Coldplay - "Strawberry Swing"

Coldplay is back with their latest release, "Strawberry Swing." Staying true to their original sound, if you're a Coldplay fan you will not be disappointed. Not only is the single easy to listen to, but the video is quite remarkable as well. The effects must have taken much time and patience, but the hard work obviously paid off on Coldplay's latest masterpiece.

MCA Suffering From suffering Preaortic Gland and Lymph Node Cancer

The Beastie Boys have updated their website with a video (above) letting us know of sad news. Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, revealed that he is suffering from cancer of the preaortic gland and lymph node. In the video MCA and bandmate Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horowitz talk about canceling their upcoming tour dates and pushing back the release of their long awaited eight studio album Hot Sauce Committee. He claims that he will have surgery next week (~July 27th) and later have radiation done in that localised area. The good news is that according to him, it's treatable.

It's a bit of a setback, it's a pain in the ass, but it's treatable, in most cases they're able to completely get rid of it, people don't have continuing problems with it… if they've caught it early. That's the good news.

The Beastie Boys were scheduled to headline the second night at the Montreal summer festival Osheaga, but due to this they are forced to cancel.

Beastie Boys Name New Album

The Beastie Boys have given a name to their eighth studio album. The band decided to go with Hot Sauce Committee instead of with the working title Tadlock's Glasses. There is no word yet on when the album will be released, but some websites have reported a scheduled release of December 29, 2009 might be possible. This will be the band's first album with vocals since 2004's To the 5 Boroughs.

"It's a lot of vocals – very wordy," said Ad-Rock. "It's political, depending on what you call political. You know, if toilet talk and fart jokes are political, which they can be, in that sense yeah, very."

Below is a video of the Beastie Boys performing the classic So What'cha Want with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon on May 25th, 2009.

Kanye West "Amazing" Feat. Young Jeezy Video

Eminem Reveals Album Artwork

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With the release of Eminem's long awaited album coming out on May 19th, everything is finally coming together. Two songs, I'm Having A Relapse & Crack A Bottle, leaked a few months ago and his first single, We Made You, hit the radio and its video hit every music channel. Now the artwork is out. Em posted it yesterday via his Twitter account. The prescription-drug themed cover which shows his face using different pills joined together also contains a medicine bottle label at the bottom left corner which says "Prescribed by Dr. Dre" and "Refills: 05-19-09."

New Apostle Of Hustle Album + Tour

When you put Andrew Whiteman (Broken Social Scene), Julian Brown (Feist), and Dean Stone (Sarah Harmer, Amy Millan) together you get one hell of a band, Apostle Of Hustle. The Canadian trio will be releasing their third album, Eats Darkness, on May 19th via Arts & Crafts. The band worked with producer and sound technician, Martin Davis Kinack, once again for Eats Darkness. Kinack previously worked with Sarah Harmer, Broken Social Scene, and Hayden.

They will also be on the road with Broken Social Scene, Explosions In The Sky, Beach House, Thunderheist, and Rattlesnake Choir starting May 20th in Guelph, Ontario.

Wed May 20th - Guelph, ON Ebar
Thu May 21st - Hamilton, ON The Casbah
Fri May 22nd - Peterborough, ON Montreal House
Sat May 23rd - Ottawa, ON Zaphod Beeblebrox
Wed May 27th - Kingston, ON The Grad Club
Fri May 29th - Toronto, ON The Music Gallery
Sat May 30th - Waterloo, ON Starlight Room
Wed Jun 10th - New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sat Jul 11th - Toronto, ON Olympic Island

Apostle Of Hustle - Perfect Fit

Underoath "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear" Video

Underoath - Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear

Manchester Orchestra Stream New Album

Manchester Orchestra's second full-length album, Mean Everything to Nothing will be hitting stores on April 21st via Favorite Gentleman/Canvasback, but thanks to MySpace you can hear the entire record on their profile. Alternative Press has given it 5 stars and AbsolutePunk gave it a 93% rating.

myspace.com/manchesterorchestra

Killswitch Engage Announce Album Details

Killswitch Engage has given away information about their upcoming album. The band's fourth album will be self-titled due to the guys not being able to agree on a title. “When we all couldn’t agree on an album title, someone suggested we just keep it self-titled and we all pretty much agreed. (It) gives it the feeling of a fresh new beginning,” vocalist Howard Jones said. The album, produced by Brendan O'Brien (Rage Against the Machine) and co-produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, will hit stores on June 30th. The album art can be seen here.

Killswitch will be spending the summer on the road playing the main stage of Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. The only Canadian show will be in Toronto on July 28th. All dates can be found here.

The Mars Volta Confirms New Album Date

Earlier today, the Mars Volta confirmed the release of Octahedron. This will be their first release on Warner Bros. Records. The album will be released on June 23rd 2009. In North America the first single will be Since We’ve Been Wrong. For the rest of the world it will be Cotopaxi. On Octahedron, the Mars Volta Group is: Marcel Rodriguez Lopez, Thomas Pridgen, John Frusciante, Isaiah Ikey Owens, Juan Alderete de la Pena, Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez Lopez. This leaves rhythm guitarist Paul Hinojos, and brass/percusionist Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales out of the picture. As to whether or not they will tour with the band following the release is also unknown. Stay tuned for more news coming up soon.

Tracklist:
1. Since We've Been Wrong
2. Teflon
3. Halo of Nembutals
4. With Twilight as My Guide
5. Cotopaxi
6. Desperate Graves
7. Copernicus
8. Luciforms