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The guitarist from Bad Religion has another bad situation with his ex-wife -- he just got a new restraining order against her. Greg Hetson was granted the protection from Alia Hetson ... after filing docs saying Alia banged on his front door earlier this month around 3 Am, and yelled for him to come talk to her. She left, but returned an hour later to knock on his bedroom window. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Greg...

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Chicago – With the temperature outside at a cool 60 degrees, it was a perfect night to throw on an old punk-rock shirt and take in the band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The neon sign of the Concord Music Hall flickered against the Chicago skyline. Once inside, the crowd of the all-ages show stood shoulder to shoulder as the venue temperature heated up – anticipating a band with more than 20 years of classic-rock history.

They didn’t disappoint the saturated and boisterous crowd. Frontman Spike Slawson – wearing a shimmery gold jacket – led an onslaught of high-energy, devil-may-care cover tunes that brought attitude, style and substance to the songs that ranged from show tunes to Motown. Fans sang along and crowd surfed as the band performed punk covers of songs including “Sweet Caroline,” “Who Put the Bomp,...

Against Me! get intergalactic this week in the music video for their new song, “Crash.” The song is taken off the band’s upcoming record, Shape Shift With Me, due out on September 16th.

Though the video clip is about as low budget as it gets, that isn’t going to ruin the vibes of how the band feels about it. Drummer Atom Willard (jokingly) talked about the difficulty of the video’s creation in a recent press release, saying:

This was one of the most difficult videos we’ve ever made because it was filmed in outer space. The time it took to get there alone was enough to make some bands back down from the challenge, but we really believed it was the only way to fully realize our vision.

“Crash” is the third song released thus far from Shape Shift With Me and is available to download...

Exclusive: Producer Andrew van den Houten’s fledgling New York-based finance, sales, distribution company has boarded world sales rights ahead of the film’s world premiere at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal on July 21.

Music video director Michael Reich’s feature debut is based on his experiences as a dog groomer and follows a character with artistic ambitions who inhabits a lo-fi dreamscape that explodes when he meets a special woman.

Reich said She’s Allergic To Cats was funded entirely by savings accrued from his work as a body double for one of the Daft Punk robots, a role he has performed since 2005 when he starred in Electroma.

The film-maker’s music video credits include Ryan Adams, The Shins, Bad Religion, Yuck, and My Chemical Romance.

van den Houten has been involved in the development, financing, production and distribution of more than 20 features and his producer credits include All Cheerleaders Die, The Woman and [link...

“She’s Allergic To Cats” follows Michael Pinkney (played by Michael Pinkney), a dog groomer in Hollywood who strives to be more than his lowly job. He lives in the shadow of the film industry and resides in a crappy, rat-infested apartment. His mind constantly wanders into a dreamscape that resembles his analog video experiments. B

ut when Pinkney meets Cora (Sonja Kinski), the girl of his dreams, his life soon spirals out of control. On their very first date, they travel through a dark path that descends into surreal chaos where Pinkney’s greatest hopes and worst fears are realized. Breaking down the barriers between fantasy and reality, “She’s Allergic To Cats” dives deep into psychological insanity via experimental video art techniques and romantic comedy tropes. Watch an exclusive teaser and see the film’s poster below.

Read More: Watch: Trailer For Documentary ‘Daft Punk Unchained’ Brings Out Kanye West,...

Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson is having a hard time shaking his ex-wife ... so hard, he had to call the cops.  Hetson claims in a restraining order, ex-wife Alia Blue has incessantly showed up at his La home and each time refuses to leave. He's afraid to leave town because sometimes she just shows up and makes herself at home.   Greg says she just won't accept the fact they divorced 2 years ago and he doesn't...

If you weren’t able to make it out to Coachella this year, you’re in luck. The festival will be live streaming all weekend and today, they’ll begin at 6:35Pm Pst. They’ve got quite the lineup to show off as well, with artists like Clean Bandit, Flosstradamus, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, The Weekend and more all set to hit the stage throughout the day/night.

