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Muse: Pomp and Circumstance

MAGAZINE EXCERPT: From the bombastic songs to the stadium crowds, everything about Muse is supermassive. Will their new album finally bring America to its knees?
Photograph by Alexei Hay

It's midnight on Manhattan's Lower East Side, and the apple-cheeked guitarist in the baggy tank top doesn't know what's coming. "Yeah, we've got another show in Brooklyn in a couple days," brags Apple Cheeks to Dominic, a skinny blond Englishman in a black leather jacket. It's early summer and the two are standing outside the front door of a small club/bakery called Cake Shop.

Muse to Release Orchestral Album

Move over Beethoven. Bandleader Matt Bellamy says the trio could "move away from rock all together."
Muse

Just when we thought British prog-rock band Muse had reached the zenith of epic-ness with their last album, 2006's Black Holes and Revelations, bandleader Matt Bellamy has revealed that the trio will incorporate an orchestra into their next release -- and possibly "move away from rock all together."

'Twilight' Soundtrack Tracklisting Unveiled

A new song from Perry Farrell plus 11 other tunes from various artists make the album. Click here for details!
Twilight poster (left), Perry Farrell (right)

The tracklisting for the forthcoming soundtrack to the film adaptation of teen vampire series Twilight has been unveiled, and it's loaded with author Stephenie Meyer's favorites. Out Nov.

'Twilight' Author Reveals Musical Inspirations!

Can't wait for the release of the Twilight soundtrack? Click here to listen to Stephenie Meyer's playlist for the teen vampire series.
'Twilight' and Linkin Park

The lead single off the Twilight movie soundtrack -- Paramore's "Decode" -- hit the web yesterday, further fueling anticipation behind the upcoming film adaptation of the vampire-romance series and its soundtrack, out Nov. 4.

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