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Radiohead - Radiohead perfect for boy wizard DANIEL RADCLIFFE has said that Radiohead could have been the perfect group to appear on the soundtrack for the Harry Potter movies. The actor, who plays the boy wizard in the big screen adaptations of the JK Rowling books, said it was "almost uncanny" how appropriate the records were to his character. Speaking to the Daily Record, he said: "Harry's darkness is a very specific type of darkness and it's Radiohead's OK Computer or Amnesiac, and it's Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible and Hope of the States' The Lost Riots and it's stuff like that. "It's kind of angry and epic. It's... Hole - Slam Profiles 'Soul In The Hole' Inspiration In a story featured on SLAMOnline.com, writer Matt Caputo reveals the story of Ed “Booger” Smith a street baller whose career consisted of many up’s and down’s. Smith is probably most well known as the subject of the 1997 sports documentary Soul In The Hole, a film that was directed by Danielle Gardner. Soul In The Hole was originally meant to document the lives of three New York City ball players, but Gardner was so impressed by Smith that she decided to switch the focus of the film to Smith and his team Kenny’s Kings. “The movie was cool though,” Ed "Booger" Smith... Kenny Rogers - Children of Bodom Cover Album Tracklists Revealed Children of Bodom has revealed the tracklists for the upcoming cover album, entitled "Skeletons in the Closet," scheduled to be released worldwide this fall. The tracklists are as follows: 8. "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers) 6. "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers) 7. "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers) You can get related band news and info in the sidebar and on the respective band pages. ...The Kooks - The Kooks in airplane scare THE KOOKS were left shaken after their plane was struck by lightning. The indie pop band were flying from Munich, Germany to Warsaw in Poland when the aircraft was struck by lightning ten minutes after take-off, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. Speaking to the Sun, frontman Luke Pritchard said: 'There was a loud crash, like someone had smashed plates, and everyone was jolted. I saw the lightning hit the side of the plane. Scary stuff, man.' They soon shook off their nerves, however, and caught a later flight to to Polish capital. For more music news stories click here ...Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela announce new album and tour ATO Records is excited to announce that Rodrigo y Gabriela will release their new studio album, entitled 11:11, on Tuesday September 8th. 11:11 was recorded in Ixtapa, Mexico and produced by Rodrigo y Gabriela, with John Leckie co-producing two of the tracks. The album was mixed in Wales and London by Colin Richardson, best known ...Alexisonfire - Features: Alexisonfire Rock Sound bestow the Band Of The Week crown onto Alexisonfire as they release their fourth album 'Old Crows / Young Cardinals'. The Canadians have rung the changes on their fourth album; labels have changed, members have married and the band’s brash quiet-loud dynamic has been refined into something much smarter, stronger and representative of their skill as musicians. Frankly, it rips. Read our review of the record by clicking here and buy yourself a copy by clicking here The band will return to the UK in October for the Eastpak Antidote Tour with Anti-Flag, The Ghost Of... Arctic Monkeys - Arctic Monkeys Confirm Comeback Single So everyone and their cat knows that the Arctic Monkeys newest and third LP goes by the rather simple name of Humbug (our news can be seen HERE if not). The new records artwork has also recently been confirmed (HERE) so what else left to do but announce the very first single? Crying Lightning is it's name and August 17th is it's official release date however, the online world will be able to grab said track a lot sooner than that. ...Beck - Beck One foot in the grave 1994 was an eventful year for the young Beck Hansen " his prolific music output produced his debut folk-hop album ‘Mellow Gold’, shortly followed by ‘One foot in the Grave’, with a more stripped down folk blues approach. A cult album amongst the fans, the latter has always been obscured by the more funky and experimental turn of Beck’s later work, such as the globally successful 1996’s ‘Odelay’ and later ‘Midnite Vultures’. Finally returning to the spotlight with a reissue which includes 16 bonus tracks, ‘One foot in the grave’ proves to be worthy of the attention that it is reclaiming.... Van Halen - EDDIE VAN HALEN Honored At 'Spike Guys' Choice Awards'; Video Available Eddie Van Halen was honored with the "Guitar God Award" at the third annual Spike Guys' Choice Awards, which was taped on May 30 in Culver City, California. Actor Robert Downey Jr. presented the award to Eddie, who was brought to tears as he accepted the honor for his years of shredding on the six-stringed axe. Watch video footage of Robert Downey Jr.'s introduction and Van Halen's acceptance speech below. The Spike Guys' Choice Awards are based on international voting by fans and viewers of Spike. A spokesperson for Activision recently confirmed that Guitar Hero: Van Halen will not include ex-bassist Michael Anthony... TESLA - TESLA Pulls Out Of Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!!; PINK CREAM 69 Steps In Californian rockers TESLA have canceled their appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival on June 27 in Balingen, Germany due to "scheduling conflicts." The band " which is booked to play the Gods Of Metal festival in Italy the same day " states, "The airlines flight schedule would not allow for us to be there on time. We are sorry for any fans that were planning to see TESLA that day in Germany." Stepping in as TESLA's replacement at Bang Your Head!!! will be the German/British melodic hard rock band PINK CREAM 69. TESLA's latest album, "Forever More", sold more than 16,000... |
