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Grab the tightest pants from the back of your closet and throw on some glitter boots, David Bowie is planning to release a live album that dates back to 1972. The release will consist of eighteen songs that he played during the Ziggy Stardust US tour - Source

I bear nothing but contempt and ill-will towards the pope (or any other religious leader for that matter), but on what other day would I have an excuse to post this song from James Dean Bradfield's superb solo album The... - Source

The Pirate Bay is once again playing legal hardball with global recording industry trade group IFPI.  In response to a crackdow... - Source

When it comes to Amazon MP3, it seems that the sky couldn't be more blue.  In a recent discussion with Fortune, Amazon vice pre... - Source

Elbow's fourth album doesn't rock the boat so much as steadily alter the waves, with surprisingly good results. - Source

With their heroic gestures and stadium bombast, Muse have quietly become one of the biggest bands in the world. Here they attempt to cram their reputation as a great live band onto a CD/DVD package. - Source

David Byrne is set to release a new album with Brian Eno, and is also working on a collaboration with Fatboy Slim, he told NME.COM at a recent event in New York. - Source

As most super fans know, Jarvis Cocker attended film school at Saint Martin's College. While most people know him from his musical career as opposed to his film making one, there are pieces of his celluloid past floating around (he did an Aphex Twin video amongst others) - Source

Happy Mondays' dancer Bez has been declared bankrupt for the second time, it has emerged. - Source

After the success of his great Lolla lineup, Perry Farrell has something else to hoot about: Original Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery has agreed to play a show with the band for the first time since 1991. Yes, right around the time "punk broke." It's for the U.S. NME Awards at the El Rey Theatre in L.A on 4/23, where the guys are receiving the "Godlike Genius Award." Past UK Godlike winners include The Clash, New Order, Primal Scream and Manic Street Preachers (UK). NME's reasoning for giving it to JA:

[They've] done more than any other band to introduce American alternative music to the mainstream, founding the touring Lollapalooza Festival and giving what frontman Perry Farrell refers to as the 'alternative nation' a real cultural focus and voice.

Before this Avery's rejected the idea of a reunion to work on his own post-Addiction sounds, a la Help Wanted, released a week ago on Dangerbird. Yeah, we've barely heard of it either. Smart p.r. move, Avery! We kid. Actually, he makes good level-headed sense in his blog post about the decision: - Source