Lollapalooza 2012 Lineup Leaked

  Lollapalooza's 2012 lineup has supposedly leaked online over the weekend.  While the official announcement isn't suppose to be announced until Wednesday April 11th, this looks pretty legit.  The headliners include Red Hot Chile Pepper, Black Sabbath, The Black Keys, and Jack White. 

  Lollapalooza takes place between August 3rd and 5th at Chicago's Grant Park this year.

Video: The Black Keys: 'Gold on the Ceiling'

The Black Keys

The Black Keys have released a new video for their new single 'Gold on the Ceiling' off the newest album El Camino.  The band is currently in the middle of a massive UK and US tour, check out the dates in your city here.


Check out The Black Keys new Video for 'Gold on the Ceiling'

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Black Sabbath Was Originally Confirmed To Play Coachella

Black Sabbath

  Coachella this year was suppose to look a little different.  Black Sabbath was originally confirmed to headline the yearly festival, but had to pull out just days before the official lineup due to the news of Toni Iommi's lymphoma diagnosis.

  The Festival has not revealed what band was added at the last minute.  The official headline lineup is Radiohead, the Black Keys and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.  The full three day lineup can be found here. This year will be the first time for the festival to be held over two weekends (April 13-15, April 20-22).

  Still without the reunion of Black Sabbath there are still some great reunions in the desert, Refused, At The Drive-In, and Mazzy Star.

The Black Keys Blame the State of Rock on Nickelback. Update:

  According to The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney "Rock and roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world"  Carney commented "[Musicians] became OK with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be shit- therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world."

The Black Keys

  "Rock and roll is the music I feel the most passionately about, and I don't like to see it fucking ruined and spoon fed down our throats in this watered- down, post-grunge crap, horrendous shit."

  With people like Lady Gaga and Ke$ha threatening to make rock albums in 2012 and "save rock music", Skrillex teaming up with Korn for 'The Path of Totality', and Rap and Hip- Hop mostly dominating the charts over the last 10 years.  What will happen to rock music? Will it continue its current path or will rock again dominate the charts?  With what The Black Keys have been doing, Carney better be careful they could soon enough be lumped in with the biggest bands in the world.

UPDATE: Nickelback has responded on twitter. "thanks to the drummer in The Black Keys calling us the biggest band in the world in Rolling Stone. HEHE". Nickelback I guess chose to ignore the rest of what Carney was saying, that the band was "shit".



   The Black Keys' seventh studio album El Camino is out now.


 Rock music is definitely making a cultural shift,  but is it for the better?  Where will it go?  Let us know what you think.