The user ByteMe on rateyourmusic.com has compiled a list of band name origins. It’s far from comprehensive but it covers a wide spectrum of bands, new and old, so you’re sure to find a bunch that you know. And hey, maybe you’ll be turned on to some just based on how they got their name!
Here is the first single from the Arctic Monkey’s third release, Humbug. It will be released in August. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
A bunch of big names are slated to play the second All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey the last weekend in July. Lineup is below. Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/4) at noon via Ticketmaster. They are $89 for a single day ticket and $199 for a three-day pass. A [...]
Arctic Monkey’s drummer Matt Helders, in a recent interview with Gaurdian, revealed that the boys are taking their time creating their follow-up to Favourite Worst Nightmare. Homme said that the record could be finished by the end of the November, but the band did not want to put any arbitrary time limitations on the unique [...]
The Last Shadow Puppets are the side project of Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and The Rascal’s Miles Kane, and are finally ready to make their way over to the states. Although there are only three scheduled dates and no plans to add more, the true fans (well, the reallly true fans) will get a chance [...]
At the Glastonbury Festival last weekend, Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook told BBC 6Music they would start work on their new album in the coming weeks in Alex Turner’s house in Sheffield. The band’s first two albums, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare, received wide critical acclaim, but [...]
