Billboard is reporting Columbia Records will release Magic — the newest record from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band — on October 2. It represents the first studio collaboration between Springsteen & Co. since 2002’s The Rising, which was in itself their first studio album together since 1984’s Born in the U.S.A. In other […]

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Famous urophiliac R. Kelly ain’t done with his serial slow-jamz soap opera, “Trapped in the Closet,” by a damn sight. Oh, goody. What began as a sprawling, subversive song in 12 parts has been expanded by 10 episodes, and all of the videos are available for streaming on the Independent Film Channel’s site. Meanwhile, the […]

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Having never met a soundtrack he wouldn’t shill for, Elvis Costello has lent his inexplicable cover of Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” to the House Original Television Soundtrack, which features only one decent tune: Massive Attack’s “Teardrop.” As House’s theme song,  it has always driven me absolutely crazy that Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser’s vocals never kick in during […]

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Originally released six years ago as a pressing of a mere 1000, thus, making it extremely collectible, Midlake’s Milkmaid Grand Army EP is now available again thanks to Basement Front Records. The band is embarking on another US tour in early September.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a stop-gap EP entitled Is Is, partly to tide fans over between records and partly to re-ignite some excitement in the band after the lukewarm reception to Show Your Bones, the band’s slick follow-up to its raucous debut, Fever to Tell. Karen O does the obligatory chat with the Associated […]

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With the corporate music world still foundering in its colossal ineptitude as to how to deal with that whole Internet thing, underground music and, especially, independent labels are reaping the benefits. It’s practically business as usual for the underground, where money and chart positions have little to no bearing on how success is measured. Columbia, […]

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In a move to likely capitalize on the critical accolades of The Knife’s 2006 release Silent Shout (Pitchfork’s #1 of 2006. We liked it, too.), Mute is giving Silent Shout the super-duper re-release deluxe våldtäkt and skövling treatment. 3 discs of complete Knifeness, including the album you probably already have, as well as a previously […]

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