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CMJ 2007, Night Three: Tiny Masters Of Today, 1990s and British Sea Power | ARTICLE
One thousand or so bands (give or take a few shaggy haircuts) hit New York City every fall for the CMJ Music Marathon, a five-day band-a-palooza where new acts get noticed (see Arcade Fire) and scores more...
October 19, 2007 5:04 PM ET -
Death Cab for Cutie's Walla Battles Homeland Security, Discovers Krautrock | ARTICLE
Death Cab for Cutie can be forgiven for taking an abnormally long time working on the follow-up to 2005's Plans. The usually prolific band maybe needed to take a breath after pumping out five studio albums in...
October 19, 2007 1:46 PM ET -
Courtney Love to Executive Produce (Another) Drama About Kurt Cobain's Last Days | ARTICLE
Universal Pictures and 25th Hour screenwriter David Benioff are getting to work on Last Days an untitled drama about the life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Courtney Love, whose criteria when picking projects dealing with...
October 19, 2007 10:21 AM ET -
Michael Jackson Re-Releasing "Thriller," Avoiding Bahrain | ARTICLE
Hoping to resuscitate his sputtering career, Michael Jackson is reportedly returning to a reliable source: his own 1982 album Thriller. According to reports, Jackson plans to spruce up the 25th anniversary addition of...
October 18, 2007 1:03 PM ET -
iTunes Plus Subtracting Price, Adding Indies | ARTICLE
Since iTunes Plus launched with cautious fanfare in late May, things have been relatively quiet on the Plus front. The service, which mainly featured EMI's stacked catalogue (sans Beatles and Radiohead), offers higher-quality, DRM-free...
October 17, 2007 1:05 PM ET -
Jimmy Page Doesn't Rule Out New Led Zeppelin Music, Tour | ARTICLE
Even though their highly anticipated, Web site-crashing reunion concert is still one month and nine days away (we're counting), Jimmy Page is already considering what the future might hold for the reformed Led...
October 17, 2007 11:35 AM ET -
Rivers Cuomo Talks Solo Work, New Weezer Album, Ice Cube | ARTICLE
As we told you yesterday, Rivers Cuomo will soon release a compilation of demos without his Weezer counterparts. Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo 1992-2007 will hit aisles and digital shelves on December 12th....
October 17, 2007 10:47 AM ET -
Tweens Rejoice: Ticketmaster Defeats Evil Ticket-Snatching Monster | ARTICLE
Call it "Hannah Montana's Revenge": On the heels of a nationwide ticket scandal involving a certain Disney star and a Ticketmaster lawsuit, a U.S. district court judge has issued an injunction against Pittsburgh-based...
October 16, 2007 10:05 AM ET -
Springsteen Joined by Arcade Fire Members in Ottawa to Unearth "State Trooper" | ARTICLE
Folks in Ottawa had something more to celebrate this weekend than their hockey team's spot atop the NHL: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band brought their...
October 15, 2007 12:31 PM ET -
Led Zeppelin Catalog Landing on "All" Digital Music Services | ARTICLE
Downloading holdout Led Zeppelin announced early this morning that on November 13th, they would finally release their entire catalog to "all" digital music services. From I to Physical Graffiti to How the West...
October 15, 2007 9:33 AM ET -
"For What It's Worth," No Nukes Reunite After Thirty Years | ARTICLE
After almost three decades of near inactivity in the atomic sector, a bill has been sent to the U.S. government to loan $50 billion dollars...
October 12, 2007 1:11 PM ET -
Britney Spears Comeback Tracker: Album Tracklist Leak Joins Actual Album Leak; Brit Sues Perez, Plans Tour? | ARTICLE
With all the In Rainbows talk that's been flying around the office, we completely forgot to check in on Britney Spears yesterday, so to make amends, we present a trio of Brit stories. Spears'...
October 12, 2007 10:54 AM ET -
Say Anything Sing About Everything on Two-Disc "In Defense of the Genre" | ARTICLE
On their second major-label album, In Defense of the Genre, Max Bemis and his band Say Anything are breaking out the Mellon Collie as well as The Infinite Sadness. The group's double-disc concept album chronicles the last...
October 10, 2007 1:48 PM ET -
On the Charts: Springsteen Easily Bests Matchbox Twenty, Soulja Boy to Claim Number One | ARTICLE
The Big News: Bruce Springsteen coasted to the top of the Billboard charts for the eighth time, as his Magic debuted at number one with 335,000 copies sold. It was Springsteen's best-selling...
October 10, 2007 12:30 PM ET -
Hillary Clinton's Super Sweet Sixtieth Special Guest: Elvis Costello | ARTICLE
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is turning sixty, and to celebrate, the Hillary 60th Birthday Committee is inviting 2,800 of her closest friends (err, supporters) to enjoy a concert by Elvis Costello at New York's...
October 9, 2007 5:31 PM ET -
Nine Inch Nails Sever Ties With Universal Music, Join Radiohead on Free Agent Market | ARTICLE
We wondered what repercussions Radiohead's In Rainbows independently released, pay-what-you-want maneuver would have on the record industry. Let this serve as Exhibit A: After years of disagreeing and downright bad-mouthing his record label, Nine...
October 8, 2007 4:47 PM ET -
Jury Finds Minnesota Woman Guilty of Using P2P Program, Must Pay Richard Marx $9,250 | ARTICLE
RIAA 1, Kazaa Users 0. In the first trial involving the record-industry union versus an illegal downloader, a jury found Minnesota single mother Jammie Thomas guilty of infringing on music rights. ...
October 5, 2007 10:15 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: Spector Dances (Literally) and the Aftermath | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? After the first match of Spector vs. California ended in a mistrial, Team Spector made some roster moves before the rematch begins. Out is defense lawyer Roger Rosen and rumored to...
September 28, 2007 3:57 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: End Of Act One/Intermission | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Phil Spector avoided a lengthy jail sentence -- for now. By the final score of 10-2, guilty votes almost convicted Spector for the murder of Lana Clarkson, but thankfully for Phil, a...
September 27, 2007 8:30 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: It's A Mistrial | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? Round one in the Phil Spector murder trial is over. At roughly 2:30 PM EST today, the jury passed a note to Judge Fidler saying that they are still unable to come to...
September 26, 2007 5:03 PM ET
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