• Rihanna, Beyonce and Lil Wayne will perform at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks, taking place at the Radio City Musical Hall on September 5th. Mariah Carey, Kid Rock and Fergie will be on hand as well.
• TV on the Radio will release their third album Dear Science, (comma included) on September 23rd.
• Radiohead’s In Rainbows and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss‘ Raising Sand are among the favorites of the 12 contenders for this year’s Mercury Prize. Check out all the nominees after the jump.
• Paul Westerberg has released his new album 49 — a single 49 minute MP3 — on Amazon, available at a price of 49 cents.

Mercury Prize Nominees
Adele – 19
British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
Burial – Untrue
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
Estelle – Shine
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim
Neon Neon – Stainless Style
Portico Quartet – Knee-Deep In The North Sea
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Rachel Unthank And The Winterset – The Bairns

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