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Canadian four-piece Hot Hot Heat are writing away, preparing to hit the studio May 1st to record the follow-up to their 2005 breakthrough, Elevator, for a September release. The new material, some thirteen tracks the band plans to co-produce, is the pop rockers' most collaborative yet -- thanks to the addition of guitarist Luke Paquin after founding axeman Dante DeCaro's departure during the making of Elevator ...

Velvet Revolver will collaborate with hip-hop producer Pharrell Williams for the follow-up to their 2004 debut, Contraband. The supergroup -- including frontman Scott Weiland and former Guns N' Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan -- has been in the studio since March. Meanwhile, Weiland is also teaming with Pharrell for a track called "Happy," set to appear on Weiland's next solo album ...

U.K. indie rockers the Futureheads' sophomore album, News and Tributes, will arrive in the U.S. on June 13th. In addition to twelve original tracks recorded over six weeks with producer Ben Hillier (Blur, Depeche Mode), the first run of the band's LP will also feature three previously released tracks, "Area," "Help Us Out" and "We Cannot Loose," from their Area EP. News and Tributes' first single will be "Skip to the End." Select U.S. performances are scheduled for summer, including a July 29th stop at Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival ...

Sigur Rós are to re-release their 2005 single 'Hoppípolla' due to public demand. The track, which appears on the band's last album, 'Takk...', will come out again on May 1. 'Hoppípolla''s current high profile is due to it currently being used to trail the BBC's highly successful natural history series, Sir David Attenborough's 'Planet Earth'. The Icelandic band have just completed a UK tour, and will return to play summer festivals, including T In The Park and Oxygen over the weekend of July 8 and 9 ...

Sonic Youth principals Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, plus their daughter Coco on shakers, will appear on the season finale of the WB drama "Gilmore Girls" to perform an acoustic version of the new song "What a Waste." The show, of which the Moore/Gordon family is a professed fan, will be taped tomorrow (April 7) in Los Angeles and will air May 9. "What a Waste" can be found on Sonic Youth's next album, "Rather Ripped," which will arrive June 13 via Geffen ...

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Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle !!!
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The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place !!!
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
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The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground + Shapeshifter + MP3 !!!
Weezer - Make Believe
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
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Sarah McLachlan - Solace
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Bear Vs Shark - Terrorhawk + Right Now You Are In The Best Hands !!!
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Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Cage - Favorite Bastard Babies (The Hell WInter Tour)
People Under The Stair - Stepfather
Matisyahu - Live At Stubbs
RJD2 - RJD2 Is God
The Herbaliser - Take London
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Evil Nine - You Can Be Special Too
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