Are you ready for new Junkie XL music? It’s coming… The new single ‘Catch Up To My Step’ featuring Solomon Burke to be released 19th May. The new album ‘Radio JXL: A Broadcast From The Computerhell Cabin’ coming 2nd June. JUNKIE XL (aka Tom Holkenborg) is all set to return. Did you know that the Elvis Vs JXL ‘Little Less Conversation’ track released last year literally conquered the world securing the number 1 spot in over 24 countries? It’s true. The much-anticipated third Junkie XL album was forged in Junkie’s state-of-the-art Amsterdam studio. It’s a star-studded opus featuring a host of contributors including Gary Numan, Chuck D, Robert Smith, Terry Hall and of course Republica’s crimson-quiffed Saffron – as previewed on the recent dance chart hit ‘Beauty Never Fades’. ‘Radio JXL’ is based around the concept of a virtual pirate radio station. The double CD demonstrates a versatility that spans chart-toppling pop nous with the stealthiest of narco-freaked dance workouts all captured within the ‘3pm’ and ‘3am’ theme. Junkie XL’s objective remains clear: “What I want is that Junkie XL should be a mark of quality when it comes to a certain sound. I feel really comfortable saying I make progressive dance music I’m always asking, ‘How far can I go?'” Expect pummelling dynamics embellished with echoing industrial effects, subtle yet powerful, drama mixed with grace. Check out ‘Breezer’, co-produced with Sasha. The remix from T퀌¿esto features peak upon peak of sun-showering bliss – it’s a sure-set crowd-pleaser that’s been topping the most respectable DJ charts. Again. And it seems Holkenborg has become used to working with royalty… the new single features the ‘King of Rock N Soul’ – the one and only Solomon Burke. Solomon is a legendary Hall of Fame inductee & just scooped a Grammy, topping the competition in the category of Contemporary Blues. For those attending the Winter Music Conference in Miami this month – you can find Junkie XL DJ’ing a set at the Ultra Music Festival, Saturday 22nd March, Bayfront Park. He rounds off an impressive bill including Underworld, Paul Oakenfold, Timo Maas, Tiesto, Sasha, John Digweed and many more! Expect UK appearances soon and a personal set from the man himself at the forthcoming ‘Radio JXL’ launch party. And there’s more to come…

The Blood… The Sweat… The Years… A decade of uncompromising metal captured on one live album! At long last, Machine Head’s ‘Hellalive’ is out this coming Monday, March 10th. Featuring í¢ä‰åñTen Ton Hammerí¢ä‰åŒ, í¢ä‰åñDavidianí¢ä‰åŒ, í¢ä‰åñFrom This Dayí¢ä‰åŒ & í¢ä‰åñThe Blood, The Sweat, The Tearsí¢ä‰åŒ and recorded at the London Brixton Academy this is truly a must for your CD collection! As a special promotion, if you buy ‘Hellalive’ from one of the following official Roadrage stores, they’ll give you a FREE limited edition Roadrunner lanyard while stocks last! And the stores are: Aberdeen – One Up, Abingdon – Modern Music Amersham – Record House Ashby de la Zouche – Martins Records Ashford – Music Room, Richard’s Records Aylesbury – Record House Banbury – Record Savings Barnstaple – Sound’n’Vision, Solo Music Billericay – Slipped Disks Birmingham – Swordfish Bishop Auckland – Top Sounds Blackburn – Reidys Bolton – X Records Brentwood – Moondance Bridgend – The Jungle Bridlington – Sounds Bridport -Record Centre Bristol – Replay Broadstairs – Soundhouse Burton on Trent – More Than Music Bury – Vibes Buxton – Tune In Camberley – Rock Box Canterbury – Richard’s Records Cardiff – Spillers Carlisle – Pink Panther Chelmsford – Slipped Discs 2 Cheltenham – Badlands Chesham – Track Records Chorley – Malcolms, Townsend Christchurch – Trax Music Croydon – 101cd.com Derby – Reveal Diss – Revolution Doncaster – Track Dorchester – Record Centre Downham Market – Lewks Dudley – S.T.Records Durham – Concepts East Grinstead – Alice’s Records Eastbourne – Powerplay Edinburgh – Avalanche, CODA Elgin – Sound & Vision Exeter – Solo Music Glasgow – Avalanche, Missing Glenrothes – CODA Guernsey – Teleskill, Number 19 Records Halifax – Bradleys Harrogate – Mix Music Hawick – Spences Henley On Thames – Music World Hertford – Tracks Hinckley – Skandalous Ipswich – Rex Records Kilmarnock – Valhalla Launceston – Rhythm & Rhyme Leeds – Crash Leicester – Ainleys, Rockaboom Leigh-on-Sea – Fives Letchworth – David’s Music Lewes – Octave Lichfield – Tudor Tunes Livingston – CODA Llandudno – Kavern London (Berwick St) – Selectadisc Loughborough – Left-Legged Pineapple, Castle Melton Mowbray – Pendulum Newark – R&K Newbury – Powerplay Newcastle – JG Windows Newport – Diverse Music, Hitman Northampton – Spinadisc Nottingham – Selectadisc Nuneaton – What Records Ormskirk – Quirks Perth – Goldrush Plymouth – Different Class Preston – Action Reading – Sound Machine Retford – Pendulum Rugby – Spinadisc Salisbury – Solo Music, Stand Out Scunthorpe – Record Village Sheffield – Hillsborough, Record Collector Shoreham – Atomic Sounds Skipton – Mix Music Southsea – Reflex Recs St Neots – Barneys Street – Music Factory Sutton-In-Ashfield – Diskits Swansea – Musiquarium, Sullivans Tamworth – More Than Music Thame – Record House Trowbridge – HJ Knees Truro – Solo Music Tunsall – Replay Wallingford – Music Box Walsall -Sundown Walthamstow – Cavern Records Waterlooville – Focus Sounds Wickford – Adrian’s Wimborne – Square Records Wolverhampton – Highway 61 Workington – Silica Discs Wrexham – Phase One Yate – Kays Music Yeovil – Acorn Music York – Track.

