Our introduction to the Knife's ambitious Tomorrow, In A Year was the 11-minute "Colouring The Pigeon." Now that I've listened to the entire collection, it's safe to say they take their time from start (the minimalist slow-burn "Intro") to finish (the more Knife-like "The Height Of Summer"). If you recall, the piece was commissioned by Hotel Pro...

About the most surprising thing about seeing Solange turn up at onstage with of Montreal at the band's tour opener Monday night was Kevin Barnes's beard-commitment (although we've even seen that before). The younger Knowles cameos on the next oM album, and they've been making public appearances together for a minute. Sometimes sexual torture dev...

Sony stepped in it this time. NME reports on a Twitter-spat (aka twat) Kapranos is having with his U.S. label Epic, owned by the Sony corporation, who licensed one of Franz Ferdinand's tracks to the McDonald's site latenightmcdonalds.com (the site's been blocked for now) without the band's consent. (To be clear, the ire is directed at the culpri...

Singer calls Epic 'arrogant motherfucking pig-brained arseholes'

ClassicRockMagazine.com has reviewed the first few bands of today (Saturday) including Pig Iron, The Glitterati, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, Girlschool and Marseille. Click here to read them.