News Reviews Lessons Columns Latest news, reviews, columns and lessons updates from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright ©1998-2005 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT Fri, 09 May 2008 11:26:32 GMT 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 164 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_raconteurs_vs_record_labels.html General Music News: The Raconteurs have attacked record labels – accusing them of giving up on their artists if albums fail to achieve quick success.]]> General Music News Fri, 09 May 2008 11:26:32 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/riaa_says_drm_not_dead.html Industry News: Despite widespread declarations of the death of DRM in music, the Recording Industry Association of America insists that it's far from dead.]]> Industry News Fri, 09 May 2008 11:14:04 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mccartney_and_starr_to_reunite.html General Music News: Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are rumoured to reunite on stage in an historic performance.]]> General Music News Fri, 09 May 2008 10:42:55 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave_grohls_open_letter_to_metallica.html General Music News: Former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has released the following "open letter" to Metallica.]]> General Music News Fri, 09 May 2008 10:39:26 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/36_crazyfists_exclusive_mtv2_debut.html Press Releases: 36 Crazyfists will proudly see the exclusive debut of their first single, "We Gave It Hell", on May 10 on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.]]> Press Releases Fri, 09 May 2008 10:23:42 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/coldplay_on_viva_la_vida_tour.html Upcoming Tours: Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" world tour take the band through North America, Europe and Japan.]]> Upcoming Tours Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:21 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/my_chemical_romance_the_black_parade_is_dead.html Upcoming Releases: My Chemical Romance have set a release date and other details for their long-promised new live CD+DVD set.]]> Upcoming Releases Fri, 09 May 2008 08:59:47 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/neil_diamond_to_have_first_ever_no_1_album.html General Music News: First day sales of Neil Diamond’s new album, out May 7, indicate that the singer is set to have his first-ever No. 1 charting album.]]> General Music News Fri, 09 May 2008 08:11:57 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/guitar_idol_worlds_first_online_guitar_final_at_lims.html Press Releases: The final of the World's first online guitar competition will be held at The London International Music Show (LIMS) on Saturday 14th June.]]> Press Releases Fri, 09 May 2008 07:20:33 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/my_morning_jacket_announce_full_us_tour.html Press Releases: It's about that time again: My Morning Jacket are gearing up to take their spectacle of a live show cross country.]]> Press Releases Fri, 09 May 2008 07:06:36 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/cryptopsy_posts_new_tracks_online.html Press Releases: Cryptopsy has wreaked havoc throughout the extreme metal genre for more than a decade, but in 2008 the band has returned stronger than ever.]]> Press Releases Fri, 09 May 2008 07:01:56 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/buckcherry_prepare_to_hit_the_studio.html Upcoming Releases: Buckcherry has just begun writing and reharsing new material for their follow-up to 2006's "15".]]> Upcoming Releases Fri, 09 May 2008 06:45:37 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/dvd/clash/live_revolution_rock/index.html DVD: Release Date: April 15, 2008
he Clash Live: Revolution Rock fails at its role as a documentary and relies on the live footage to truly tell the band’s story.]]> DVD Fri, 09 May 2008 05:59:29 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/steve_winwood/nine_lives/index.html Compact Discs: Release Date: Apr 29, 2008
Label: Columbia Records
Genres: Rock, Soft Rock
Number Of Tracks: 9
Steve Winwood delivers a surprisingly diverse record with Nine Lives, dabbling in everything from Latin rock to the Delta Blues.]]> Compact Discs Fri, 09 May 2008 05:54:06 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/city_and_colour/bring_me_your_love/index.html Compact Discs: Release Date: Feb 11, 2008
Label: Vagrant
Genres: Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
Number Of Tracks: 12
Bring Me Your Love, the second album from Dallas Green's solo project City And Colour, shows an artist settling nicely into his new gig as an acoustic singer/songwriter.]]> Compact Discs Fri, 09 May 2008 05:46:58 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/naildown/dreamcrusher/index.html Compact Discs: Release Date: Apr 2, 2007
