- A Rolling Stone list that doesn’t suck? Man, who would’ve thought.
- The new albums out for this week!
- Flaming Lips gets profiled by Reuters.
- Portishead has started working on a new album.
- Bombadil pays a visit to the Daytrotter sessions.
- U2 is not turning a profit off of their 360 tour. Woot?
- A Sam Cooke biopic is in pre-production.
- After Noel Gallagher left Oasis, rumors have it that he’ll be soon joining Kasabian full time. Don’t really see this one going through though.
- Fever Ray interview by The Decider.
- Dirty Projectors premier a new song live at Jimmy Fallon’s show.
- The 50 worst songs of the 2000s by Gigwise.
- The much discussed Kanye West/Lady Gaga tour has been canceled (thank God!).
- Vampire Weekend have a chat with Pitchfork about their upcoming sophomore album.
- Neil Diamond covers Adam Sandler for his Christmas special.
- Remember the Jack White vs Von Bondies incident from a few years back? Well, it seems like something similar happened between Wavves and The Black Lips a few days ago when a fight erupted. Stick to music, guys, leave the fist throwing to the bouncers.
- U2 performs “Ultraviolet (Light My Way)” live at SNL.
- New/old Nirvana live song surfaced!
- A new Burial track published by GvsB.
- Thom Yorke has a new live band!
- Chromwaves posted an awesome review of The Twilight Sad’s Forget The Night Ahead.
- St. Vincent talks about the much raved New Moon soundtrack.
- 5 Albums that would make better Soundtracks for the NHL than “Back in Black”
Various mp3s posted over the week:
[MP3] Pheonix – ‘Rome’ (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart)
[MP3] Thom Yorke – Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
[MP3] Thom Yorke – The Hollow Earth
[MP3] The Avett Brothers – Kick Drum Heart
[MP3] The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
[MP3] Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix / Deakin’s jam)
[MP3] Nirvana – ‘Scoff (Live At Pine Street Theatre)’