[Updated: 5:56 P.M.]
NEWS:
- LINKIN PARK Release New Song in iPhone Game
Players lead a revolution against the evil PixxelKorp in Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion video game. [Mike Shinoda]
- BILLY CORGAN‘s New Label to Release GREMS Songs
The imprint will release new material from ’60s one-hit wonders and other offbeat acts. [SPIN]
- STEPHEN KING Sings on SHOOTER JENNINGS‘ New Album
Best-selling author voices Will o’ the Wisp, the central character in the rocker’s concept album, Black Ribbons. [Billboard]
- LADY GAGA Teams with POLAROID for ‘Specialty Projects’
Pop star will serve as the creative director and help develope “imaging products.” [Wall Street Journal]
- DEAD WEATHER to Release New Single
Sign up for White’s Third Man Records Vault subscription service and score “No Horse” and “Jawbreaker.” [Pitchfork]
- PARAMORE, LADY GAGA, EMINEM Win at People’s Choice Awards
Mary J. Blige and Cobra Starship performed at the L.A. bash. [GigWise]
- TAYLOR SWIFT, MICHAEL JACKSON, LADY GAGA Top 2009 Sales List
Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kings of Leon also placed in the top 10. [NME]
- Record Label WARNER MUSIC Drops GALLOWS
“We are the British music industry’s biggest mistake,” said Gallows frontman Frank Carter. [Guardian]
- KINGS OF LEON: “We’re Not Collaborating with LEONA LEWIS”
Drummer Nathan Followill corrects reports about his band working with the X Factor star. [Spinner]
- LIL WAYNE: The Voice of JESUS CHRIST
Jail-bound rapper will voice the lord and savior in an upcoming Adult Swim special called Freakniks. [Billboard]
- LOU REED, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Members to Play NEIL YOUNG Tribute Gig
Iron & Wine, Vashti Bunyan, and more will also perform at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Feb. 18. [Exclaim]
- MARILYN MANSON Engaged to EVAN RACHEL WOOD
Read the latest twisted turn in this on-again off-again affair. [SPIN]
- SANTIGOLD Produces DEVO
“I made them pull out the red hats and pose for a picture,” Brooklyn new wave songstress says. [Paste]
- OF MONTREAL Recruit SOLANGE KNOWLES,JANELLE MONAE for New Album
Frontman Kevin Barnes still hoping for a collabo with Solange’s big sis, Beyonce. [Gigwise]
- HOPPUS, WENTZ Record ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ Track
The song for the Tim Burton movie “sounds nothing like Blink or Fall Out Boy,” says Wentz. [SPIN]
- GREEN DAY‘s ‘American Idiot’ Musical Headed to Broadway
The production will open at the St. James Theatre on April 20, with previews beginning in March. [Billboard]
- THE KNIFE‘s New Album Inspired by Charles Darwin
On March 1 the Swede duo will release Tomorrow, In A Year, a collection of music they wrote for a Danish opera about Darwin. [NME]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: JULIAN CASABLANCAS Rocks Letterman
Strokes singer performs “Out of the Blue,” off his debut solo album Phrazes for the Young. [YouTube]
- WATCH: LIL WAYNE‘s Epic New Video
Serpents! Devils! A spooky mansion! Weezy’s “On Fire” clip is an exciting, big-money production. [MTV]
- WATCH: VAMPIRE WEEKEND Play Letterman
The Ivy Leaguers kick off the Contra era with a performance of “Cousins.” [SPIN]
- LISTEN: New ALKALINE TRIO Song Leaks
Matt Skiba uses heroin as a metaphor for love on “This Addiction,” the title track from the band’s February 23 release. [Ultimate Guitar]