Just like yesterday, there will be three separate channels that you can stream from, with each one featuring a different group of acts. The schedules, along with the streams, can be found below. Take a look and be sure to return later today to tune in for what is sure to be another Fomo-worthy night of incredible music.

Saturday, April 11 – Ch. 1

• Clean Bandit

• Milky Chance

• St. Paul & the Broken Bones

• Hozier

• Run the Jewels

• Jason’s World

• alt-j

• Jack White

• Flosstradamus

• Axwell Λ Ingrosso

Saturday,...

The 2015 lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been set.

AC/DC, Jack White and Drake will headline the two-weekend outdoor music festival in Indio, California, Coachella’s official Twitter account revealed on Tuesday. This year’s event takes place April 10-12 and April 17-19.

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The Australian rock legends, former White Stripes frontman and Canadian rapper will be joined by a host of other wide-ranging musical talent, include indie rock band Interpol, classic rock staples Steely Dan, recent “Saturday Night Live” performer Hozier and French DJ David Guetta.

Black Mask Studios is adapting Godkiller into an animated trilogy.

The publisher is financing the big screen adaptation of the series, by Matt Pizzolo, Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk and Ben Templesmith, reports Deadline.

The comic follows the journey of an orphaned adolescent and escaped slave across a blasted wasteland.

Black Mask will finance and produce the project, which expands the experimental 2010 film Godkiller: Walk Among Us, which starred Lance Henriksen, AFI's Davey Havok, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley and Lydia Lunch.

To follow Walk Among Us, Pizzolo will write and direct Godkiller: Tomorrow's Ashes in 2016 and Godkiller: The Trouble You Took From Her Eyes in 2017.

He is one of the founders of Black Mask alongside Steve Niles and Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz.

Godkiller launched as a self-published, underground title in 2008 and was subsequently picked up by Black Mask.

Exclusive: Godkiller, the post-apocalyptic comic series from Black Mask Studios, is hurtling toward the screen as a new trilogy of animated features that will be self-financed and produced by the upstart publisher and transmedia co. The saga of a teenage orphan and an escaped slavegirl journeying through a post-apocalyptic wasteland first debuted in 2008 as a self-published underground comic that cultivated a devoted cult following. The comic is now heading into its second printing after debuting last week via Black Mask Studios.

The Godkiller films are being directed and scripted by Matt Pizzolo, who co-created the comic with Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk and Ben Templesmith. Back in 2010 Pizzolo’s Halo-8 shingle put out an experimental illustrated feature titled Godkiller: Walk Among Us that debuted digitally and on home vid featuring the voices of Lance Henriksen, AFI’s Davey Havok, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, and Lydia Lunch.

Pizzolo (Occupy Comics, Threat), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion,...

Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson is finally out of his disastrous marriage, and he's snatching back the one thing he wanted from his ex -- a poster ... that's all.The divorce just became final, and it sounds crazy ... but when Hetson and his ex-wife Alia divvied up their property his Only demand was she hand over the poster. He got it, but we have no idea what it is. The poster is so shrouded in mystery,...

The Descendents is one of the most influential bands to the modern day pop punk and skate pop bands.

It is claimed many bands like Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, The All-American Rejects and The Offspring were influenced by The Descendents.

From the directors of Matt Riggle and Deedle Lacour, they made a documentary called, “Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All,” chronicling the journey of this punk band.

The documentary included interviews from Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Mark Hoppus (Blink-182), Matt Watt (Minutemen) and Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion).

The film is currently available on Digital/VOD through FilmBuff and on Blu-ray/DVD.

Check out the exclusive clip below that features an interview with Dave Grohl.

Source: Latino-Review...

Grant Morrison will bring a comic version of Sinatoro to Black Mask Studios.

The writer is adapting his film project to the page while he works on the big screen version, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Vanesa R Del Rey will illustrate the comic, which is a modern take on Tibetan Book of the Dead and also incorporates Western elements and the legendary Route 66.

Director Adam Egypt Mortimer remains attached to the film project.

Black Mask is run by comic book writer Steve Niles, Matt Pizzolo and Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph Records CEO Brett Gurewitz.

