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Ice Cube was all set to release his new album, I Am The West this summer, but has since been delayed — all due to paperwork issues.

He said, “I’ve been working my ass off trying to get it done for you but I ran out of time. The music is right but the paperwork isn’t and since I’m working with a few new producers the contracts are taking a little longer than usual, so I missed my turn-in date.”

It’s being reported that his new album might get released this September. Are you excited for some new music from him?

Fefe Dobson has just premiered her new video for Ghost and I’m loving it! This song is a perfect mix of spunky rock mixed in with that Alanis Morissette You Oughtta Know edge.

Check out the full video after the jump! (continue reading…)

Despite saying that they had no plans to release an album this year, Radiohead has decided to do just that.

Contact Music reports:

In a new interview, guitarist Ed O’Brien said, “We’re in the heart of the record. It’s genuinely exciting. It’s very different from what we did last time. It’s really nice to be doing this. It’s so good to be making music with the band that you feel is still as good as it’s ever been. Ideally, it would be great if it came out sometime this year. It has got to. I hope so. We’re at the finishing line. When you’re making a record, a film, writing a book for ages and ages, you think the finishing line is miles away. Now it feels it’s in touching distance. But of course, it being a creative process, at the last bit also, you have bursts of energy, you achieve a lot of things in a small period of time and then you’re nearly there, it might slow down. But yeah, hopefully it will be a matter of weeks.”

Will you buy their upcoming album? I will if they do it like they did In Rainbows.

Iron Maiden are gearing up for the release of their fifteenth studio album, The Final Frontier, on August 16, 2010.

On their official website, they’ve posted this:

The release date for IRON MAIDEN’S new studio album THE FINAL FRONTIER is now confirmed for Monday 16th August.

The new album pictured here features artwork illustrated by Melvyn Grant and, to mark the occasion, the band have made special arrangements for one new album track ‘EL DORADO’ to be made available Worldwide as a FREE digital download MP3 with immediate effect.

Get El Dorado HERE free!

The official track listing: (continue reading…)

Black Tide broke onto the music scene in a big way in 2008 with their fist-pumping, fret-burning, fast-paced metallic anthems on their Interscope Records debut Light From Above. Now the Florida based quartet is at Spin Studios in New York recording their follow-up with producers GGGarth (Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against) and Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God). The as-yet-untitled sophomore set will be released fall 2010!

Light From Above was released in March 2008 and garnered instant acclaim stateside with Rolling Stone naming the band one of the “Best Rookies of 2008” and “Metal’s New Teen Titans.” Spin Magazine went on to tap them as one of the “Next Big Things” and overseas Kerrang named them the “Best New Band of 2008!” Lead vocalist/guitarist Gabriel Garcia, bassist Zakk Sandler, drummer Steven Spence and guitarist Austin Diaz immediately took to the road and to date has rocked over 300 shows in over 16 countries with over 1 million fans!

Black Tide is one of a young, new generation of rock bands who are equally at home in the metal, hard rock, and alternative worlds as evidenced by their inclusion on various package tours – Vans Warped Tour, Ozzfest, Mayhem Festival- and as support for artists such as Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Escape the Fate and more.

Light From Above has sold over 100,000 albums and the band has had over 1 million views of their Youtube videos.

I really love Black Tide, they sound a lot like early Motley Crue. We’ll be picking this up when it goes on sale, for sure. Shockwave is my favorite song by them, what’s yours?

T.I. has just released the highly anticipated title and release date for his upcoming album. The new album’s title is King Uncaged and has been given a release date of Tuesday, August 24th!

Are you excited for the new album?

Clay Aiken’s new album, titled, Tried & True is being released on June 1, 2010.

Check out the track listing, below!

• Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
• What Kind Of Fool Am I?
• It’s Only Make Believe
• Misty
• Mack the Knife
• It’s Impossible
• Unchained Melody
• Suspicious Minds
• Crying
• There’s A Kind of Hush
• Moon River

According to Contact Music, The Specials are thinking about recording a new album.

Lead singer Terry Hall has said that the group is positive about the idea of recording a third album after finishing up their 30th anniversary reunion tour next month.

Terry said, “Nothing has been written. We’ve played around a bit, but we’ve all agreed that if we’re going to make an album, it’s got to be an incredibly great album. If we’re up for that, and we think that we have the parts in place, there’s no reason we won’t start recording. I think at this level we need to play for a while, like we did before we had a record deal.”

We’ve just received the new artwork for Erykah Badu’s new album, New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh! Check it out above, what do you think?

Here is the tracklist:

• 1. 20 Feet Tall
• 2. Window Seat
• 3. Agitation
• 4. Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)
• 5. Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long
• 6. Umm Hmm
• 7. Love
• 8. You Loving Me (session)
• 9. Fall In Love (your funeral)
• 10. Strawberry Incense
• 11. Out My Mind, Just In Time

The Strokes are releasing a new album for the first time in four years!

According to drummer Fab Moretti, the band are hoping to have their new album ready for a September release. He said, “We’ve been recording a bunch – basic tracks are done. Now we’re just running around like kids in a candy shop.”

NME reports:

Speaking of the album sessions, he said that they were “pretty much a free for all – whoever has the best idea [contributes]… coming back in and writing music was kind of like riding a bicycle”.

The Strokes had previously revealed that they are working with producer Joe Chiccarelli on the album.

Are you excited for some new material from them?

Rumor has it that Shirley Manson is getting Garbage back together to release a new album soon.

Shirley has hinted at a new album for fans after hinting on Facebook that she and her Garbage bandmates spent some time in the studio recently.

She said, “Guess who I just spent a week in the studio with? Would you be pleased if I said one of them was called Steve and one of them was called Duke and another was a Grammy-winning producer?”

The new album will be a followup to 2005′s “Bleed Like Me”. I’m excited! Are you?