Linkblog for Jul 19 to Jul 26

Linkblog for Jul 19 to Jul 26

Recommended: Missy Higgins

This young woman is big news in Australia. Her name? Missy Higgins.

Unlike the other famous Missy, this one isn't known for her dirty rapping style, or anything like that.

This Antipodean is gaining a reputation for herself as an amazing singer/songwriter, and has …

Metallica announce Death Magnetic track listing

After being unintentionally outed by retailer Music Dispatch, Metallica have officially announced the track listing for Death Magnetic, due out in September.

But if an over-enthusiastic retailer is what it takes to get the low-down on the highly anticipated Death …

Dr. Dre's new album Detox to be released this autumn.

The excitement of big name album releases this year continues, with Dr. Dre's latest project, Detox being considered for release in "November or December".

Dre hasn't released a full solo album since 1999's 2001 (confused?), but considering it took him 7 years between …

10 Of The Best: Alice Cooper Songs

Alice Cooper. What a legend. With his trademark theatrical make-up and a gallows or guillotine always on hand to dispatch his fiendish stage persona straight to hell, Alice has left an indelible impression on the history of rock.

To celebrate the release of Alice's

New Ben Folds album, Way To Normal, released in September

Ben Folds is due to release his third solo album, Way To Normal on 30th September 2008.

Although some of the album was written during the final stages of his divorce last year, Folds says that this album is not about that. Even though the album was originally going to …

Why modern Indie music sucks

We've been saying it for a while now - the Indie music scene is a joke and bogged down in all-too-similar bands flogging the same dull by-the-numbers music.

How fitting that The Independent newspaper should be laying the smackdown on Indie music:

John Niven was an indie …

The Zutons get booed at T4 On The Beach

Oh dear. It seems that The Zutons had an ice cold reception from fans at their recent T4 On The Beach gig.

We've always had a soft spot for The Zutons here at Unreality Music, and were looking forward to the release of their third album. However, with the release of …

Join The Unreality Music Forum

Dear Reader (yeah, you)

We've never hid the fact that Unreality TV has a forum, but if you're a music fan, you'll definitely enjoy our music board.

The cool thing about the music forum is that you can start your own topics - as opposed to reading what we have to say …

Fisticuffs: Kele Okereke fights with John Lydon's entourage

If Bloc Party's Kele Okereke was a fan of John Lydon's work before, he won't be after the altercation with Lydon and his roadies at the weekend.

The two men's bands were on the bill for Spain's Summercase festival on Saturday. The story goes that Okereke approached …

Poll: The New Breed Of Female Singers - Who's Best?

Over the last few years, there've been huge numbers of female singers hitting the charts - Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Duffy, KT Tunstall, Katie Melua, Adele and many, many more.

Today's poll asks - who's the best of the bunch?

Share your thoughts with us here and don't …

B.B. King's new album, One Kind Favor, due August

82 year old blues legend, B.B. King is about to release a rootsy new album (we've lost count how many albums he's released in his career, and suspect he has too...). Due out on 26th August through Geffen, T Bone Burnett is lending his production skills to this …

Louis Walsh holding auditions for new girl group

Not content with watching the weird and the wonderful audition for this year's X Factor, Louis Walsh is holding open auditions in Dublin later this month for a new girl group.

He's entering this new venture with Westlife's Kian Egan (does that make them the Batman …

McFly's new radio:ACTIVE album available for free

Want a free McFly album? Well, here's a one-time offer for you - buy this week's Mail on Sunday (20th July 2008) and you'll find a copy of their new CD radio:ACTIVE bundled inside!

Copying Prince's giveaway of his Planet Earth album, the scruffy-haired four-piece are …

Music piracy: do P2P users actually consume what they download?

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A recent study by the Canadian Government suggested that people who actively download music using P2P networks were more likely to buy music.

OK, that's wonderful news, and a glowing testament to the …

Say what? Luke Pritchard moans about the state of Indie scene

Luke Pritchard, the frontman for the Kooks has been gurning to the Daily Star about the state of the Indie music scene. He claims bands like The Pigeon Detectives have ruined it by diluting the 'movement'.

When we first came out it was a cool time, with the Kaisers, …

Death Magnetic Cover Artwork Released

Metallica continue to drip-feed information about their Death Magnetic album, signifying that they're working non-stop to get fans excited about this release. And it's working.

Today they released the album artwork (above) which features a coffin and notably the …

New Eminem album in the pipeline?

It sounds like Slim Shady might be coming out of his self-imposed retirement for a fifth album if reports from Entertainment Weekly are correct.

It's been four years since Eminem's last album Encore, and recently rumours have suggested that his health was suffering …

Rick Rubin to record Crosby, Stills & Nash album

Veteran rockers Crosby, Stills and Nash are to get the Johnny Cash treatment by recording an album of covers with Rick Rubin.

Rubin helped Cash reinvent himself toward the end of his career, culminating in American IV: The Man Comes Around, which is regarded as one of …