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Rhino and Warner Home Video will be getting the Led out this fall, with three Led Zeppelin reissues planned. On November 13th comes the 2-disc greatest hits CD “Mothership,” followed by a new DVD version of 1976 concert film “The Song Remains the Same” — and a new version of its soundtrack CD — one […]

Tags: dirty pretty things, hives, led zeppelin, m83, the coral

Singer Damien Jurado is currently in the studio with producer Casey Foubert (Pedro the Lion) to work on a follow-up to “And Now That I’m In Your Shadow” for label Secretly Canadian. His labelmate Richard Swift is also nearing completion of a new album under his Instruments Of Science & Technology alter-ego. As the name […]

Tags: cee-lo, colbie caillat, coldplay, damien jurado, devo, jimi hendrix, lionel richie, parts and labor, patti smith, richard swift, rolling stones

The Guardian reports that Sanctuary is selling off its 49% stake in the legendary Rough Trade label to Beggars Group for over $1.5 million. The move saves Rough Trade from being associated with Universal Music Group, which will soon take over Sanctuary pending approval by the latter’s shareholders.
The latest comeback attempt by pop star Kylie […]

Tags: beck, jamie lidell, kylie minogue, rough trade

NME reports that The Horrors are planning on entering the studio this fall to record their follow-up to debut LP “Strange House.” They hope to enlist Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford and Suede guitarist Bernard Butler as producers.
Illegal file-sharers in Europe may be able to rest a little easier if the European Union’s high court […]

Tags: file-sharing, guns n roses, ja rule, lil flip, lil wayne, pernice brothers, postal service, rihanna, simian mobile disco, the horrors

Babyshambles
The Pete Doherty-led group has completed the recording of its second album, and will likely release it this winter.
Al Green
The Reverend is currently working on “The Duet Album” with The Roots serving as his backing band. As the title suggests, the disc will feature collaborations between Green and a variety of guest vocalists, although the […]

Tags: al green, babyshambles, the roots, tokyo police club

The Yardbirds may not be reuniting after all. Contradicting previously-issued reports, the manager of former Yardbird Jeff Beck told Billboard that he had no plans to tour with Jimmy Page in the fall.
Interested in buying a record label? Sympathy For The Record Industry, the Long Beach, Calif. label that first put the White Stripes on […]

Tags: babyshambles, kylie minogue, libertines, scissor sisters, sympathy for the record industry, yardbirds

The Cure are planning a DVD documentary about themselves, to be released in 2009 in conjunction with their 30th anniversary. Next year will also see deluxe double-disc reissues of Cure albums “Wish” and “Disintegration.”
If you thought people were done cashing in on the work of the late Elliott Smith, think again. “Elliott Smith,” a new […]

Tags: annie lennox, elliott smith, freebass, hold steady, joni mitchell, madonna, new order, rolling stones, starbucks, the cure

Aerosmith frontman Steve Tyler will have his vocal chords featured in the National Geographic Channel’s upcoming anatomy documentary “Incredible Human Machine.” And you thought his lips were big.
Following a string of canceled shows, Amy Winehouse’s first performance in about three weeks did not go well. The apparently-intoxicated singer repeatedly hit herself in the head with […]

Tags: amy winehouse, bon jovi, madonna, steve tyler, the streets, walter meego

Ambulance LTD
Despite the fact that the New York band basically broke up last year after one album and one EP, band leader Marcus Congleton is continuing on with the Ambulance LTD name (as the sole permanent member, as of right now). Congleton is close to completing the second Ambulance LTD album after recording some tracks […]

Tags: ambulance ltd, architecture in helsinki, athlete, carrie underwood, john cale, mark knopfler, nellie mckay, red romance

Ex-con Paris Hilton is well on her way to recording a second album, reports E!. Fresh off her 23-night stand in a Los Angeles-area correctional facility, the heiress has begun work on the follow-up to 2006’s “Paris”–and by “work,” we mean that she has been “in meetings” with the producer of both discs, Scott Storch. […]

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