Detroit proto-punk outfit MC5 has announced that a new album of original MC5 songs will be released in October via Ear Music, a full 51 years after the release of the band’s last album. The album is also set to feature contributions from Kesha, Tom Morello, Alejandro Escovedo, Jill Sobule, and Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath.

The Hall Of Fame just announced this year’s nominees, and nine of the 15 are up for the first time - The Notorious B.I.G., the Dave Matthews Band, Whitney Houston, T. Rex, Thin Lizzy, Pat Benatar, Motörhead, and the Doobie Brothers. Other nominees have been up for induction many times - Kraftwerk six times, MC5 […]

Nominees for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, class of 2019.: Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Janet Jackson, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, MC5, Kraftwer, Def Leppard, Todd Rundgren, Rufus and Chaka Khan, LL Cool J, The Zombies, Devo, and John Prine. The top five vote-getters, as determined by a group of artists, […]