albums

News about Wilco's eighth studio album has been leaking out for the past few weeks, but now we have official details: The Whole Love, the Chicago band's follow-up to 2009's Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album), will drop on September 27 via their own newly launched label, dBpm Records. Check out the LP's cover art. The Whole Love was recorded at Wilco's...

Lou Reed is about to take a walk on the wild side with Metallica. A few months ago, guitarist Kirk Hammett hinted that a new record was “not really 100 percent a Metallica record.” And so yesterday, the California-based heavy metal rockers revealed in a statement on their website that they have completed a full-length album with the legendary Velvet...

Red Hot Chili Peppers will release their new album, I'm With You, on August 30, 2011, according to bass player Flea. Flea was unable to contain his excitement when he announced the title and release date on Twitter, writing: “I'm With You August 30th!!! whahoooooo!!! yip! yippeeee!!!! whaaaaaaa!!!!!!! yes y3es ys ye s yes yes yeyeyeye yes yes yeslovelovelove.” The...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary bassist Bootsy Collins, known worldwide for pioneering funk music with James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic, released his first new album in five years, Tha Funk Capitol of the World, in late April. Collins collaborated with fellow P-Funkers George Clinton and Bernie Worrell on the record, along with an all-star lineup of musicians...

Drummer Jason Bonham has completed a track written by Led Zeppelin in 2008… but it will appear on the next Black Country Communion album. Bonham worked with Led Zep’s Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones on a reunion project following Led Zeppelin’s one-off London show in 2007. But all was abandoned when singer Robert Plant declined to take part, and...