Former Kerrang! coverstars The Gaslight Anthem have begun recording the follow-up to their 2008 break through album, The ’59 Sound.Produced by Ted Hutt (The Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly) and tentatively titled American Slang, the band’s third album will be released in the UK on June 14 through SideOneDummy.

The Bouncing Souls are going Home For The Holidays again this year.

Our last report on Johnny Cash's posthumous goings-on took the opportunity presented by Johnny Cash Remixed to illuminate the similarities between country music and rap. It turns out the comparison was more apt than we could have imagined. Judging from the Cash output planned for this month alone, the Man in Black rivals Tupac in sheer quantity ...

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced that their upcoming Hometown Throwdown 10 reunion shows will be followed up by a New Years Eve gig. The band commented:
Thanks to everyone who helped make this year's Throwdown the fastest selling in Bosstones history!!! (No thanks to the bottom-feeding, greedy scalpers who also pitched in). We are...