Announced on 8 November 2013 with a teaser trailer, the new studio album Hydra by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation is released today.

Before the official announcement of the album, the band revealed on September 27 one of the singles from the album, "Paradise (What About Us?)", with the duo Sharon den Adel-Tarja Turunen, followed by "Dangerous" (December 20) and "Whole World Is Watching" (January 28, 2014).

The day of its release, the album hit on iTunes and took first place in charts in Europe (Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France). The U.S. will have to wait February 4th to see probably Hydra #1 in their iTunes charts.

The premium version of the album contains cover songs whose "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons) and "Let Her Go" (Passenger). You can order the album on their official website : tinyurl.com/kyqpquc

If you didn't watch the single "Paradise (What About Us?)", we invite you to discover it below.


Source : Within Temptation's Facebook Page (for iTunes charts see pictures posted on January 29)...

Three years after their great debut album Torches, Foster The People come back in 2014 with a new single "Coming Of Age" from their new album Supermodel which will be released on March 18.

On January 13, the band premiered on YouTube "Coming Of Age" whose the single released the next day. The video shows a time-lapse the full creation of the artwork for Supermodel (designed by Young & Sick) on a wall of a building in Los Angeles (CA), painted from December 29 to January 9, in about 190 hours.
About the song, still Indie-pop and alternative rock like in the first album, even if there's a bit more rock in "Coming Of Age".

Supermodel contains 11 songs, plus a 12th included in pre-order edition. The album will be released in the US on March 18, in Australia and New Zealand on March 14 and in the UK on March 24. You can pre-order the album here : http://smarturl.it/Supermodel

Discover now Foster The People's new single "Coming Of Age" :


Source : Foster The People website...

Phillip Taylor, Josh Swinney and Ryan Drever from rock band Paws announced their dates for their UK Tour this February, plus a second album which will be released in May.

For their UK Tour, 9 dates have been announced whose London, Glasgow and Leeds. The February UK Tour Poster posted on Facebook also revealed a "Secret Show Filming" on February 19 ; a video could be unveiled soon then.

February 6 : Dundee, GB - Beat Generator
February 7 : Glasgow, GB - Mono
February 12 : Sheffield, GB - Harley
February 13 : London, GB - Shacklewell Arms
February 14 : Cardiff, GB - Dempsey’s Bar
February 15 : Bristol, GB - Start The Bus
February 17 : Brighton, GB - Sticky Mikes
February 20 : Liverpool, GB - Maguires Pizza
February 21 : Leeds, GB - Belgrave Music Hall

Paws also announced that their second album (after Cokefloat! in 2012), recorded in New York, will be released on May 2014 at FatCat Records. The band could reveal new songs from the album during their tour. By the way, tickets for UK Tour are available here.



Sources : Facebook and Paws Official Website

UPDATE : Paws revealed on January 22 their performance at KEXP Studio at Seattle. 4 songs have been revealed : "Catherine 1956" from the album Cokefloat! and "Tongues", "Let's All Let Go" & "Owls Talons Clenching My Heart" from the new album out May 2014.
Watch the full performance here (YouTube) : http://tinyurl.com/lyrgy73...

Coachella music festival revealed official and compete Line-up for April 2014, and this year headliners are Muse, OutKast and Arcade Fire.

After their huge summer stadium tour for their album The 2nd Law, Muse announced that they will do a few concerts before go back in studio for the seventh album, planned for 2015. They previously released on 29 December 2013 a live album and video Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, and it was the first concert filmed in 4K, using 16 Sony PMW-F55 CineAlta 4K cameras.

Almost nobody expected them for the festival, but OutKast are back. André 3000 and Big Boi reunite while they were separated in 2007 for solo careers. However, we don't know if they will prepare a new album for the coming months.

Arcade Fire will play new songs from their album Reflektor released on 28 October 2013. They also will be back on touring from 17 January at Big Day Out, Westmere (New Zealand).

The festival will take place from April 11 to 13 and from April 18 to 20. A lot of bands will come, whose MGMT, Empire of the Sun, Carbon Airways, Zedd, Lorde, Skrillex, Motörhead, Foster The People ...
See the full Line-up here : http://tinyurl.com/qehn8sw

Source : Coachella and The Verge...

"The Rock Show" guys will come back in the UK next year. BBC Radio 1 revealed on December 3rd at 7:00 PM UTC that Blink-182 are the first headliners for Reading & Leeds Festival in 2014.

The band will be in the festival for the fourth time, after 1999, 2003 and 2010, and it will be the only UK show in 2014. "I’m stoked to play Reading & Leeds 2014. It’s our 4th time playing the festivals, and we’re very honoured. The new year will see us in the studio preparing new music, getting ready to rock the fine people of the UK. Prepare for the fury", Mark Hoppus said, according to Reading Festival website.

Blink-182 is preparing their seventh studio album planned for next summer, following Neighborhoods and Dogs Eating Dogs (view article about the EP). On 29 March 2013, they released a compilation album called Icon, including 11 of the band's best songs, like "First Date", "Josie" and "All The Small Things".

About Reading & Leeds 2014 (from 22 to 24 August), BBC Radio 1 and the festival's website announced 6 other bands joining Blink-182 : Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Metronomy, Of Mice & Men, Wilkinson and I Am Legion. 2014 Tickets are available here....