Sinatoro will head Black Mask's second phase. Issue #1 will be released in April 2015.

Read the list of Black Mask's other phase two titles below:

The Disciples by Steve Niles and artist Christopher Mitten

Digital series Godkiller

Young Terrorists by Matt Pizzolo and artist Amancay Nahuelpan

Space Riders by Fabian Rangel Jr...

Nearly a decade after Clerks II came out, director Kevin Smith will be making another sequel to his breakthrough movie Clerks. The filmmaker revealed the news in his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, attributing the film's sudden greenlighting to the poor reception his current film, Tusk, is getting in theaters.

"A year and change ago I was desperately trying to get Clerks III made for the 20th anniversary and that desperation – I must have reeked of it because I couldn't fucking find money and shit," Smith said, according to The Wrap. "But it was Tusk,...

To mark the 20th anniversary of Kevin Smith's celebrated black comedy Clerks, its grungy, punky soundtrack will be released for the first time ever on vinyl. The original soundtrack's mix of dialogue from the movie ("I'm not even supposed to be here today!") and tunes by some of the leading groups of the alternative era will now play out across three sides of two LPs — the final side will contain an etching— and will be available on November 11th.

The soundtrack features songs by Alice in Chains, Girls Against Boys,...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Opeth, The Offspring, Trivium, Coheed and Cambria, Down, Five Finger Death Punch, Bad Religion, Suicide Silence, Volbeat, Bane, Trapt, Body Count and more. Don't touch that dial.

News

Opeth's upcoming eleventh album, Pale Communion, has been pushed back from its originally-announced June release date to August 26th via Roadrunner Records.

Ice T's rap-metal band Body Count will release Manslaughter on June 10th via Sumerian records.

Trivium have parted ways with drummer Nick Augusto.

Music

Stream Down's new Ep, Down IV - Part II, here. It's released this week.

Listen to a new Vanna song titled "Holy Hell" here. Void comes out June 17 via Pure Noise Records.

Bane's new (and final) album, Don't Wait Up, is streaming here. It’s out this week on Equal Vision Records.

Videos...

Film: "Ya Rab"; Cast: Ajaz Khan, Akhilendra Mishra; Director: Hasnain Hyderabadwala; Rating: ***

There is something to be said about a film that speaks out loudly against the religion of intolerance and the culture of violence.

And eye for an eye may be fine for an era gone-by. In today's day and age, just chill, and curb the rage.

That's the message this loud and melodramatic film puts across with a deafening gusto and a blinding sincerity.

While the treatment of the theme of anti-terrorism harks back to the Bollywood potboilers of the 1970s, there is clearly an abundance of passionate integrity in the depiction of the Good Religion and Bad Religion. The characters are seen sighing, bellowing, chortling.

Two amazing extremes — Kanye West and the X Games — will join forces this summer. West is set to headline X Music, the festival portion of the X Games on June 5-8 in Austin, Texas. Ye will be joined by a lineup of rock and electronic artists, including The Flaming Lips, Pretty Lights, Gary Clark, Jr., Bad Religion, Wavves and Dillon Francis, plus up-and-coming rapper Mac Miller. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 24, but you can sign up for pre-sales here. Here's Kanye West full 2014 tour schedule: 02/13 – University Park, Pa @ Bryce Jordan Center 02/14 – Baltimore,...

The name "Godkiller" should ring a bell as we've been talking about the transmedia series of graphic novels, illustrated films, and novels for about five years, and now it's entering yet another phase as an indie weekly comic.

From the Press Release:

Black Mask Studios, the creator-supporting comics publisher founded by Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph Records, Anti- Records), Matt Pizzolo (founder Occupy Comics, Halo-8), and Steve Niles (30 Days Of Night), is launching its first weekly comic book series as Pizzolo brings his beloved modern classic sci-horror franchise Godkiller to comic book stores for the first time.

