[Updated: 4:24 P.M.]
NEWS:
- New INTERPOL Album Due In Early 2010
Drummer Sam Fogarino says release will sound like their acclaimed 2002 debut. [Paste Magazine]
- MARTHA STEWART, JAY-Z Celebrate DIDDY‘s 40th Birthday In NYC
Rick Ross, Nelly, Oprah-sidekick Gayle King, and more were also in attendance. [MTV]
- EMINEM to Release ‘Relapse: Refill’ December 21
Album features all Relapse tracks, plus seven new songs. [Eminem]
- LEMONHEADS‘ EVAN DANDO Announces U.S. Tour
Solo outing kicks off in January in New Jersey. [CMJ]
- SPOON Plot ‘Transference’ Concerts
Austin, TX, band unveil handful of winter dates behind new album. [Pitchfork]
- GREEN DAY Record “21 Guns” With Cast of ‘American Idiot’
Punk trio will also shoot a video for a new version of the 21st Century Breakdown single. [Green Day]
- IGGY AND THE STOOGES to Play ‘Raw Power’ at ATP New York 2010
As part of the Don’t Look Back series, Mudhoney will also perform Superfuzz Bigmuff. [Pitchfork]
- THEM CROOKED VULTURES Plotting Second Album
“It’s going to be even more powerful,” said Dave Grohl.[NME]
- DEATH CAB‘s New Album Influenced by WILCO
Seattle band hope to record after New Moon hoopla calms down. [MTV]
- One Dead In MILEY CYRUS Tour Bus Crash
The Hannah Montana singer isn’t onboard the vehicle that overturned outside Richmond, VA. [SPIN]
- DAFT PUNK Planning 2010 World Tour?
Dates leak online, including July gig at Yankee’s Stadium. [NME]
- BONNAROO Announces 2010 Dates
Fest will hit farmlands outside Manchester, TN, June 10-13. [Billboard]
- RINGO Recruits PAUL MCCARTNEY for New Album
Joss Stone, Joe Walsh, and Van Dyke Parks appear on Y, out in January. [Gigwise]
- CRIBS Announce U.S. Tour
Brit quartet — featuring ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr — hit the road in January. [MySpace]
- Ex-BETA BAND Frontman Readies Solo Album
Boys Outside, Steve Mason’s first release under his own name, drops in March 2010. [Spinner]
- FIERY FURNACES Vs. BECK
It’s a war of songs… and totally unintelligible blog posts. [Pitchfork]
- JACK WHITE Talks WANDA JACKSON, DEAD WEATHER, WHITE STRIPES
Rock journeyman wraps efforts with country legend, labors on new projects. [MTV]
- SEX, Shrugs & Rock’n’Roll at WOODIE AWARDS
Dead Weather, Passion Pit, Matt & Kim perform at the sexy MTV show that really puts the wood in Woodie. [SPIN]
- R. KELLY Wows His Hometown Chicago
The R&B crooner provide a master class in showmanship and bringing the hot hot heat. [SPIN]
- STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Nix Tour to Finish Album
“Interstate Love Song” rockers plan to release record “in the early spring.” [SPIN]
- BARONESS Rock D.C. on Opening Night
Savannah, GA, metal quartet artfully conjure the brilliance of their new album before a packed house. [SPIN]
- TOM WAITS, ANDREW BIRD, JIM JAMES Record With New Orleans Jazz Band
Pete Seeger, Dr. John and more contribute to Preservation, out Feb. 16. [Twentyfourbit]
- AEROSMITH: STEVEN TYLER Back on Drugs?
“That’s got to be a part of this irrational behavior,” says guitarist Brad Whitford. [SPIN]
- LIAM GALLAGHER Details Solo Album
Singer will record with other former Oasis members, hopes to release album in July.[NME]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: New KID SISTER Video
Chicago emcee gets fists pumping with Ultraviolet single “Right Hand Hi.” [The Boombox]
- LISTEN: SIA‘s New Dance Track
Ex-Zero 7 songstress lights up the dance floor with “You’ve Changed.” [Girlie Action]
- WATCH: ALICE IN CHAINS Preview New Video
Reunited band sit around a funeral home in snippet of “Your Decision” clip. [Metal Underground]
- WATCH: MICACHU AND THE SHAPES Soundtrack Crayon Commercial
And the advert works. Seriously, we want to melt our old Crayons into neat new colors, too. [Stereogum]
- WATCH: Early LADY GAGA: New Clip from 2005
Check out this talent show video of the brunette singer from her pre-stardom days. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: BECK‘s Experimental New Song
Boho rocker releases 7-minute freak-out about composer “Harry Partch.” [Beck]
- WATCH: New VAMPIRE WEEKEND Clip: “Cousins”
They’re back with a second track — and you’ll never imagine what it sounds like. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: BLACK KEYS Collabo with MOS DEF
“On the Vista” is the latest leak from the Keys’ rap-rock supergroup Blak Roc. [Prefix]