The legendary former lead guitarist of KISS turns 57 today.

This summer, the U.S. will see the arrival of the Metal Masters Tour, featuring Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, and Testament. Geeks of Doom will be there!

Enter the Geeks of Doom contest to win the movie poster and CD Soundtrack for My Blueberry Nights.

MTV’s premieres its new reality series, a live musical competition show where the contestants are — get this one — the adult children of music legends and rock stars!

Ry Cooder provides the score while Norah Jones and other various artists round out this soundtrack to the upcoming Wong Kar Wai film.

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is taking on the film world with Chemical Wedding, a supernatural thriller he co-wrote based on occultist Aleister Crowley.

Come May, 15 classic Iron Maiden songs from the 1980s will be available for free download from the band’s official Web site!

The band Nine Inch Nails are giving away the first 9 tracks of their new album, Ghosts I–IV, as free MP3s.

This two-disc DVD set documents the history of 1970s prog rock legends Yes with video clips and extensive interviews.

Check out this music video dedicated to the one and only Jessica Alba from our friends at the Food Is Not Love podcast.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have the special Oscar moment after they win for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” from the film, Once.

Kurt Cobain - About a Son
Documentary, 135 minutes
Directed by AJ Schnack
Shout! Factory/Sidetrack Films
Available Feb. 19, 2008
“Kurt Cobain was a person just like everybody else, he cried, and laughed, loved his child, loved his wife, and was frustrated, and happy, and crabby, and jovial, and all those things. I think a lot of that has been […]

This 14-song CD is the original cast recording of the Broadway musical, based on the 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John.

This soundtrack from the Academy Award-nominated indie smash hit features The Kinks and Mott the Hoople, along with anti-folk singer Kimya Dawson and a duet from the film’s young stars.

Sacha Gervasi makes his directorial debut with this documentary on the 1980’s Cana

The 3-DVD package is an ambitiously expansive collection of music videos and concert footage from Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career.

Check out our handy guide below for all the coolest items this season has to offer in DVDs, music, books, comic books, video games, collectibles, electronics, and then some.

The former Beatle offers up a new solo album with accompanying bonus DVD.

In this live DVD/CD set, Blackmore’s Night — featuring legendary rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore — contains 2 hours of concert footage plus a 9-song live CD with 2 extra bonus tunes.

The complete concert DVD, which includes all fourteen songs and clocking in at 67 minutes, is the entire performance from the first tuning to band’s exit from stage.