Radiohead is releasing two new songs this Saturday (the 16th) on 12″ vinyl for “Record Store Day” in Europe & Japan. The songs are titled “Supercollider” and “The Butcher.” As of now there are no official plans to release these songs in other ways but they’ll certainly find their way onto the internet one way [...]

The original 1966/67 recordings of the “lost” Beach Boys album Smile are set to be officially released for the first time. Brian Wilson on the original Smile recordings finally being released: “I’m looking forward to this collection of the original recordings and having fans hear the beautiful angelic voices of the boys in a proper [...]

Beady Eye’s debut album is out this week. It’s called Different Gear, Still Speeding. Who is Beady Eye? Basically it’s Oasis without Noel Gallagher (who wrote most of their songs.) The lineup includes Liam Gallagher, Andy Bell, and Gem Archer. Liam being the only original Oasis member from the good old days of the ’90s [...]

In another surprise Radiohead’s 8th studio album (The King of Limbs) is available to download today instead of tomorrow like they said on Monday. Although I suppose it is the 19th in some parts of the world! Maybe that’s what the Japenese tweet was about? They are going by the Japanense clock? www.TheKingOfLimbs.com Radiohead also [...]

Surprise announcement today: Radiohead‘s 8th album (titled The King of Limbs) is now available for pre-order and will be released as a download on February 19th (this Saturday.) The high quality (320k) mp3 version of the album is being sold for $9 (no “name your own price” this time around.) There’s also a “newspaper album” [...]

Akron/Family’s new studio album (their 5th) was released on Tuesday. I downloaded it from Amazon.com yesterday without having heard any of the new songs because I’m a big fan of some of their earlier stuff (their 2005 debut album is my favorite.) I haven’t listened to it enough yet for me to do a proper [...]

The Gorillaz are breaking up due to differences between Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Meanwhile; Albarn is working with his first band Blur although you shouldn’t expect a new album this year.

Today The White Stripes announced that they are done. According to a statement released on their website Jack & Meg White will not record anymore music or perform live again as The White Stripes. The band released six studio albums beginning with 1999′s The White Stripes and ending with 2007′s Icky Thump. Their most loved [...]

Fleet Foxes are releasing the followup to their acclaimed 2008 self titled debut on May 3rd of this year. The new album will be titled Helplessness Blues and you can hear the title track at their website. Acclaim for the Debut Album * Currently ranked as the 3rd best album of 2008 on RateYourMusic.com * [...]

Now that 2011 is here; it seems like a good time to take a look forward at some of the albums scheduled to come out this year. January 11 Cage The Elephant – Thank You, Happy Birthday Cake – Showroom of Compassion Wire – Red Barked Tree