Label: Spinefarm
Genres: Melodic Death Metal
Number Of Tracks: 9
This band has it's own sound. The album is like a hybrid of many different genres of metal.]]> Compact Discs Fri, 09 May 2008 05:13:15 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/over_it/silverstrand/index.html Compact Discs: Release Date: Mar 8, 2005
Label: Lobster
Genres: Punk Revival, Emo
Number Of Tracks: 12
This is definitely an improvement from some of their previous albums. Silverstrand is, to put it shortly: really, really good.]]> Compact Discs Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:49 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/andrew_bird/armchair_apocrypha/index.html Compact Discs: Release Date: Mar 20, 2007
Label: Fat Possum
Genres: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Number Of Tracks: 12
With Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew Bird takes another developmental departure from his previous works, though not nearly in as drastic a fashion as his previous album-to-album jumps in style.]]> Compact Discs Fri, 09 May 2008 04:57:02 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/bass_amplifiers/laney/hcm65b/index.html Bass Amplifiers: The new HCM65B features a set of Active & Passive inputs, on-board compressor, three band EQ, including a swept mid, CD/Line input for connecting an external sound source such as a CD/Mini disk player for playing along to your favorite track/tuition CD and a DI socket for supplying a Direct Inject signal for an external power amp or direct to the PA.]]> Bass Amplifiers Fri, 09 May 2008 04:46:19 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/emo_music_attacked_over_teen_suicide.html General Music News: Genre blasted again after 13 year-old emo girl commits suicide.]]> General Music News Thu, 08 May 2008 13:42:47 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/kid_rock_lynyrd_skynyrd_joint_tour.html Upcoming Tours: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced that they will tour the US together this summer.]]> Upcoming Tours Thu, 08 May 2008 13:33:16 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/staind_3_doors_down_hinder_to_co-headline_summer_tour.html Upcoming Tours: Staind and 3 Doors Down will hit the road together for a summer co-headlining run, with both bands expected to issue new studio albums soon.]]> Upcoming Tours Thu, 08 May 2008 13:28:21 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/coldplay_buy_one_get_one_free_download_album.html Upcoming Releases: Coldplay are doing a "buy one, get one free" scheme for the digital release of their new album 'Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends'.]]> Upcoming Releases Thu, 08 May 2008 13:23:35 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/oasis_leaked_songs_are_old.html General Music News: Three Oasis songs which leaked onto the internet yesterday are “old”, a spokesperson for the band has said.]]> General Music News Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:11 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/firewind_embarks_on_the_tyranny_and_bloodshred_tour.html Press Releases: The Greek metal phenomenon makes their much anticipated return to North America this week as part of the “Tyranny and Bloodshred Tour.”]]> Press Releases Thu, 08 May 2008 12:32:22 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/the_who_launch_website.html Press Releases: The Who today announced the launch of their first-ever official Web site and fan destination, www.thewho.com.]]> Press Releases Thu, 08 May 2008 12:17:17 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/video_news/ashes_divide_completes_perfect_circle_in_music_for_howerdel.html Video News: Billy Howerdel, former guitarist and songwriter with A Perfect Circle has carried on with a new musical direction with his latest project, Ashes Divide.]]> Video News Thu, 08 May 2008 11:27:34 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/escape_the_fate_recording_new_album.html Press Releases: Las Vegas rockers enter the studio to record with new singer Craig Mabbit.]]> Press Releases Thu, 08 May 2008 07:43:17 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/joining_velvet_revolver_would_be_awkward_for_bach.html General Music News: Sebastian Bach says joining VR would be awkward for him, being good friends with Axl and not really liking VR.]]> General Music News Thu, 08 May 2008 07:32:56 GMT http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/story_of_the_year/the_black_swan/index.html Compact Discs: Release Date: Apr 22, 2008
Label: Epitaph
Genres: Emo, Punk Revival, Screamo, Post-Grunge
Number Of Tracks: 13
Story Of The Year have perfected their sound of being able to squeeze melodic, fist pumping, anthemic choruses out of the hard edged, tight guitar lines that they are known for. The Black Swan signifies the return for the St. Louis post-hardcore mob.]]> Compact Discs Thu, 08 May 2008 06:37:39 GMT