March 4, 2008 – Here's a rundown of what's out in record stores this week.

March 3, 2008 – Pete Doherty, Spin's February cover subject and the drug-addled frontman of raucous rockers Babyshambles, will begin co-writing up to 20 songs next week with former Libertines bandmate Carl Barat for inclusion in a forthcoming musical play, NME.com reports via Brit tabloid The Mirror. Reportedly commissioned by London's Donmar Warehouse theatre, the musical work, and accompanying play -- set for release in early 2009 -- will chronicle a topic familiar to both: the life, times, and hurdles of an up-and-coming band. "A producer from the theatre approached me through my record label," Barat said. "So I went down there to see a play and we met up for a chat. He asked me if I was still in contact with Pete... I asked Pete and he loves the idea.

March 3, 2008 – Trent Reznor wasn't lying: Nine Inch Nails' latest LP, the 36-track instrumental collection Ghosts I-IV, is now available as a download. But it's not totally free: The rocker's self-described "soundtrack for daydreams" arrives at a series of monetary levels; cheap skates can score nine tracks for free, while more booty -- CDs and photo booklets, among other perks -- will hit the $5, $10, $75, and $300 levels. Due to high traffic, Nine Inch Nails' website is running slow; fans can also download the album via Amazon.com. Less than three months after the departure of founding frontwoman Marina Vello, Brazil's baile funk mavens Bonde Do Role have returned with not one but two female singers -- Ana Bernardino and Laura Taylor-- and a string of U.S. tour dates. How'd they bounce back, you ask?

March 3, 2008 – After rampant speculation, Radiohead have been announced as one of the headliners for the inaugural Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, a three-day event set to descend on the city's scenic Golden Gate Park Aug. 22-24. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Jack Johnson also top the bill. The newfound festival will be presented by the Bay Area's Another Planet Entertainment and Bonnaroo principals Superfly Productions and Starr Hill Presents. A full lineup and ticketing information will be announced in the coming weeks. And, like several other festivals this year, Outside Fest will include numerous environmentally conscious efforts, utilizing carbon offsetting and recycling programs onsite. One eco-minded Thom Yorke, two "green" summer festivals. Coincidence? We think not. The festival is so new, it doesn't even have a website.

February 28, 2008 – Filter, Disturbed, DJ-Z Trip, Jessica Simpson, the Pussycat Dolls, and comedian/host Carlos Mencia are heading to Kuwait as part of Operation MySpace, a landmark, three-hour concert event for the troops on March 10. And to document the unique experience for SPIN.com, our own Peter Gaston will go along for the ride, rubbing elbows with the bands and MySpace co-founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe while delivering behind-scenes-footage in a series of video blog posts. MySpace users can stream the event live in high-definition Flash video via the official Operation MySpace profile. The webcast begins at 2 P.M. EST March 10. "For years, troops stationed all over the world have utilized MySpace as a lifeline to communicate with their loved ones back home.

February 28, 2008 – In a series of weekly posts to their label's YouTube page, antiestablishment punk rockers Against Me! are releasing live footage filmed during a special acoustic set last Thanksgiving at Chicago's Metro venue. Stripping down the raw, in-your-face sound of Spin's Album of the Year, the searing masterpiece New Wave, the band is posting acoustic versions of many album tracks, as well songs from the band's catalog. The latest is frontman Tom Gabel's solo rendition of "Baby, I'm an Anarchist," off of 2002's debut full-length, Reinventing Axl Rose. Check out the new video below, as well as a full band rendition of "New Wave," and visit the YouTube page for more videos in the coming weeks.Against Me!, "Baby, I'm an Anarchist": Against Me!, "New Wave":

February 27, 2008 – Born on the bayou, and honed in dark and smoky clubs the world across, Dax Riggs' grave, southern-fried rock'n'roll found a new and slightly uncharacteristic venue yesterday (Feb. 26) in the modern offices of Puma's North American headquarters for the first in the Spinhouse Live on the road series.

February 27, 2008 – Surely earning the exclamation mark in its title, officials for Washington State's Sasquatch!

February 26, 2008 – Who: Lead by the intimate, bedroom-pop pathos of frontman Aaron Gerber and co-vocalist/drummer Sarah Winchester, this Portland, OR-based quintet -- also featuring guitarists Zach Boyle and Aaron Krenkel, and bassist Louis Thomas -- caught the Bright Eyes of one Conor Oberst and his Team Love label co-owner Nate Krenkel, and soon found themselves under contract and in the studio. Their Adam Selzer-produced (M. Ward, The Decemberists) debut LP, Cove, which follows the 2007 release of 7" The Feather Test, is out March 4. What's the Deal: With Cove, A Weather bring new meaning to the whispering, romantic indie-folk renderings of predecessors like Kings of Convenience and, at times, Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian.

February 22, 2008 – Officials for the All Points West Music & Arts Festival have unveiled the lineup for the first ever installment, and in addition to featuring Radiohead two consecutive nights, Jack Johnson will headline a bill highlighted by Kings Of Leon, Cat Power, the New Pornographers, and Girl Talk, among others. The festival, scheduled for Aug. 8-10 at New Jersey's Liberty State Park, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, also boasts an indie-centric collection of acts, including Rodrigo y Gabriela, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Metric, CSS, Chromeo, the Go! Team, the Black Angels, Sia, Jason Isbell, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, the Virgins, Black Kids, Mates Of State, Duffy, Forro In The Dark, Nicole Atkins, and Rogue Wave, among others. Concertgoers can purchase tickets beginning Feb. 29; single-day tickets run $89, while three-day passes will sell for $258.