Walthamstow Stadium, the greyhound racing venue in London where much of the artwork for Blur's 'Parklife' album was shot, is set to close in August. - Source

Napster has cast even more doubt on the future of Digital Rights Management, by opening the biggest ever DRM-free online MP3 store. - Source

Not content with releasing a 'performance' video of the single 'Violet Hill', Chris and the boys deliver a second featuring the world's political leaders dancing to the track. - Source

Does 'Yeah Yeah Yeah Song' match with Kraft's latest commercial? You be the judge. - Source

Actress Scarlett Johansson unveils her anti-vanity vanity project, a record of Tom Waits covers (with one original) that belongs as much to its producer, TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, as it does to the Lost in Translation star. If this isn't weird enough already, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner and David Bowie are among the guests. - Source

The premiere show took place this weekend. Here's Songs In A&E tune, 'Sitting On Fire'. - Source

The Icelandic geniuses discuss final mixes and cover art in the following clip. - Source

Beth Orton has extended her forthcoming tour of North America, kicking off July 2 in Boston, MA. - Source

By land and by sea, they came to see the great man speak. An estimated 75,000 in all turned out to see presidential hopeful Barack Obama at Portland's Waterfront Park yesterday afternoon-- a record crowd for Obama's own campaign, according to The New York Times, and a record crowd for Oregon political events, according to The Oregonian. Just look at them all! - Source

Like many other heavyweights, Amazon is pushing outside its traditional walls.  Last week, the company announced the availabili... - Source