It's been 5 years since the Swedish garage rock band The Hives released The Black and White Album, but the band announced yesterday their new full-length album will be released later this year.

Lex Hives, the group's fifth studio album, is scheduled to be released on June 1 in Sweden, June 4 in the UK, and June 5 in the US and Canada.

The first single off the new album, "Go Right Ahead," was made available alongside the announcement. The single will be available as a vinyl 7" as part of Record Store Day on April 21.

In support of the new record, The Hives will play a mini tour that includes two Coachella dates. See the full schedule below:

04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella

04-16 Pomona, CA - Glass House

04-17 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

04-18 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield

04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella[…] Read more »

Boybands are making their way back in the US music market once again and so the people behind "Saturday Night Live" have decided to cash in on this trend. On the April 7 episode, the show's audience will get to see the British-Irish quintet of hot boys who call themselves "One Direction."

The former "X Factor" participants will perform live for the "Saturday Night Live" viewers, with Sofia Veragara performing the hostess' duties for the night.

The "Three Stooges" actress has confirmed her participation on SNL by writing "Yes!! Very exited!!" on her official Twitter account.

"One Direction" recently announced themselves on American soil by cracking the Billboard Hot 100. […] Read more »

American Hip Hop artist Nicki Minaj has rewritten record books yet again. The Trinidad-born femcee's most recent musical offering "Starships" has jumped up two places from its previous position of fifth to third on the UK single chart and that is now the highest a female rapper has ever gone on that list.

The record, which is now Minaj's, was previously held by Missy Elliott, whose 2001 hit "Miss E... So Addictive" featuring Eve had reached number 5 on the aforementioned British chart.

The "Pink Friday" raptress has another song in the Top 10 on the same chart. […] Read more »

Guns n’ Roses is a well known rock band, the world over. They were controversial back in the 80s when they first formed, they  continued to attract headlines through their tumultuous years, and even during their breakups and reunions, the band has been like a magnet for the top billing in the news. After selling 100 million albums, perhaps people are interested!

Yet throughout all of this, the original  front-man, Axl Rose, has continued to soldier on. The rest of the band members may have changed and been replaced  numerous times, except for the keyboard player, Dizzy Reed, who joined the supergroup in 1990 to be part of the Use Your Illusion  album.[…] Read more »

Australian DJ, Havana Brown, has just released a music video for the remix of We Run The Night - featuring Pitbull. The original version was a huge hit when it was released last year. Now the remixed track is repeating history, having already reached the number one place on the Hot Dance Club Songs Chart in the US. And after just one listen, it is easy to see why it is performing so well. The dance-club beat, the lyrics, the flashing lights, and of course the brilliance of Pitbull, combine together producing one club-ready "must have".[…] Read more »

Last month, Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid announced that singer Fiona Apple was gearing up to release her much-awaited fourth studio album. Now Apple has released the new album's title, and it's a mouthful:

The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do.

Recalling Apple's When the Pawn... album, whose full title was an eight-line poem, the new album is set to be released in late June via Epic.

The singer-songwriter met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which resulted in a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal performance for the single "Criminal" from that album.[…] Read more »