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“I’m fuckin’ awesome right now, I just met Tony Soprano,” tells Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter whilst standing outside of Paul Brown’s studio in Culver City, CA. Through the receiver on the other end of the phone, you can hear someone else yell, “Hey, the mom from Home Alone just drove by…” What next? Belinda Carlisle hanging out on the street corner? “Everyone is fine,” Mark continues, “I’m just glad everyone is okay. We’ll continue on to make a full throttle, ass ripping metal video at a later date.” Mark speaks in reference to their video shoot being set ablaze, literally. Last night (Mar 3) Chimaira arrived in L.A. to shoot the video for “Down Again,” a track off their upcoming The Impossibility Of Reason CD. They hung out with some of the boys from Spineshank at the Rainbow. Everything was fine. Yesterday (Mar 4), they started the video shoot at Paul Brown’s studio. Something about a tomb, a lot of white gauze, and the band doing the performance portion of the video. Everything was fine. “Basically, we were eating lunch, looked over, and someone said the set is on fire.” Everything not fine. “It went up in like a second, dude. In a split second it was taller than a person.” And a minute later, the sprinklers were on, everyone was outside, the fire department on the way… All happened around 2:00pm PST, the Chimaira video shoot up in smoke. Once again, everyone involved is fine. As for the video contingency plan? “We’ll tell you when we know,” explains Mark. “For now, gonna enjoy the rest of the evening in sunny LA…till then, smoke acid.” and surely that last comment was meant in the nicest possible way…folks, do not try such deeds at home… Currently, Chimaira is scheduled fly back to the greater Cleveland area this afternoon (Mar 5)…but who knows now? We’ll update the Chimaira video situation once Plan B has been established. “It’d be a shame should something happen to your video shoot” – Tony Soprano…for photos from the day (including Chimaira with James Gandolfini), check out Chimaira’s PHOTO GALLERY.

Some current notes of interest from the studio this week: 36 Crazyfists – up in Portland writing and laying some tunes down to tape. Currently sussing out the producer situation, the boys from Alaska could be entering the studio as early as May. Deathride – Dez’s new clan is all out in L.A. shacked up in a hotel, readying to record their debut piece of the metal. Drum tracking will start this weekend. Ross Hogarth – who did the latest Coal Chamber album – will be producing and mixing the LP. Dirty Americans – pure rock n’ roll, it is…and their debut recording should be finished come next week… goneblind – Randy Staub will start mixing their first full length effort come Thursday (March 7). Scene of the crime, Vancouver. Ill Nino – the band has been laying down tracks for demos. Should be starting pre-production with producer Bob Marlette next week. Recording of their sophomore effort will take place in illustrious northern New Jersey, home of the Meadowlands (the New York football Giants and Jets). Killswitch Engage – writing right now. Should have a new record come summer, around the time they head out on this year’s US Ozzfest. This will be their first album with vocalist the Howard Jones. Oh, and their live video for “Fixation On The Darkness” – also with the Howard Jones on vocals – is close to completion. Nickelback – recording as we speak…hitting the studio (Greenhouse in Vancouver) here and there to lay down this and that…should have a new Nickelback album complete come first thing in June. Sinch – they are writing…and will be laying down a few new tracks to tape come the end of March. This will happen in Philly…we do hear it is lovely there this time of year.

