It has been announced that the legendary Van Morrison will headline the 2012 Green Man festival.

Also appearing at the event will be Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Feist, Jonathan Richman, Willy Mason, Damien Jurado, Slow Club, Tune-Yards and cult heroes Of Montreal.  The full line-up can be found on the Green Man website.

This year’s festival takes place in the Brecon hills – Glanusk Park, Wales – on August 17th, 18th & 19th.

Read a review of Van Morrison’s ‘Inarticulate Speech of the Heart’ here.
Read a review of Stephen Malkmus’s ‘Mirror Traffic’ here.

Seven years since the release of Fiona Apple’s ‘Extroadinary Machine’, the singer-songwriter is finally set to release her next studio work.

‘The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do’ (yes, really!) will be released on June 26th.

The confirmed tracklist is as follows:

01. Every Single Night
02. Daredevil
03. Valentine
04. Jonathan
05. Left Alone
06. Werewolf
07. Periphery
08. Regret
09. Anything We Want
10. Hot Knife

Now in its fifth year, Record Store Day is becoming a tradition among record collectors. Every year, various bands release very limited edition items – available from selected stores and only for one day – to encourage people to move away from the internet and shop at independent retailers.

The 2012 Record Store Day is to be held on Saturday, April 21st. As part of the celebrations, Ozzy Osbourne fans can expect two special vinyl only releases.

The first, ‘Live’ is a 2LP set capturing The Ozzman on his ‘Diary of a Madman’ tour of 1981 with guitarist Randy Rhoads. In conjunction with the 2LP set, a live recording of ‘Believer’ will be issued on polkadot 7″ vinyl.

4,400 copies of the 7″ have been pressed, but it has not been said how many of the 2LP set will be available.

Please note: while many stores choose to participate, not all indie retailers are part of Record Store Day, nor are all releases are available in all participating stores.

Progressive/tech-metal band Between The Buried & Me have announced the dates for their 2012 European visit.

Fans will have a while to wait, since the tour does not take place until the autumn, but there will be ample opportunity to catch the band live, since they will be making stops in various European territories.

The dates are as follows:

Oct. 10 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix 
Oct. 11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg 
Oct. 12 – Köln, Germany – Luxor 
Oct. 13 – Münster, Germany – Sputnikhalle 
Oct. 14 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega 
Oct. 16 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Slussen 
Oct. 17 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Sticky Fingers 
Oct. 18 – Hamburg, Germany – Logo 
Oct. 19 – Berlin, Germany – Lido 
Oct. 20 – Prague, Czech Republic – Rock Café 
Oct. 22 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Randall Club 
Oct. 23 – Budapest, Hungary – Dürer Kert 
Oct. 24 – Wien, Austria – Szene 
Oct. 25 – München, Germany – Backstage 
Oct. 27 – Novara, Italy – Rock´n´Roll Arena 
Oct. 28 – Zürich, Switzerland – Dynamo 
Oct. 29 – Stuttgart, Germany – Universum 
Oct. 30 – Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp 
Oct. 31 – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie  

Support at all shows will be provided by The Safety Fire.
The first date of the tour will also include a set by Periphery.

A new twelve minute interview with Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy mainman Max Cavalera has been posted on YouTube.

The interview was conducted by Captial Chaos on March 25th, prior to Soulfly’s headlining performance in California. You can view the chat below.

Soulfly’s eighth album, ‘Enslaved’ was released in March 2012 and featured the band returning to a more “brutal” metal sound, as practised by Cavalera Conspiracy.

You can watch Cavalera Conspiracy’s full performance from Hovefestivalen, Norway 2008 by clicking here.