Andrew Bird plays a song in Nigel Godrich’s basement
Watch Stephen Colbert interview Paul Simon
John McCain fights back against Jackson Browne and the use of “Running on Empty”
LCD Soundsystem is not breaking up despite the rumors
Paul McCartney says he still thinks of John Lennon while recording….
The Doors to celebrate Jim Morrisson’s 65th birthday at one of the late singer’s favorite LA haunts
Do people prefer different music online than they do when listening to the radio or elsewhere? One study thinks so…
Who cares if you’re still recovering? CMJ already announces dates for the 2009 Music Marathon
Jon Brion remixes Of Montreal
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted counts down ten albums worth the long wait
Zune slashes its prices and offers more features to boost sagging sales
Check out the list of honorary Great Moustaches of Rock History
Chuck Klosterman’s Killing Yourself to Live set for big-screen adaptation
In the meantime, Klosty reviews Chinese Democracy for the Onion’s AV Club, the same day that the official version of the album leaked…
VICE’s Gavin McInnes addresses “the hipster problem” in this Black 20 video
Madison Square Garden Entertainment is proposing an annual 3-day music festival in East Springfield, NY
Record Store Day returns this April 18th!
Suge Knight to face drug and battery charges
Beck is working with Charlotte Gainsbourg on her new album
Prefix counts down Merge Records’ 20 greatest albums
The Broken West visit Daytrotter
Largehearted Boy has started compiling best of ‘08 lists
Voting is open in the 2008 Gummy Awards
Now has a slide show that captures the decay of Amy Winehouse from 2003-2008
Consequence of Sound reports Sublime may be reuniting (w/out the most important member obviously)?
FatCat Records reaches out to classical fans
Listen to the new Animal Collective song “Brothersport”
Stephen Colbert is putting out a Christmas album
The Roots are reportedly retiring from performing to be Jimmy Fallon’s house band?
City Sound Inertia reviews Marnie Stern’s kissing booth set up at a recent show
Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin weigh in on Chinese Democracy
Ratatouille’s composer, Michael Giacchino, to conduct this year’s Oscars ceremony
Ahoy, another vinyl-on-the-rise trend piece alert
Jason Bentley named as KCRW’s new music director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic
Paul McCartney hopes to release “Carnival of Light”, a 14-minute experimental Beatles song recorded in 1967
Man stabbed at urban music awards show in London
Stereogum checks in on the progress of Midlake’s new album Courage Of Others
The Hives record a Christmas song with Cyndi Lauper called “A Christmas Duel”
Paste lists the 40 best TV theme songs of all time
You Ain’t No Picasso talks to Blitzen Trapper about some of their musical firsts
MTV’s TRL finally gasps its last breaths….
New high-profile music site Juke shuts down before it can even launch, layoffs ensue
The Thermals sign to Kill Rock Stars Records
Rolling Stone’s David Fricke gives Chinese Democracy four stars
The Dark Knight score has been disqualified from Oscar contention via some technicality
Largehearted Boy begins his annual aggregation of year-end online music lists
Crystal Antlers unveil 2009 tour plans
Handsome Furs reveal details of their new album, Face Control
Paste has posted their complete interview with Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, an extension of their latest cover story
Johnny Marr joins John Frusciante on his new solo album
Kanye West thinks the MTV Europe Music Awards are fixed
The soundtrack to upcoming film Twilight has supplanted AC/DC at the top of the Billboard charts
Check out the worst NFL team rap videos
R.I.P. Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Foo Fighters to appear on the Thanksgiving episode of the best show ever, Top Chef
Department of Eagles do Daytrotter
OutKast is planning three releases for 2009?
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted reviews Tuesday’s Mason Proper show at Bowery Ballroom
Brooklyn Vegan has an interesting account of a “skinhead” confrontation at last weekend’s Fun Fun Fun Fest
Fan and one-time contestant of American Idol’s Paula Abdul found dead near Abdul’s home
Is there a new Stone Temple Pilots album in the works?
Producers begin work on a pre-Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia biopic
WIRED’s Listening Post blog interviews Marnie Stern
Idolator live blogged last night’s mtvU Woodie Awards
The Mars Volta’s Omar Lopez to release a solo album
Mastodon’s guitarist is in the hospital, though the band is planning a limited-edition vinyl box set
A new Bruce Springsteen song is set to debut during the Cowboys/Redskins game this Sunday night
Danielson designs their own shoes?
