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Tuesday’s Music Roundup

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[Updated: 5:31 P.M.]

NEWS:

    GRAMMY Performance Preview
    What to look for from the artists taking the stage on music’s biggest night of the year. [SPIN]
    KAREN O‘s ‘Wild Things,’ BRIAN ENO‘s ‘Lovely Bones’ Scores Not Eligible for Oscar
    Music from T Bone Burnett, Erran Baron Cohen, and Jason Schwartzman also disqualified. [The Wrap]
    BRET MICHAELS, SHARON OSBOURNE, CYNDI LAUPER Join DONALD TRUMP‘s ‘APPRENTICE’
    The new season starts March 14 at 9:00 P.M. EST on NBC. [Blabbermouth]
    PAVEMENT Announce ‘Best Of’ Album
    The 23-song collection Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement drops March 9. [Matador Records]
    MUSE Win Best Album Art Award
    Brit power rockers pick-up “Sleeve of the Year” honor from 12-inch record display case retailer Art Vinyl. [Spinner]
    RADIOHEAD‘s THOM YORKE Records 3 New Songs for Documentary About Tibet
    When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun also features new music from Damien Rice and Philip Glass. [Twenty-Four Bit]
    TRAVIS Frontman Recruits PAUL MCCARTNEY for New Solo Album
    Fran Healy’s Wreckorder also features a duet with Neko Case. [Fran Healy]
    RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Officially Hire New Guitarist
    Josh Klinghoffer replaces longtime axeman John Frusciante. [Music Radar]
    JOANNA NEWSOM Announces U.S. Tour Dates
    Harp-playing singer-songwriter hits the road in March for nine concerts. [Drag City]
    BONO: 10 Ways to Improve the New Decade
    From sexier cars to Star Trek-style physics, the U2 singer offers his suggestions to advance life on earth. [SPIN]
    NICK JONAS Debuts His New Rock Band Live
    The youngest JoBro wins over a lively Dallas crowd with his winsome blues-tinged love songs. [SPIN]
    The Release of LIL WAYNE‘s ‘Rebirth’ Delayed Until June
    The rapper’s long-awaited “rock’n’roll” album is pushed back for the 2,347th time. [USA Today]
    ANIMAL COLLECTIVE‘s Deacon Makes Solo Debut
    Band’s semi-inactive fourth member plays new material in Baltimore as warm up for fundraising trip to Africa. [SPIN]
    MGMT, DURAN DURAN, DEVENDRA BANHART to Play on DAVID BOWIE Tribute Album
    Vivian Girls, John Frusciante, and French First Lady Carla Bruni also appear on the May release. [Twenty-Four Bit]

MP3s & VIDEOS:

    WATCH: MICHAEL CERA Stars in New ISLANDS Video
    Superbad funny-man buys drugs, gets high in “No You Don’t” clip. [Pitchfork]
    WATCH: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN‘s McCulloch Unplugs for SPIN
    Watch the charismatic frontman perform four acoustic songs, including Echo’s classic “The Killing Moon”! [SPIN]
    LISTEN: New MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK Song
    Listen to “A Lifeless Ordinary” and watch the band tell the story behind the track! [SPIN]
    WATCH: KEVIN DEVINE‘s Emotional New Video
    Singer-songwriter’s clip for “Another Bag of Bones” artfully edits cartoons with disturbing images of war. [YouTube]
    DOWNLOAD: THE KNUX‘s New Album
    Hot New Orleans hip-hop duo say “Happy New Year!” with a free five-track EP. [SPIN]
    LISTEN: PEARL JAM Unearth Concert Audio from 1994
    Go back in time to EdVed and Co.’s April 3, 1994 gig at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. [Wolfgang’s Vault]
    WATCH: JAPANDROIDS Rock ‘Late Night’
    Vancouver, BC, duo play “Wet Hair,” from their debut album Post-Nothing. [Hulu]
    WATCH: MOS DEF‘s “History” Video
    NYC rapper reunites with Talib Kweli to pay tribute to Brooklyn. [MTV]
    WATCH: LENNY KRAVITZ Talks Leaked MICHAEL JACKSON Collabo
    The soulful rocker dishes on “Another Day,” a tune he recorded with the late King of Pop. [SPIN]
    WATCH: JAY-Z‘s Arty New Video
    Hova layers black-and-white images of burning basketballs, creepy clowns, and bloody skulls in “On To the Next One” clip. [YouTube]
    LISTEN: VAMPIRE WEEKEND‘s New Album
    Hear Contra via MySpace a week before its release. [SPIN]