[Updated: 5:58 P.M.]
NEWS:
- BEYONCE, TAYLOR SWIFT, GAGA Lead Grammy Noms
Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Kanye, MGMT also receive nods. [SPIN]
- CHRIS BROWN Apologizes for RIHANNA Assault on ‘Good Morning America’
“I’ve never ever had problems with anger,” Brown said. “I thought, ‘How could I be that person?'” [MTV]
- FLEET FOXES‘ ROBIN PECKNOLD Talks New Album
“I don’t think the world needs another trad-folk record.” [Pitchfork]
- KID CUDI Taps SNOOP, PHARRELL for New Album
“I already got five tracks locked in,” the rapper said of his next release, Cudder. [MTV]
- ARCADE FIRE: New Album in 2010
Sources say the untitled album is expected in May. [SPIN]
- MARILYN MANSON: “I’m Back with Evan Rachel Wood”
Plus: the shock rocker talks about his “badass” new music. [SPIN]
- LED ZEP Reunion Fueled Formation of THEM CROOKED VULTURES
John Paul Jones talks about Robert Plant and joining forces with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme. [Spinner]
- EDITORS Announce U.S. Tour, Album Release Date
In This Light And On This Evening drops Jan. 19; tour follows in February. [NME]
- LIAM GALLAGHER Talks ‘New’ OASIS
“We’ve got all the songs done… without Noel at all,” the cocky Brit singer says of the band’s next album. [SPIN]
- LADY GAGA Kicks Off ‘Monster’ Tour
Thongs, stilettos, and video vomiting highlight the Boston opening night of the pop starlet’s tour. [SPIN]
- Guitarist: New PAVEMENT Music “Inevitable”
Pavement’s Scott Kannberg says the indie rockers will record again — assuming their 2010 reunion goes smoothly. [SPIN]
- OF MONTREAL and BEYONCE to Collaborate?
Pop diva confesses desire to work with the band, and now leader Kevin Barnes is “fully psyched” to join forces. [Paste]
- LIL WAYNE Welcomes a Baby Boy
Neal Carter, Weezy’s son with singer Nivea, is the rapper’s second child this year. [MTV]
- STROKES to Headline Scotland’s RockNess Fest
Event goes down June 11-13 in Inverness. [RockNess]
- BEN GIBBARD and JAY FARRAR Announce More Tour Dates
Duo will bring their Jack Kerouac-inspired album to the West Coast and Midwest in 2010. [Death Cab for Cutie]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: FANFARLO‘s New Video
London sextet roam an Upstate, NY, forrest in their ode to sc-fi writer Harold T. Wilkins. [Stereogum]
- LISTEN: GREEN DAY Record “21 Guns” with Cast of ‘American Idiot’ Musical
Arena-filling punk anthem gets punched up with theatrical flair — and strings! [Spinner]
- WATCH: THE CRIBS Rock ‘Letterman’
Brit band (minus Johnny Marr) perform “I’m a Realist.” [Stereogum]
- LISTEN: SUBMARINES‘ Trippy New Video
It’s a psychedelic tea party on the set of the L.A. trio’s “Submarine Symphonika” clip. [YouTube]
- LISTEN: COLD WAR KIDS Soulful New Tune
SoCal quartet fuse tropical grooves and soaring vocal harmonies on “Coffee Spoon.” [EW]
- LISTEN: SHOUT OUT LOUDS‘ New Song
Swede quintet sing about drinking and taking too many pills in “Walls.”[Spinner]
- LISTEN: SANTIGOLD Remixes NORAH JONES
Santi transforms the singer/songwriter’s hot-blooded soul tune into a cold, electro drone. [Stereogum]
- LISTEN: VIVIAN GIRLS Cover 1950s Girl Group
Brooklyn punks get fuzzy on a rendition of the Chantels’ “He’s Gone.” [Vivian Girls]
- DOWNLOAD: SHEARWATER‘s New Song
Frontman Jonathan Meiburg goes tribal on “Castaways,” a track off the band’s February release, The Golden Archipelago.[Matador]
- LISTEN: BEACH HOUSE‘s “Silver Soul”
Baltimore duo get woozy on a leaked track from their January Sub Pop debut, Teen Dream. [Aziz is Bored]
