Massive Attack, 'Splitting the Atom' (Virgin)

Cinematic soul seekers scout nightmare's edge.

Suggesting enormous dread through anxious details, this four-track preview of the Bristol trip-hop collective's long-awaited 2010 album slithers like adelicate monster.

Best & Worst of All Points West: Day 3

Coldplay converts your boyfriend, the Black Keys soundtrack mud wrestling, and MGMT ditch their own show.
MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden / Photo: Kyle Dean Reinford

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Video: Duffy, Kings of Leon Win, Coldplay Snubbed at Brit Awards

Plus: Watch U2, the Killers, Coldplay, the Pet Shop Boys, Kings of Leon and more perform in London!
Clockwise: Kings of Leon, Coldplay, and Duffy

Sorry, Coldplay: The Brit Awards are just not that into you.

Although the English rockers scored three Grammys earlier this month, they walked away empty-handed at last night's Brit Awards ceremony in London, despite being nominated for four statues, including Best British Group and Best Album.

Album Stream: Beck Covers Dylan, YYYs Cover Ramones

Listen to Heroes, a star-studded compilation benefiting the War Child Organization.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Beck

If you're like us, you've been hoarding every opportunity to hear tracks from the forthcoming War Child benefit compilation Heroes.

Exclusive Song: Elbow Cover U2

Hear the Mercury Prize winner's version of a The Joshua Tree classic.
Elbow

The Seldom Seen Kid, the latest album from Brit rockers Elbow, received high marks from SPIN -- and even beat out Radiohead for Britain's esteemed Mercury Music Prize. Now Elbow are taking on another legendary rock band: U2.

Beck, Lily Allen, TV on the Radio Cover Rock Legends

See who Bob Dylan, U2, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Wonder picked to rerecord their famous songs
Beck / Lily Allen / TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe

File this one under "awesome idea combined with a great cause." The War Child International charity, which provides aid to children in war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, recently asked 16 legendary musicians, including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen, to choose a song from their catalogue and a contempo

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