Recession special! To support the April 28 release of his new album, Together Through Life, Bob Dylan is offering fans the record's first track for free.

You know how it gets right before Christmas break. It's hard to get any work done. Still, there are some artists on our radar that we've been expecting new albums from. So here we check in to find out which bands have been naughty this holiday season -- and which have been nice:

It's one thing to wear fur, but to refuse to reply to written correspondence in good time -- well, that's just plain rude.