We're looking forward to the Mars Volta's fifth studio album, Octahedron, due on June 22nd. And we can't wait to see them perform down at Bonnaroo.

Above, you'll find a radio rip of the first US single from Octahedron, "Since We've Been Wrong." The song is much mellower than previous Volta releases, and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has said that the album will feature some acoustic numbers. 

Judging by the UK single "Cotopaxi," (below) that description doesn't apply to every song on the disc.

Photo: SONY

Last week was the conclusion to the Jeopardy! College Championship.

Patrick Tucker (above), a senior at Notre Dame and a political science major, took home the $100K top prize and the utmost respect from the S.S.

During one of his interview segments, Tucker revealed that everyone on campus thinks he's the spitting image of Chris Martin!

Do you see the resemblance?

We do!

Check out this clip from last night's 30 Rock finale. 

Cameos by Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, two Beasties, Sheryl Crow, Rachel Yamagata, Michael McDonald, and many more...

Of Montreal - "Teenage Unicorn Fisting" 

[Video: Pete Maiden/Eric Helton; Editing by Eric Helton]

Last November, Bob Dylan drove from Minnesota to River Heights, Winnepeg, Canada, to visit the childhood home of Neil Young.

Photo: Strauss/WireImage

Yesterday we rang up our drinking buddy Kid Rock at the adult amusement park he calls home, near Detroit. We called to congratulate Rock for selling out all 35,000 seats of Comerica Park -- home of the Detroit Tigers -- in less than thirty minutes! Tickets went so fast for the July 17th hometown show that they added another night. “We try to do a lot of stuff to make it so everybody can come out,” he says. “The most important thing is keeping tickets right. Not to get greedy.” Those gigs are part of a huge Summer tour of the U.S.    

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The Dead Weather, the supergroup featuring Jack White on drums, have announced their first US tour, scheduled for July and August.

The shows begin with a one-off in Louisville on June 11th,  then pick up again on July 13th at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, before running across North America for the following two months. Two festival stops -- The Ottawa Blues Festival in Ottawa and the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco -- are also planned.

Jack White's new studio/label Third Man will release the Dead Weather's debut album, Horehound, on July 14th. In the meantime, you can get two tracks, "Hang You From the Heavens," and "Are Friends Electric?" on iTunes.

A presale for the Dead Weather tour will start on Wednesday, May 13th at noon on the band's website. As an added bonus, fans opting for presale tickets will have the chance to pre-order Horehound at a discounted price. Dates for the tour after the jump. 

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Check out this new tune from Lily Allen, "Why." It's a b-side featured on the single release "Not Fair."

We really like it!

Check out the album art above for the cover of Wilco's upcoming release, Wilco (the album). On our trip down to Mexico we had our advance copy of the new disc on repeat, and it's a beautiful thing.

According to Wilco's website, the album will be available everywhere on "June 30th, at the latest."

Here's the official track listing:

"Wilco (the song)"
"Deeper Down"
"One Wing"
"Bull Black Nova"
"You And I"
"You Never Know"
"Country Disappeared"
"Solitaire"
"I'll Fight"
"Sonny Feeling"
"Everlasting Everything"

What do ya think?