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OK Go Working On New Album
The band reveal they are about to go into the studio with Dave Fridmann to work on their third LP.
Nine Inch Nails Drummer To Quit
Trent Reznor announces Josh Freese is to leave the band after the North American tour.
Strokes Bassist For Solo London Show
Nikolai Fraiture to play as Nickel Eye at the Forum ahead of his debut album release.
Elbow To Collaborate With Tom Jones?
The singer says he is to team up with Elbow for a new project.
Kate Nash, Hot Chip Headline Moshi Moshi Party
The record label to celebrate its 10th birthday party at the This Is Not London club night.
The Surreal Life
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes is obsessed with Prince, suicide, and borrowing his wife's tights. Meet rock's newest damaged genius. • Download music from Skeletal Lamping and watch Of Montreal perform live There are many things that Kevin Barnes' wife might prefer he not talk about. For instance, when she became pregnant a few years ago, the idea of becoming a father so terrified Barnes that he considered committing suicide. Or that after his daughter was born, his misbehavior on the road nearly destroyed their marriage. Or that he suffers from chronic depression, which he treats with the powerful antidepressant...
The Easygoing Patriot
Jackson Browne on Obama's chances, what he learned from Dylan and living off the grid Making music is one of the greatest pleasures I've ever experienced — and I'm one who sought pleasure," Jackson Browne says with a quiet laugh on an early-autumn afternoon in a New York hotel room. But, he adds, "the heart of my activism is the belief that these pleasures are for everybody. If we continue what we're doing as a country . . . " He pauses. "We're all in the same boat. That's always been the subject of my songs. We only have a little time. It's a mess, so you do everything you...
Make-Believe Maverick
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty • VIDEO: Five Myths About John McCain • The Double-Talk Express • Mad Dog Palin: The Full Story • Karl Rove's A-Team At Fort McNair, an army base located along the Potomac River in the nation's capital, a chance reunion takes place one day between two former POWs. It's the spring of 1974, and Navy commander John Sidney McCain III has returned home from the...
The Cure Reveal Album Title
'4:13 Dream' is now out on 27th October, with Robert Smith claiming people will be surprised by how 'stripped down' it is.
Iceland Airwaves Still Going Ahead
The organisers confirm the country's current economic crisis will not affect next week's event.
Carlos' Cosmic Bummer
Santana prepares for a tour and struggles with the pain of his divorce • Santana: The Essential Album-By-Album Guide • Video: Ask a Rock Star — Santana On a recent sunny morning, Carlos Santana steps out of a shiny black Mercedes at his headquarters in an industrial part of San Rafael, California. He looks pretty much like he's always looked, sort of gnarly, sort of groovy and not all that far removed from the soulful snaggletoothed 22-year-old Mexican man-boy who tore it up at Woodstock before he'd released a single album. He's timeless...
MySpace Music Takes on iTunes
Social-networking giant's new service streams millions of songs for free From Lily Allen to My Chemical Romance, MySpace has made its name as a career booster for rising acts. But can the social-networking site now do the same for the beleaguered music business? On September 25th, the company launched MySpace Music, which will allow fans to stream millions of hits and classics for free — as well as buy downloads of songs or albums. Other sites, legal and otherwise, have offered free streaming in the past, but MySpace's goal is much more ambitious: to create,...

Teddy Thompson For New Year Tour
Currently supporting James Blunt, the singer announces his own headline dates for 2009.
Q&A: Chrissie Hynde
The Pretenders singer on moving back to Ohio, opening a vegan restaurant and her rootsy new record • Video: Behind the Scenes of the "Boots of Chinese Plastic" music video After her 2007 tour with the Pretenders, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde vowed not to return to the stage until she wrote some new material. "Frankly, it was just embarrassing that I hadn't had a record out in so long," she says. Now, after recently resettling in her childhood home of Akron, Ohio — she has lived primarily in London for the past 35 years — Hynde can hit the road and draw from a brand-new batch...
Animal Collective Announce New Album
The band's ninth LP 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' out in the New Year.
Rufus Wainwright Opera To Debut In Manchester
'Prima Donna' to play at next Summer's Manchester International Festival.