Picture of the day: July 10, 2012

Franz Ferdinand performing at Rock For People 2012 festival.

Watch new music video from Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers made a new music video for their track from their latest record I'm With You called "Brendan's Death Song". The band pays a tribute to their friend Brendan Mullen in this song and music video, too. Brendan died in 2009 while working on the 2010 RHCP book, An Oral/Visual History, which he co-authored with the band.The video is really touching and nice. Check it out below.

Song of the day: Frank Turner - "Peggy Sang The Blues"

Frank Turner with his touring band The Sleeping Souls performing "Peggy Sang The Blues" at T In The Park festival, which took place in Scotland last weekend. Great performance.

Picture of the day: July 9, 2012

The Kooks had to end their performance at Rock For People 2012 after the storm suddenly hit the festival park. Sadly, they had to completely cancel Faith No More gig because strong wind damaged their equipment. Anyways, good thing is that nobody was seriously hurt. Storms are never fun during festivals...

Chaos @rockforpeople tonight! Sorry we had to stop short. Hope everyone's safe. Stormy season.. twitter.com/thekooksmusic/…
— The Kooks (@thekooksmusic) July 5, 2012

Song of the day: Reignwolf - "In The Dark"

I can't even describe how awesome and powerful this performance is...enjoy this awesome music.

Watch new video from Lana Del Rey

Couple of days ago, YouTube star Lana Del Rey released new music video for her track "National Anthem". The video is full of ironies and metaphors (ASAP Rocky' plays John F. Kennedy etc). It is pretty controversial music video. You can watch it below.

The Vaccines announce second album details

This morning, The Vaccines revealed title and artwork for their sophomore album. It is called The Vaccines Come Of Age and it will be out on September 3. Now they added additional information.


In an interview with NME, singer of the band Justin Young said:

"I don't think there's any danger of us making the same record twice. But I think anything people found attractive about us the first time round has been retained. I'm really confident we've got the balance right... I wanted to look inwards with this record. Honesty goes a long way in music and it's therapeutic. There's a lot about the way I'm feeling. One minute you're a shit-kicking 21-year-old and the next you're playing a song you've written in front of 20,000 people chanting your name. But that's tongue-in-cheek too, it's not me taking myself completely seriously."

The record was produced by Ethan Johns, who previously worked with Kings Of Leon, Laura Marling and Tom Jones.

Tracklising of The Vaccines Come Of Age:

"No Hope"
"I Always Knew"
"Teenage Icon"
"All In Vain"
"Ghost Town"
"Aftershave Ocean"
"Weirdo"
"Bad Mood"
"Change Of Heart pt.2."
"I Wish I Was A Girl"
"Lonely World"

First song of the album "No Hope" was previously released with music video.

Picture of the day: June 27, 2012 (The Vaccines' new album cover)

The Vaccines just posted a photo on their Facebook. It is cover of their forthcoming record! It is called Come of Age and it will be out on September 3.

Watch interview with Billy Corgan

The Smashing Pumpkins just released their anticipated new record Oceania, which is part of their 44-song project Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. I don't really get this project and what the point of it is. However, I really do like Oceania. I feel like they are finally back and still relevant in today's music. The album has tracks reminding old Smashing Pumpkins, but it also has tracks with their new sound.

Frontman Billy Corgan recently did an interview with Fuse. The interview has so far 4 parts (more parts may be coming). First part focuses on Oceania and Kaleidyscope project, second part focuses on the album and whether it is dead, third part focuses on Billy's love for wrestling and the last part focuses on aging in music industry. You can now watch all four parts below.

 

Watch The Offspring perform at Jimmy Kimmel

The Offspring's new record Days Go By is officially out today (June 26). They are currently promoting their new effort with gigs and TV appearances. They were recently on tour in Europe and their North American tour starts on July 14 in Quebec, CA. They also stopped by at Jimmy Kimmel Live show yesterday (June 25). You can now watch performances from last night of two tracks down below. First one is their newest single and title track of new record "Days Go By" and the second one is their classic track "Self Esteem".