Elvis Costello plays new song for Newsweek and bashes Steve Jobs for making iPods

The constantly energetic Elvis Costello will be expanding his respectable catalog next week with yet another album, titled “The Secret, The Profane, and the Sugarcane.” Recently he paid a visit to Newsweek’s Pop Vox music session, where he played his latest single “Sulphur to Sugarcane,” a moving southern anthem. That’s not all though, besides playing his song, Elvis also discussed a bit about contemporary country music, Stevie Wonder and, inevitably, digital music. Being a ferm…

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Elvis Costello teams up with Fall Out Boy on new single

Talk about unlikely pairs, Elvis Costello and Fall Out Boy. He’s not the only one collabing with the emo stars, though, so the compromise isn’t that obvious. “What A Catch, Donnie,” is the Fall Out Boy’s third single, off their new album, “Folie à Deux,” that features cameos of various artists, playing Fall Out Boy songs. Other celebrities, featured as cameos in the song, include Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes (“Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”),…

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New Music Monday: 21 April

Hope you’ve saved some money folks, cause this week’s a definite killer, in terms of new release. We’ve got tons of new music, spearheaded by titan Elvis Costello, closely followed by the British lo-fi rockers Elbow. Another interesting release to pick up is the debut album from The Shadow Puppets, titled The Age Of The Understatement, formed by Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and MIles Kane (The Rascals). And of course I couldn’t have rapped up…

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Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello team up for fall tour

[tag]Bob Dylan[/tag] and [tag]Elvis Costello[/tag] are set to tour together in an 13 dates long string of gigs, all around the US. The tour featuring the two iconic figures will kick off in Duluth, Georgia on September 22, before coming to a epic halt in Rochester, NYC on October 9. Presale tickets can be bought Bob Dylan’s website. Dates after the jump.

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