[Updated: 5:41 P.M.]
NEWS:
- WEEZER Announce Release Date for New Album
The yet-to-be-titled record drops October 27. [MySpace]
- BLINK-182‘s MARK HOPPUS Confirms He’s Producing New PANIC! AT THE DISCO
Hoppus is working on least one “gigantic” track for Vegas band. [MTV]
- Music Great LES PAUL Dies at 94
The 1950s hitmaker behind the Gibson electric guitar passes away at 94. [SPIN]
- KASABIAN Quarantined in Australia with Swine Flu
“We’re all sick as dogs, man. It’s pretty terrible,” said guitarist Sergio Pizzorno. [NME[
- DAN DEACON Plans Solo Tour
Baltimore knob-twiddler ditches giant ensemble for fall jaunt. [Pitchfork]
- Newest Guitar Hero Character: JOHNNY CASH
What, you don’t remember that sick solo he rips in “I Walk the Line”? [NME]
- Vegas Pharmacy Raided in Ongoing MICHAEL JACKSON Death Investigation
The store sold Jacko’s doctor the drug that allegedly killed the King of Pop. [MTV]
- JAY-Z, LADY GAGA Added to VMA Lineup
The Russell Brand-hosted awards show airs September 13. [NME]
- THE VERVE Break Up … Again
Members Nick McCabe and Simon Jones form new band, the Black Ships. [Guardian]
- ROLLING STONES‘ RONNIE WOOD Joins PEARL JAM Onstage in London
Guitarist plays cover of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” with Seattle band. [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- LISTEN: FLAMING LIPS‘ Psychedelic, Scary New Song
Oklahoma band channels industrial sounds on Embryonic tune. [Pitchfork]
- WATCH: SCARLETT JOHANSSON and PETE YORN’s New Video
Duo’s first clip offers perfect, sexy escape from everyday troubles. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: JACK WHITE‘s Solo Song
Add Meg White and this could be a new White Stripes cut. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: RADIOHEAD Leak New Song?
A track surfaces online with a cryptic message from Oxford band. [SPIN]
- WATCH: PARAMORE‘s “Ignorance” Music Video!
Pop-punks sport black outfits, exorcise hatred for each other with straight-ahead rock! [SPIN]
- LISTEN: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Frontman’s Solo Album
Hear Alec Ounsworth’s debut as Flashy Python before its October release.[Pitchfork[
- WATCH: JIMMY PAGE in ‘It Might Get Loud’
The Zeppelin six-stringer talks shop with Jack White and the Edge in the new rockumentary. [SPIN]
- DOWNLOAD: WAVVES’ New Song, “Cool Jumper”
Nathan Williams returns post-meltdown with a new drummer, Hella’s Zach HIll. [Gorilla vs. Bear]
