[Updated: 5:24 P.M.]
NEWS:
- Public KURT COBAIN Memorial Offends Hometown Residents
Hey, at least the park didn’t go with “Rape Me.” [Seattle Times]
- ROBBIE WILLIAMS Announces Comeback Album
After three years of hunting UFOs and drug rehab, the Brit star is back! [The Guardian]
- FABOLOUS Tops MICHAEL JACKSON on Billboard 200
Well, the King had to fall eventually, right? [Billboard]
- BEASTIE BOY Adam Yauch Gives Cancer Update
MCA talks about surgery and all the tributes he received at All Points West. [SPIN]
- JACK WHITE to Release Solo Song
The multi-tasking rocker will drop “Fly Farm Blues” on Aug. 11. [Pitchfork]
- 50 CENT Buys SOULJA BOY Mobile Studio
Fif wants the Atlanta rapper to finish new album while on tour. [MTV]
- DAVE GROHL, JOHN PAUL JONES, JOSH HOMME Form Supergroup
Them Crooked Vultures will perform at a post-Lollapalooza party this Sunday. [SPIN]
- AFI Announce Album Art, Tracklisting for September Release
Features “Too Shy to Scream.” What a lier that Davey Havok.[Altpress]
- MY BLOODY VALENTINE to Give Away Earplugs on Tour
Surprisingly, the band doesn’t want their fans to go deaf. [NME]
- BEYONCÉ, LADY GAGA Lead MTV’s VMA Noms
Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye also receive nods for September ceremony. [SPIN]
- THREE 6 MAFIA Finish Up New Album
Laws of Power is due out Nov. 10. [Billboard]
- First Listen: PARAMORE‘s New Album
Get the scoop on six new tracks from the band’s September release! [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: AMANDA PALMER‘s New Impromptu Video
Web-savvy songstress and fans orchestrated and shot clip in 20 minutes! [YouTube]
- LISTEN: TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET’S “Skate or Die”
Wyoming punks pay tribute to skateboarding on this new track! [SPIN]
- LISTEN: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Covers JOY DIVISION
BSS cover “Love Will Tear Us Apart” for Time Traveler’s Wife soundtrack! [Pitchfork]
- LISTEN: New NO AGE Album Streaming Now!
Check out the duo’s “loop-and-sample-based” EP, Losing Feeling! [Sub Pop]
- WATCH: ARCTIC MONKEYS on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’!
Brit boys perform “Crying Lightning,” off their upcoming album, Humbug! [Hulu]
- WATCH: MAXWELL‘s Erotic Video
Restrain your girlfriends, guys — the soulful crooner is back. [Steve Harvey]
- DOWNLOAD: RADIOHEAD‘s New Song!
Brit band honor Harry Patch, a World War I vet who recently died.[SPIN]
- DOWNLOAD: BAND OF SKULLS Play Acoustic
Hard-hitting power trio dial it down for soft rendition of “Impossible.” [RCRDLBL]
- WATCH: YO LA TENGO‘s Juicy New Video
It’s all about eating fruit in the trio’s clip for “Periodically Double or Triple.” [Pitchfork]
- WATCH: Heath Ledger-Directed Video Released by MODEST MOUSE
The gory clip speaks out against illegal commercial whale hunting. [SPIN]