[Updated: 5:12 P.M.]
NEWS:
- Irish Chart-Toppers CRANBERRIES Reform, Plan Tour!
The band famous for “Linger” will write new material, tour U.S. later this year. [SPIN]
- YEAH YEAH YEAHS Replace BEASTIE BOYS at Austin City Limits
It’s a reprise of Lollapalooza: one New York trio cancels, another joins the lineup. [ACL Schedule]
- JAY-Z Plans 9/11 Benefit Gig in NYC
The date also marks the release of Hova’s new album, Blueprint 3. [SPIN]
- Members of TV ON THE RADIO, ELBOW Guest on MASSIVE ATTACK EP
Tunde Adebimpe, Guy Garvey, and more appear on the October release. [MassiveAttack.ie]
- TEGAN AND SARA: Album Details, Tour Dates
Check out the cover art for the duo’s October release. [SPIN]
- BILL O’REILLY Responds to JAY-Z Diss
Fox News host reveals his musical hipness with an Otis Redding reference! [MTV]
- DANZIG, OF MONTREAL Set for Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest
Ratatat, the Jesus Lizard, and more join eighty other artists in Texas this November. [SPIN]
- TV ON THE RADIO Guitarist Announces Solo Tour
Kyp Malone plays small venues as “Rain Machine” this fall. [Anti-]
- PEARL JAM Tour, Night 3: Brilliant Set
During their second Chicago date, PJ showed the difference between being very good and truly great. [SPIN]
- SLIPKNOT Cancel U.S. Tour
Drummer Joey Jordison hospitalized with “severe medical emergency.” [Gigwise]
- MORPHINE Announce Two-Disc Set of Unreleased Material
October 6 release marks the 10-year anniversary of frontman Mark Sandman’s death.
- MAXIMO PARK Cancel U.S. Tour
Brit band cite “personal reasons” for scrapped outing. [Maximo Park]
- Heroin, Marijuana, Cash Found by Police in JADAKISS-Leased Apartment
Rapper was not at Yonkers, NY, residence at time of police raid. [All Hip-Hop]
- REPORT: MICHAEL JACKSON Death a Homicide
A new affidavit says the King of Pop died from lethal levels of powerful anesthetic propofol. [SPIN]
- BOB DYLAN: The Voice of Your Next GPS System?
I probably shouldn’t do it … I always end up at one place: Lonely Avenue,” says Dylan. [NME]
- NINE INCH NAILS Launch Goodbye Tour
Trent Reznor & Co. begin their string of “last live shows ever.” [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- LISTEN: New PEARL JAM Song Leaks
Guitarist Stone Gossard wrote the band’s head-banging rocker “Supersonic.” [SPIN]
- DOWNLOAD: ISLANDS’ Horn-Infused Pop Single
The new Vapours songs killed live last week — and it sounds even better with horns! [Pitchfork]
- WATCH: LOU BARLOW‘s High-Tech New Video
Hey, wait, that UFO look suspiciously like a spaghetti strainer. [Stereogum]
- WATCH: FOO FIGHTERS, LED ZEP, QOTSA Supergroup Live
Dave Grohl / Josh Homme / John Paul Jones debut “Elephants” in Belgium. [SPIN]
- WATCH: R.E.M. Preview Live DVD
Michael Stipe and Co. rock “Living Well Is the Best Revenge” in this clip. [MySpace]
- LISTEN: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Frontman’s Solo Song
Alec Ounsworth teams with New Orleans legends for “Holy, Holy, Holy Moses.”[Stereogum]
- LISTEN: BATTLES Rocker Tyondai Braxton’s Solo Song
The math-rocker debuts cut of his solo effort Central Market, out September 14. [Pitchfork]
- WATCH: AMY WINEHOUSE Performs with THE SPECIALS
Don’t miss the troubled pop star looking…surprisingly put together. [YouTube]