There’s been a lot of talk in the UK about Viacom’s potential purchase of LastFM. Apparently the purchasing price is now at $450 million dollars. The London based social music network recently made a deal …

Paul McCartney will be releasing his 21st studio album, Memory Almost Full, via Starbucks’ Hear Music label in June.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
01 Dance Tonight
02 Ever Present Past
03 See Your Sunshine
04 Only Mama Knows
05 …

Sacramento’s CAKE has been evolving their music with quirky and ironic lyrics, distorted guitars, syncopation and brassy phrasings since 1991. They have defined their sound, the CAKE sound, as they continue their saga of making music that just doesn’t fit into a cookie cuter mold. John McCrea, known for his monotone lyrical style, chatted with us about cover songs, the music that gets played on the radio, and their four year-old through seventy year-old fan base.

Brooklyn Vegan posted about the Shortlist Prize Finalist earlier today. Here are the ten finalists.

Band of Horses
Beirut
Bonnie Prince Billy
Cat Power
Girl Talk
Hot Chip
Joanna Newsom
Regina Spektor
Spank Rock
Tom Waits

Find out more about The Shortlist Music prize by going …

You’d probably have to go back to the heyday of the Beatles in the early-mid Sixties to find anything that could come close to matching this record
Source: Reuters UK

The above quote comes from HMV spokesman …

Sage Francis’ highly anticipated new album Human The Death Dance will be out on May 8th under Epitaph. Epitaph will be releasing the video for the lead single “Got Up This Morning” featuring Buck 65 …

Bad Brains will release their new studio album in over a decade. Build A Nation is scheduled for release on June 26 on Megaforece Records. Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys produced the album.
Bassist Darryl …

After two albums on Matador, Interpol will release their third album under Capitol’s umbrella.The follow up to Antics will be called Our Love To Admire and will be released in July. Interpol will be playing …

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Since its inception in 2003, Scion, a brand of vehicles catering to Generation Y produced by Toyota Motor Company, has been on the forefront in promoting and engaging creativity either through music, art or both. Scion reached out to seven contemporary artists to create original artwork inspired by and in celebration of their all-new 2008 xB urban utility vehicle.