"I think we've all gotten used to a binge diet for episodic stories. Personally, I can barely handle waiting a week between episodes of 'Boardwalk Empire'; a month or more between comics sometimes feels like the decade-long wait for another Game of Thrones book," explained Pizzolo, "so I'm hopeful a weekly schedule might...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of David Lynch, Black Flag, Metallica, Of Mice & Men, Bad Religion, Vanna, Chimaira, All That Remains, Iced Earth, iwrestledabearonce, Devil You Know, and more.

Don't touch that dial!

News

Black Flag vocalist Ron Reyes was apparently fired from the band mid-set last week.

Metallica’s Through the Never 3D film will be released on January 28. It will be available on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, limited edition deluxe set and limited Met-Club only edition.

Music

Listen to a new Of Mice & Men song titled “You’re Not Alone” here. They’ll release their new album, Restoring Force, on January 28 via Rise Records.

Listen to a new Vanna song titled "Preying" here. The band is self-releasing a 7" called Preying/Purging on December 17.

Listen to David Lynch's "Are You Sure (Bastille Remix)" here.

Rising from the myths and legends of the pop-punk scene comes Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All, a new documentary about the musicians that started it All! Take a journey through the over-achieving yet under-documented history of Bill Stevenson and his rotating roster of band mates as they create a new genre of music that continues to live and thrive even today. Filmed over a two year period and consisting of over 40 interviews with some of today's most influential artists, we have the first clips and trailers of this rock odyssey for you to check out.

Long before Green Day and Blink 182 inflicted punk-rock's puncture wound on the map of mainstream music, the Descendents were in a garage concocting the perfect mix of pop, angst, love, and coffee. Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All follows band leader/drummer/square-peg Bill Stevenson and his "caffeinated retardedness" as he pushes his...

The lead guitarist for legendary punk band Bad Religion has had enough, filing for divorce from his wife in the midst of a nasty restraining order war -- in which they both accuse each other of all kinds of domestic abuse, including coat hanger beatings.TMZ broke the story ... Greg Hetson's wife Alia obtained a temporary restraining order against him last week, accusing him of violence ... even throwing her on the floor during a recent blowout argument.

It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.

Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.

Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)

1. Scrunchies

2. "The Wild Thornberries"

3. Dawson and Joey

4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"

5. Mr. Feeny

7. MTV playing music videos

8. Snick

9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"

10. Levar Burton

11. "Daria"

12. "Arthur"

13. "The Powerpuff Girls"

14. "Smart Guy"

15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings

16. "The X-Files"

17. Rosie O'Donnell

18. Bill Nye

19. "Dawson's Creek"

20. The Mighty Ducks"

21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"

22. Cornholio

23. Rachel Green

24. Tim Allen

25. "All That"

26. "Beverly Hills 90210"

27. "Step by Step"

28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"

29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"

30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

The lead guitarist for legendary punk band Bad Religion claims his wife is "unstable and violent" and has attacked him on multiple occasions -- once with a freaking clothes hanger.52-year-old Greg Hetson claims he and his 28-year-old wife Alia have been on the rocks since they got married in 2011 -- go figure. Tensions reached a fever pitch this week, after Alia got a restraining order, claiming he threw her on the floor during a blowout argument.

The organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con have begun to rollout the daily schedules for the upcoming event, releasing detailed itinerary’s of what’s to come on Thursday and Friday. In addition to having several noteworthy panels on Thursday, including a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles discussion with Kevin Eastman, Hasbro’s 30th anniversary event for Transformers and The Walking Dead’s 10th anniversary panel, there will also be a special panel held by TV Guide Magazine to celebrates The X-Files’ 20th anniversary!

Rumors have already begun to circulate that “The X-Files” stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will be in attendance, leading many fans to suspect that an announcement may be coming for the long-overdue X-Files sequel that fans hope will continue to explore the alien mythology established in the series!

Below are some of the highlights from Thursday’s events. You can view even an even more detailed...

With Sdcc 2013 kicking off soon, Preview Night details and the full schedule for Day 1 have arrived. We have some tough decisions to make as The Walking Dead comics take on "The X-Files" reunion and then the "Dexter," "Hannibal," and "Teen Wolf" panels go head-to-head.

Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.

Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...

