[Updated: 6:28 P.M.]
NEWS:
- BAND OF HORSES Reveal Album Art & Label Details
The cover for Infinite Arms — out May 18 via Brown Records / Fat Possum / Columbia — features a photo of a starry sky. [Pitchfork]
- NORAH JONES Kicks Off Her Tour in Tulsa
She wins over the crowd with a Hank Williams classic and lively tunes from her newest album. [SPIN]
- LIL WAYNE Goes to Jail
Barring dental surgeries and courthouse fires, Weezy will finally begin his one-year jail sentence Monday. [MTV]
- BIRD AND THE BEE Perform HALL AND OATES Tribute
The offbeat indie band’s new album features the retro duo’s masterful pop hits, including “Sara Smile” and “She’s Gone.” [SPIN]
- ‘HURT LOCKER’, ‘CRAZY HEART’ Win at OSCARS
Precious, Inglourious Basterds, and more also score statues. [EW]
- ARCADE FIRE Announce First Show in Two Years
They’re back! Canadian indie rockers announce first gig. [SPIN]
- FOO FIGHTERS Plan for Next Album
Dave Grohl and Co. will start recording in September. [SPIN]
- D’ANGELO Arrested for Soliciting Sex
The reclusive soul singer allegedly offered an undercover policewoman $40 for oral sex. [SPIN]
- RADIOHEAD Remember SPARKLEHORSE
“Mark [Linkous] wrote and played some beautiful music, and we’re lucky to have it,” wrote guitarist Colin Greenwood. [Radiohead]
- TRAVIS MCCOY Talks Debut Solo Album
“A lot of the music started off pretty dark and introspective, but now a lot of the records are happy,” says the Gym Class Heroes singer. [MTV]
- JACK JOHNSON Previews New Album in London
To The Sea features songs called “No Good With Faces” and “My Little Girl.” [Spinner]
- THE NATIONAL Announce New Album
High Violet, the Brooklyn band’s fifth LP, drops on May 11. [Pitchfork]
- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Debut Art Installation in NYC
It’s like that creepy bunny from Donnie Darko trapped in a giant kaleidoscope… but weirder! [SPIN]
- JANELLE MONAE‘s Freaky Album Listening Party
Diddy via webcam! Masked undertakers! Psychedelic visuals and futuristic R&B! [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- LISTEN: Live WHITE STRIPES Album
Check out the duo’s first live record, Under Great White Northern Lights, before its March 16 release. [NPR]
- WATCH: JOANNA NEWSOM Plays ‘Fallon’
Songbird performs “Soft as Chalk,” a track off her new album Have One on Me. [YouTube]
- WATCH: VAMPIRE WEEKEND Rock ‘SNL’
New York band play Contra hit “Cousins.” [Music Slut]
- WATCH: MORRISSEY‘s New Video!
Ex-Smiths frontman slow dances in a cemetery in the clip for B-side “Ganglord.” [YouTube]
- WATCH: New RUNAWAYS Trailer
Clip focuses on the relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. [Yahoo]
- LISTEN: DRAKE‘s Hot New Track
SPIN’s 2009 Rapper of the Year drops “Over,” the first proper single from his forthcoming debut album, Thank Me Later. [SPIN]
