Album News - Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones, The Kinks

Foo Fighters are set to begin recording their next studio album in September, frontman Dave Grohl has revealed.

Grohl, who is also set to release new Them Crooked Vultures material this year with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones, said that the band he heads up had just started the writing process for what will be their seventh studio album.

"Foo Fighters have just started writing and we're going to start recording in September so life is full of music," the guitarist/drummer told BBC 6 Music.


The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards has hinted that the band could hit the studio later this year.

Talking to Rolling Stone, the guitarist said that although no plans were set in stone new material before the end of 2010 could be on the cards for the veteran rockers.

"There's no definite plans, but I can't see any of them [band members] stopping," he explained. "I wouldn't be surprised if we did some recording later this year."

Despite the potential for a new album, Richards added that the band may consider scaling down any future touring plans.

"Maybe we'll search for a different way for the Stones to go back on the road, maybe not the football stadiums anymore," he admitted. "Maybe something different. You can't go around there in lemon-yellow tights forever."


The Kinks' Mick Avory has confirmed that the band are planning to release an album featuring old as-yet unreleased songs and possibly new material.

The band, who officially split up in 1996, already have "eight tracks" lined up for a new LP, he said.

"Things are always bubbling under or over with The Kinks," the drummer told SpinnerMusic.co.uk. "We are certainly doing another album. We've got old tracks which need to be baked. You have to go through this process to transfer them to digital, it's a bit of a process and you only get one shot at it."

He added, "We've certainly got eight tracks we could use there, so we're going to have to do some more to make the numbers up for an album."

Speaking about the problems between band members Ray and Dave Davies, Avory added that the delay in releasing the new album was because of the brothers' ongoing feud.

"In our case it's Ray and Dave that have got to work together," he said. "Once they've slotted together, we can go ahead. All the while they are not wanting to do what the other wants to do, it goes nowhere."