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This vid comes from Ted's solo set at the Callum Robbins Benefit Show at Northsix in Williamsburg Friday night where, according to The Battering Room, cover lover Leo played 11 covers in a 16 song set. We're sure no one...

Every week (not true) Stereogum suggests a music book you should read. We like Rob Sheffield's Love Is A Mix Tape a lot. Early in the book (before it gets to the heartbreaking mix tapes) Rob tell us about an...

Someone please make sense of this for us. Via Contact:Singer/songwriter JAMES BLUNT has been honoured in the Swiss ski resort Verbier, after a new chairlift was named after him. The YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL hitmaker is reportedly planning to move to Verbier...

So when we were reading John Mayer's blog last week (yes we're at the point that we freely admit to reading John Mayer's blog -- you KNOW some sweet Simpson shots are gonna turn up someday), we found this bit...

The Mirror reports that the creators of Big Brother are raising the bar for good taste by developing a TV show about the true story of what happens when smack addicts stop shooting up ... and start being real. It's...

By now, the selfish, law-breaking Arcade Fire fans among you have most, if not all, of Neon Bible. For shame! We were messing around earlier about that "highly anticipated" album leak; this is the one we really care about. Is...

The ABC sitcom Ugly Betty's had a great run so far: solid ratings, adorable Golden Globe acceptance speech by the not-at-all-ugly America Ferrera, gratuitous Salma Hayek cleavage cameos (nsfw). Got it all. And just when we were getting ready to...

Some of you guys have been hearing bits and pieces of a highly anticipated album in stores soon, and it finally leaked! Not everyone's happy about it, but gotta expect that. A band member said:This could potentially be one of...

Last year's freaky good Scott Walker record The Drift was his first in over a decade, and it isn't for the faint of heart. The man's had quite the career, morphing from your mom's teenage crush as part of the...

Got frequent flier miles you wanna spare? From the Pumpkins MySpace:The Smashing Pumpkins have made their first official announcement of an appearance in 2007. The band will headline both Rock am Ring (6/2/07) and Rock im Park (6/3/07) Festivals in...