Each week Cinelinx will chose one director for an in-depth examination of the “signatures” that they leave behind in their work. This week, with the release of The Lone Ranger, we examine the trademark style and calling signs of Gore Virbinski as director.

When we consider the abundance of CGI-fueled movies these days, there are certain directors whose work has steered the industry to become what it is today. The films of directors such as J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, and even Zach Snyder have used computer technology to create stylized stories that audiences can’t seem to get enough of. Gore Verbinski isn’t typically included on this list of new-era heavyweights, but his career has also ridden on the back of CGI. Arguably, Verbinski has taken his involvement with technology one step further than many others by being an active developer and early-adopter of new technologies and methods.

Not many bands can draw a crowd from so many generations. From 6 year olds in banners bigger than they are to teens with My Chemical Romance tattoos to middle age punks with Bad Religion jackets they are all being represented here today.

All Time Low are essentially a Blink 182 tribute band to the kids who were too young for the three piece. Their perky pop with guitars is entertaining enough although unoriginal. The more upbeat ‘Time Bomb’ and ‘Lost In Stereo’ go down best in a half empty stadium. Jack Barakat, per usual, lowers the tone with butt and your mum jokes and it just feels unnecessary and a tad creepy.

With a back catalogue like the Kaiser Chiefs it’s hard to not get a crowd singing. Ricky Wilson is on form running from corner to corner of the stage and up the frame work like a hyperactive child.

Which music would you choose to accompany a reading of The Great Gatsby? Nikki Lusk chooses Frank Ocean's Channel Orange as a fitting modern companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel

On my blog The Book Tuner, I match music to books – pairing those that provide complementary reading and listening experiences. And with Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby finally opening in Australia, it seems an appropriate moment to seek out a musical match for the book. The 1925 novel lays bare the moral vacuity at the heart of the American Dream, and it finds a modern companion in Frank Ocean's 2012 album Channel Orange. Each draws your gaze to a glittering facade, the former built with gems of sentences, the latter with silky-smooth vocals. But these facades soon crumble, leaving you standing amid the rubble wondering what went wrong.

Hardcore fans of Sloan will enjoy news the band's releasing a limited edition 7" vinyl single "Hardcore Package" that also includes a covers album of classic hardcore punk songs.

According to the band's official site, the package includes the vinyl single with two new songs entitled "Jenny" and "It's In You, It's In Me." Meanwhile, perhaps the big score is a bonus digital download featuring "songs of the bands that were soundtrack to Sloan's youth" and date from 1978 to 1984.

The album is led by three Angry Samoans covers ("Gas Chamber," "Gimme Sopor" and "Hot Cars") along with two from 7 Seconds ("Bully" and "This Is The Angry"). Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Circle Jerks and The Descendents are also covered on the album.

"We recorded it actually a while ago," singer Chris Murphy says of the vinyl in a YouTube clip. "My song 'Jenny' I wrote in 1988 or something and recorded...

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart may spend some time apart, but it doesn't look like there's any trouble in Robsten town. Shortly after the Twilight hunk was spotted having a beach day sans K.Stew, the Hollywood couple was photographed together at a gas station in Los Angeles. Rob kept cool in a pair of black shorts and Bad Religion tee, while Kristen wore a pair of denim jeans, white T-shirt and backwards cap. Robsten also got to enjoy some quality time together (along with hundreds of their close, personal friends) at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calf., last weekend. But unfortunately, the pair will now have to spend some time apart. R.Pattz was seen...

Rob took a moment to film a quick video on for Tropfest, a short film festival, and he’s laughing, joking and seems so happy! Do you think he’s over his break up with Kristen Stewart?

Robert Pattinson is Down Under and loving it! The 26-year-old actor is filming The Rover in Australia with his co-star Guy Pearce and it’s clearly going great. This is the first video of Rob since he told Kristen he wanted some time apart.

Rob Looks Happy In New Video

In Rob’s first video since the split with K-Stew, he seems in great spirits as he wishes the 13 finalists from Tropfest good luck. Rob is wearing a t-shirt that says Bad Religion, a beanie, and bit of his typical scruff.

