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The Lemonheads are to release an expanded version of their classic 1992 album 'It's A Shame About Ray' in the spring. - Source

If you have a reliable internet connection you've probably heard by now: Paul Mawhinney owns and is selling 3 million records and 300,000 CDs, which include over 6 million songs. That's right, his collection's bigger than your collection, wimp. As the eBay note states, "It's the undisputed largest collection of recorded music in the world. About half of the recordings are new and never played, and every genre of 20th century music is represented ... The estimated value of this amazing collection is more than million." Bidding opens at g,000,000.00, though so far nobody's bitten. Cheapskates. (Question to Paul: Does "every genre" include Christian grindcore? If so, we might make an offer.) - Source

Just in case you didn't get a chance to love Love's Forever Changes enough the first time around, or the time it was reissued with bonus material in 2001, or the time it became a live album, holy hallelujah, today is your lucky day. - Source

Freebass, the group consisting of The Smiths' Andy Rourke, New Order's Peter Hook and The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani, have revealed their new singer. - Source

Watch their (underwhelming?) takes on 'I Predict A Riot' & 'The Drugs Don't Work' at HMV's Oxford Street (London) location below. Download an original KT tune at bottom of post.MP3: KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree - Source

Dim Mak label head and professional L.A. scenester offers a mix of, what do you know, modern-day post-punk and indie-approved dance tracks. - Source

The Lemonheads are set to play their landmark album 'It's A Shame About Ray' in its entirety at Austin's South by Southwest Festival next month. - Source

I thought he already married the All Saints chick. - Source

Carter USM will play two live dates in November. - Source

We can hear the car horns in Miami from here -- today's big news in the real world is Fidel Castro's resignation as Cuba's #1 Commie. In related news: Drinks are most definitely on Raúl Castro tonight. The music angle? Torr brings it by taking a look back at Fidel-era Cuba's "Western rock band" history, coming up with "that time in 2001 when the Manics played the Karl Marx Theater in Havana." Head here for some links to video clips.

That's a mighty distinction for the Manics to hold; covering Rihanna's "Umbrella," though? That puts them in the slightly larger subset of them-and-the-rest-of-2007. But, here goes! From a forthcoming NME comp:

Also falling under the umbrella of Rihanna news, the Barbadian diva plans another live, Time-like reprise of her Monster Jam -- this time with Klaxons, at tomorrow night's BRIT awards ("It's an electronic version with guitars on it, with a twist of 'Golden Skans'").

Finally: damn that is an awesome tag set. - Source