Britpop legends Blur may be in the throes of making a comeback -- currently playing intimate warm-up gigs in London and gearing up for their headlining slots in Hyde Park and at Glastonbury -- but bassist Alex James is clearly a multi-tasker.

For those who have been wondering about the practical translation of the dress code mentioned in Animal Collective’s "Summertime Clothes" ever since the Merriweather Post Pavilion tune first surfaced last winter, your answer is finally here: plastic bubble suits.

Chris Brown’s legal team suffered a setback yesterday when their efforts to delay the R&B singer’s preliminary hearing were rejected.

Could the trend of musicians using Twitter starting to reverse? Probably not, but Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor said yesterday that after "experimenting" with social networking, he's ready to call it quits.

When last we heard from Vampire Weekend, they were recording their second album in Brooklyn and promising "new sounds" from a "different bag of tricks."

Chris Brown has already told everyone that he "ain't a monster."  But it seems Brown wants to be absolutely sure he gets the message across: He's featured in a new song by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Maino called "Don't Be Scared."