Kristen Is Sad Without Rob

We told you that Kristen has been spending a lot of time with Marcus Foster, one of Rob’s best friends.

We first told you about Black Mask Studios, a hybrid digital/physical release model that planned on distributing content through multiple pipelines including mass market and direct-to-fan as well as the existing comics market, way back in March of 2012.

Today some big names have come together to make it official.

THR is reporting that Black Mask Studios -- the recently formed transmedia publishing company founded by comic book writer Steve Niles, entrepreneur and transmedia production shingle Halo-8's Matt Pizzolo and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz -- has recruited some of comics' biggest guns to help create its first wave of comic book titles.

Among the luminaries participating are Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore, V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd, Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus creator Art Spiegelman, The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, Mike Allred (Madman), Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League, Spider-Man), Molly Crabapple (Shell Game) and Wu-Tang Clan...

A whole new comic book publishing company is on the horizon from the deranged minds of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre), Matt Pizzolo (Occupy Comics, Godkiller, Halo-8) and  Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph Records) and we've got the details on their brand new comics. Find out which incredible writers and artists they've got signed on after the jump!

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Black Mask Studios -- the recently formed transmedia publishing company founded by comic book writer Steve Niles, entrepreneur and transmedia production shingle Halo-8's Matt Pizzolo and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz -- has recruited some of comics' biggest guns to help create its first wave of comic book titles. Among the luminaries participating are Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore, V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd, Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus creator Art Spiegelman, The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, Mike Allred (Madman), Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League, Spider-Man), Molly Crabapple (Shell Game) and Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and

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Despite oft-overlapping acts, massive music festivals have a tendency to always reflect their surroundings. No matter if Coachella is being headlined by a holographic Tupac or a bill brimming with early-90s Britpop nostalgia, the festival is always going to to feel like an outgrowth of Los Angeles--and be very different from Chicago's Lollapalooza.

This necessary connection is precisely why the first ever BottleRock Napa Valley is so interesting.

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Scheduled for this May in downtown Napa, the heart of Northern California's wine country, the four-day festival promises to bring both the region's famed reputation for culinary and wine-making excellence with a slightly more adult sensibility to the Bay Area's standard music festival experience.

Headlined by former Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir's band Furthur, poppy roots rockers Kings of Leon and Grammy-favorite blues rock duo The Black Keys, BottleRock...

R&B singer Frank Ocean was among the favorites in the weeks leading up to this year's 55th Annual Grammy Awards broadcast, riding the wave of critical appreciation that has buoyed the 25-year-old since he released "channel Orange" in July.

Early in the show, Ocean won Grammys for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (for "No Church in the Wild," with Jay-z and Kanye West). He was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best New Artist, tying with fun., Jay-z, West, Mumford & Sons and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys for the most nods of the year.

Ocean performed "Forrest Gump" during Sunday night's broadcast, appearing in front of an impressive video installation that recalled Kraftwerk's run at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

The singer's debut studio album was among the year's most-lauded projects, characterized by extremely personal musings on unrequited love ("Bad Religion...

Wait, everyone know who Frank Ocean is, right?

Actually, no.

Sure, he dominated the 2012 year-end best albums lists, and is entering the 2013 Grammys with a leading six nominations, including nods for best album and best new artist as well as two for singing the indelible hook on Kanye West and Jay-z's "No Church In The Wild." But Ocean's album "Channel Orange" has only sold 500,000 records and he's simply not a well-known name.

Yes, I know you love Frank's debut "Channel Orange," but your mom probably thinks he's Billy Ocean's son. Before you get out of this article and into our car, let me explain.

As serious music fans, we can get blinded by the fact that just because everyone we know is familiar with a musician or band, it doesn't mean the mainstream is. This was made crystal clear at the Grammys two years ago when Arcade Fire...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of A Day to Remember, Anthrax, Buckcherry, Of Mice and Men, Parkway Drive, Terror and more.

Don't touch that dial!

News

Disturbed frontman David Draiman will produce Trivium's as-of-yet untitled sixth album.

