Andrew Tijs, Author at Noise11.com

Have your brain warped by the hypnotic witchcraft of Seattle avant garde hip-hop collective Shabazz Palaces.

Kanye West and The Neptunes produce Pusha T’s first official solo album, with Diddy, 50 Cent, Pharrell and others appearing.

Brazil’s biggest metal export, Sepultura, has got a new drummer.

Billy Corgan jokes about drugs, Bruno Mars hates puppies, Pete Yorn duets with Scarlett Johansson, Ice Cube goes to Vegas, and heaps more.

Fractious and fun Welsh rock unit Future Of The Left stream their new EP online before their Australian tour.

Canadian ethereal pop group Austra, Pitchfork faves Girls and South London producer SBTRKT announce sideshows.

Grouplove hit Letterman, 50 Cent hints about his next album, Bon Jovi post up big tour snaps, Sia studio schmoozes with stars, and heaps more.

In Brazil, Courtney Love whips her top off, then storms offstage, then returns to slag Dave Grohl.

Amanda Palmer’s punk cabaret outfit The Dresden Dolls announce their first shows in Australia since 2006.

Irish heartbreaker Ronan Keating announces a 2012 tour with Sharon Corr of The Coors.

Gunners tweet onstage pics, Portishead, The Flaming Lips and PVT talk Harvest, NKOTB book NYC NYE gig, Willow Smith gets hacked, and heaps more.

Japanese masters of rock weirdness, Boris, book a run of dates in Australia for March next year.

Susan Boyle’s third album Someone To Watch Over Me shuffles the top ten down in this week’s chart wrap.

Canadian art-core band Fucked Up have announced a couple of shows alongside their Foo Fighters support.

Michael Stipe visits Colbert, Dillinger/Mastodon side project reveals their name, Will.I.Am is on a large plane, Jennifer Hudson watches Dreamgirls, and heaps more.

Brisbane brats Bleeding Knees Club plug their new single ‘Teenage Girls’ with an East Coast tour.

Seal goes soul again, and Glee get in the yuletide spirit in a long list of new releases out today.

Hear the new The Black Keys new song that they’re debuting for Record Store Day.

Eddie Vedder, Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones, Smiths’ Johnny Marr and more will appear on comedy Portlandia.

Brit boyband One Direction spoke to Noise11 about their mammoth success and reveal their album release date.

Taio Cruz sucks up to Coldplay, Steve Aoki has a Tiesto collab, Katy Perry sells her clothes, Flea has presidential plans, and heaps more.

On his way for Bluesfest, Brian Setzer books sideshows for his Rockabilly Riot.

Canadian stoner rock goofballs Monster Truck present their second EP, with guest vocals from Alexisonfire’s George Pettit.

Goldfrapp finish a world tour in Chile, Nickelback have a new clip, Nicki Minaj gets props from Prince, GWAR introduce their new guitarist, and heaps more.