is worth 1000 words, then a video must be worth a million. Hold on to your hats! [...]

My Chemical Romance have released a new music video for their song "The Kids From Yesterday," from their 2010 album Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys . The video features clips of the band performing throughout their career.

Built to Spill will be hitting the road for some scattered dates in February and March.

Matt Toka has released a cover of Adele's massive hit, "Someone Like You." The musician is still planning to release his Warner Music Group debut, Straight To Hell , though no release date has yet been set. It was produced by Green Day , Jawbreaker and My Chemical Romance producer (and Warner chairman) Rob Cavallo.

Boston's Dropkick Murphys have posted a holiday message for their fans, and in that message reveal that they're planning their next album, less than a year after their last album, 2011's Going Out in Style . The band states that they "are currently writing a brand new record that will be recorded in April and released in September. And it's pretty damn fun so far!" Additionally, they are finishing up a re-release of Going Out in Style , which will include audio and video from the band's shows at Fenway Park over [...]

All Time Low , following in the footsteps of Blink 182 's "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" have put together their own " blue " Christmas single. "Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass."

The Black Keys new album, El Camino , is one of the latest to be omitted from all-you-can-eat streaming services like Spotify and Rdio . The Grammy-winning band joins bands like Coldplay and labels like Century Media , Sumerian Media , Prosthetic Records and distributor STHolding in withdrawing support for the services over controversy about devaluing music through tiny royalty payouts . The LA Times refers to a previous statement about Spotify speculating on why this might happen: Right now [...]
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My Chemical Romance recently dropped by Yo Gabba Gabba for a performance of "Every Snowflake is Different." The popular children's program has previously hosted Rocket From the Crypt , Taking Back Sunday , Dinosaur Jr. , Weezer and more.