Terror have signed to Victory Records. The hardcore band's new album, Live By The Code, will be out in April.

Earth Crisis have signed to Candlelight Records. They'll enter the studio to record their ninth album in June.

Music

Stream Bad Religion's new album, True North, here. The punk legends' sixteenth album is out this week on Epitaph records.

Listen to Anthrax's cover of Rush's "Anthem" here. It's from their upcoming covers Ep, Anthems, which comes out March 19 via Megaforce.

Listen to a new Soilwork song entitled "This Momentary Bliss" here. The Swedish melodic death metal...

Oh Frank Ocean. After you dropped your critically acclaimed debut album, sang at the VMAs and came out on Tumblr, only to have celebs like Beyonce go out of their way to support you, thus proving that there is some shred of goodness left in the world, it’s no wonder you thought you were on a long-term winning streak. Your utterly amazing 2012 is also probably the reason you were cocky and/or foolish enough to drive 90mph in a 65mph zone while smoking pot. You’re like the new Icarus, Frank. You flew too high on wings of weed! Which would actually explain the legend of Icarus…

According to TMZ, the “Bad Religion” singer was pulled over in Mono County, California on New Year’s Eve for speeding in his BMW. The arrested officer noticed the vehicle smelled like like the set of a Harold & Kumar sequel, and promptly...

It was the year of the underdog. Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean went off on his own and captured the world’s attention with his stellar songwriting. Doing very few interviews, and rarely figuring on TV or in front of paparazzi cameras, even during the promotion of his debut album Channel Orange. Ocean let his music speak for itself. With one big exception: the letter he wrote on his Tumblr on July 3. It was a missive that he’d originally planned to include in his liner notes disclosing that his first love was a man. His coming out was met with cheers from fans and peers, who applauded his bravery. A week later, his debut shot to No. 2 on the Billboard charts selling over 130,000 units in its first week. Frank Ocean’s smooth voice, impeccable songwriting and low-key profile are why he’s #10 on our list of celebrities who dominated...

As the year comes to an end, and the more I reflect upon the good and bad the last 365 days have wrought, the more I realize what a tremendous year it's been in pop culture.

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Not only a banner year for film, music and television but also music on television. From scripted to reality to televised concerts, the ear and the eye were delighted in equal measure throughout 2012 making it nearly impossible to select TV's 12 Best Musical Moments of 2012. Emphasis on nearly.

12. Taylor Swift's First Live I Knew You Were Trouble Performance

From the minute this dubstep-tinged track first worked its way into my heart, I was infatuated. The progressive and form-breaking sound was perfectly matched by Taylor's most grand performance to date. Calling to mind great set pieces like Madonna's Vogue and Britney's Slave 4 U, Swift quickly sent the message that her sound wasn't the only...

For the second year in a row, I’ve taken it upon myself to boil down some of what I feel is the year’s best music and boil it down to an accessible CD-80-friendly package, with the additional challenge of accompanying them with clips from some of the year’s more notable films. I pushed myself to the limits of my time-cruching abilities this time around; I still fell just shy of my 40-track goal, but I did cram in more movies this year, thanks partially to the brilliant idea of including some choice soundtrack snippets as well.

It’s also a more eclectic bunch than last year: this time around, there’s a little more punk, a little more folk, a little more metal, and a little more hip-hop and r n’ b. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Below, you’ll find a download link with...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Aerosmith, Coheed and Cambria, Bad Religion, All That Remains, Green Day, Hatebreed, Johnny Marr, Suicide Silence and more. Don't touch that dial!

News

Suicide Silence vocalist Mitch Lucker passed away last week after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle crash. Our hearts go out to his young daughter, his wife and all of his family, friends and fans. May he rest in peace.

Hatebreed will release their new album, The Divinity of Purpose, on January 29 via Razor & Tie. The artwork can be seen here.

Johnny Marr release a solo album entitled The Messenger on February 26 via Sire/Ada. This marks the influential The Smiths guitarist's first solo venture.

Music

Stream Aerosmith's new album, Music From Another Dimension!, here. The legendary rockers' 15th studio album is out this week on Columbia Records.