Did you catch the TV show ‘Roadies’ some weeks ago? A Nickelback episode of this show goes out on March 12 on UK Horizons! If you’re a Machine Head fan, tune into the XFM Rock Show – this Saturday March 8th – Robb Flynn will be calling into the show between 9-10pm to have a chat and set a competition question for the chance to win Machine head goodies (inc, copies of the ‘Hellalive’ album, T-Shirts + Hoodie) Also, if you didn’t hear the Radio 1 Rock Show last night, you missed a cool interview with Corey & Jim of Stone Sour. Check out their website HERE for a chance to hear the interview again + see the drawings Jim & Corey did that will be given away later this month!

Coal Chamber/Deathride frontman Dez Fafara has unveiled Deathride’s secret weapon. Upright Bass. We’ll let Dez explain, “I’d like everybody to know that we’re getting ready to break new ground in the heavy metal scene. Deathride will be the first heavy metal band to record a full-length album using only stand-up bass, don’t be fooled by what your seeing in videos by other bands. We will be the first to use this instrument in heavy metal music, ever. We are very proud to be bringing back the backbeat which has been lost since people stopped using this big beautiful instrument, the upright bass.”

[Corey eyes me balefully across the Stone Sour dressing room] Corey: “If you think you’re gonna get any answers to these questions that aren’t wise ass… you can think again.” [Corey sits back and grins] Kirsten, Roadrunner: “We wouldn’t have it any other way.” Corey: “And if I have to do these… so does everymotherfuckingone else…” Date of birth? Corey: “My birthday.” [Corey smirks] Favourite tour story? Corey: “The one where the guy shoves the champagne bottle into the girl’s bloody…” Five words that describe you? Corey: “Mind. Your. Own. Fucking. Business.” One album you think everyone should own? Corey: “Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden.” Which famous person (dead or alive) would you invite over for dinner and why? Corey: “Frank Sinatra, because I would have really liked to have met him.” Joel: “Ah yeah, good answer. Now who am I gonna put?” Best piece of advice you’ve been given? Corey: “If you want to be taken seriously, always check your zipper.” If I wasn’t in this band, I would be… Corey:In another band. [Corey cackles] [Jim cracks up] Jim: “With the same people!” [Much sniggering ensues…] ‘Bother’ is out now on CD for only 퉌£1.99 with 2 unreleased studio tracks (‘Rules Of Evidence’ & ‘The Wicked’) and the ‘Bother’ video.

Our boys from Chimaira are back home from their stint in Lincolnshire, and today have an early start flying over to Los Angeles to shoot a new video with Paul Brown. Speaking of ‘video,’ make sure to travel on over to our Chimaira VIDEO page…Currently featured, Part I of a four part video series detailing the grueling recording & rehearsal process from the making of the upcoming The Impossibility Of Reason release. See them at rehearsal, driving on the streets, in the garage where they recorded this time around, and more…

Did you catch Stone Sour on MTV2’s ‘Gonzo’ show on Wednesday? Or it’s repeat yesterday? No? Fear not, it will be repeated once more on Sunday between 12.00 and 2:00pm. Before all that, head on over to the Stone Sour VIDEO section, for we have posted up 2 live video clips from the sold out London Astoria show this past Wednesday, Feb 26. See if you can spot yourself in the clip of ‘Bother’, released as a single on this Monday, March 3rd (with ‘Rules Of Evidence’, and ‘The Wicked’, 2 unreleased tracks + the Bother video) or see Corey Taylor introducing Stone Sour!! And while you’re thinking about the Stone Sour tour, have a read of some of the awesome reports we’ve been getting in in the TOUR section. Got any reviews or photos? Send them in! If you’re near a radio, listen out for the following: The XFM Rock Show is running an interview with Corey tomorrow (Saturday) night. The Radio 1 Rock Show – An interview will run next Tuesday March 4th between 12am-2am. Steal the TV remote: BBC Newsround will go out either on Monday or Tuesday next week.