The younger gamer in all of us was very happy to hear the announcement that Mr Hawk was making a nostalgic come back. In the days of the original Playstation many of us spent hour upon hour guiding the Hawkman and his friends through the various board-based challenges the game had to offer. From the sound track to the level design, the early Tony Hawk games bring back treasured childhood memories for many, many a gamer and now they are back!

It was starting to look like developer Robomodo couldn’t do anything right. After taking the reigns of the series from Neversoft, Robomodo have produced two of the worst games in Tony Hawk’s history, in the form of Tony Hawk: Ride and Tony Hawk: Shred. The new direction for the series was based on the idea that players would want to control their skater with a plastic skateboard peripheral,...

Here at Ology, there's only thing we love more than talking to our favorite musicians, artists, athletes and celebrities: not talking to them. In our ongoing series of Non-Interviews, we'll be asking hard, probing, no-nonsense questions to a rotating cast of influential men and women who are much too busy to actually speak with us.

As you've all heard by now, Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean's long-awaited debut album channel Orange is online now and available in (most) stores next Tuesday. Over the past month, rumors surrounding Ocean's sexuality began to surface when fans and early reviewers began noticing a lot of "he"s and "him"s in songs like "Bad Religion" and "Forrest Gump." Ocean attempted to clear the air by publishing a beautifully written Tumblr post poetically describing an unrequited first love with another man. Yet despite rave critical reviews (including ours), much the buzz surrounding channel Orange...

Scheduled for transmission July 17th

channel Orange isn’t arriving in-store until then However, it’s already in the world’s collective ears, sitting in its collective iTunes, and has been since a week prior to that date. This might sound like just another victim in the online age of music, when the public are impatient and songs are free before there’s been a price put on them for release. It’s not though.

No, much like Frank Ocean’s career to date this ‘leak’ took place on his own terms. That’s just how Frank does things, on his own terms and fearlessly. Kickstarted by Hurricane Katrina, Frank left the turmoil of his hometown New Orleans to chase the American Dream. Heading for Los Angeles, he was pursuing a recording career.

From that humble beginning at just eighteen, it’s been a quietly meteoric rise for Frank. Once...

Birthday shoutouts go to Gale Harold (above), who is 43, Fiona Shaw is 54, Alec Mapa is 47, Sofia Vergara is 40, Jessica Simpson is 32, and Neil Tennant is 58. What are your fave Pet Shop Boys songs? Here are mine: 5. "West End Girls," 4. "Suburbia," 3. "It's A Sin," 2. "Domino Dancing." 1. "What Have I Done To Deserve This."

Anthony Hopkins is Methusaleh. Oh, and he's joining the cast of Noah.Dianna Agron and Grant Gustin are the latest mentors signed for The Glee Project. Billy Campbell will play one hot Abe in Killing Lincoln, based on the facts-challenged book by Bill O'Reilly. If you were wondering if Madeline Stowe was returning to Revenge, TV Line has the answer.Catuesday! What do you call a cat that has swallowed a duck? A duck filled fatty puss.Tasty like a raindrop, Chris Colfer's got the look.Below you can see Frank Ocean perform "Bad Religion" last night...

Frank Ocean gave his first TV performance Monday, singing the unrequited love song "Bad Religion" on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." The Fallon performance came just days after the hip-hop and R&B artist came out in a long online post describing his unreturned love for another man. "Bad Religion" chronicled a similar situation. "I could never make him love me, no," sang Ocean, backed by a string section and Fallon's house band, The Roots. Ocean also surprised fans by releasing his debut album, "Channel Orange," on iTunes a week ahead of schedule. It...

It's been quite a week for Frank Ocean, but Monday night was all about the music. The R&B star, known best as part of the Odd Future crew and now striking off on his own solo career, made his television performance debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon by singing his new single "Bad Religion" with a little help from backing band The Roots. It's a crooning track off his new album, Channel Orange, and the lush notes and obvious soul with which he sang drew raving applause from the studio audience. Of course, the support had extra meaning; over

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