A New Jersey Councilman pees on fans at a Grateful Dead tribute concert
Check out this vintage video of Jonathan Richman on Sesame Street
Or, just watch this video of Billy Corgan bringing fans onstage to yell at him instead
Is Rush making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or not? WIRED weighs in…
The Nirvana baby from the cover of Nevermind is 17 now….and kinda creepy
Anthony Kiedis’ 2004 autobiography Scar Tissue set to be adapted for a new show on HBO
Muxtape’s founder speaks to Drowned in Sound
The mystery guitar chord at the beginning of “A Hard Day’s Night” has been solved!
Juliana Hatfield checks herself into eating disorder treatment center
KCRW music director Nic Harcourt is stepping down
Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste spills the beans to Drowned in Sound on the band’s new album
Michael Stipe designs shirt for Lacoste
Idolator weighs in on the debate and thinks Girl Talk’s use of samples is not fair use…meanwhile, Girl Talk’s Greg Gillis makes his own “I’m a PC” ad
Dizzee Rascal’s Obama chat on BBC sparks debate over racism
Beyonce might be picked as the new Wonder Woman?
PopMatters interviews the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne
Vampire Weekend and Chromeo to perform together at the MTVu Woodies on Wednesday night
NYC Taper has full audio from last Friday’s Deerhunter show at Music Hall of Williamsburg
McSweeney’s condenses 50 years of popular songs into single sentences
Is Duran Duran’s “Rio” the ultimate 80s pop video?
David Byrne will be playing Radio City on February 27th
KEXP has live video of Takka Takka at CMJ
Rolling Stone looks at the 50 best rock & roll video games of all time
And related to that, Gene Simmons rushes to cash in on rock videogames
Sirius and XM set November 12th as the date for their station merger
Surprise surprise, Coldplay named biggest-selling act of 2008
The Austin American-Statesman reviews the first day of the (successful) Fun Fun Fun Fest
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to be made into a Broadway musical?
Damon Albarn says a Blur reunion is very possible
Jeffrey Lewis composes a musical biography of Barack Obama and makes a video accompanied by his own comic drawings
And Thom Yorke celebrates Obama’s win with a free song download
Miley Cyrus and David Archuleta announced as headline performers for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Ponytail visits Daytrotter
Kurt Loder launches a new web-based show - Lapdance - where he conducts interviews via iChat
The top-selling digital song of all time is…wait for it…Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin‘”
IMPOSE goes on the road with Fiasco and shoots a photolog of their trip up to Cornell University
Amy Winehouse’s husband checks out of jail and straight into rehab
MTV’s European Music Awards name Rick Astley the Best Act Ever during awards ceremony last night
Are MP3 blogs under attack by the RIAA?
The Austin-American Statesman has an A-Z guide for the upcoming Fun Fun Fun Fest
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is in a coma following a serious car crash
Check out over 30 of the best examples of “vinyl sleeveface”
Ray Davies says the Kinks are writing new material for a potential reunion album
Heidi Klum fronts Guitar Hero World Tour TV campaign (and uh, it’s probably worth your time to watch this commercial)
And somewhat related (but not really), look at this Christian-themed clone of Guitar Hero
Watch as Supergrass visits MOKB Dodge’s LaundroMatinee
British Sea Power to record a soundtrack to the 1934 film Man Of Aran
Here are 8 music mastering techniques to make your CDs sound better
RIP Jimmy Carl Black, Mothers of Invention drummer
Barack Obama wins historic presidential election convincingly
Hot damn! Check out the brand new Born Ruffians Daytrotter Session
Sasha Frere-Jones profiles Taylor Swift for The New Yorker, and then blogs about how nice she is
WOXY.com set to unveil “Future Sounds”, a new show featuring under-the-radar bands that’s set to debut on November 10th
Is the classic Genesis lineup (with Peter Gabriel) ready to reunite?
Former Grateful Dead roadie says “I took my job as a sacred task”
Pete Doherty and Blur’s Graham Coxon head into the studio together
M.I.A. covers The Wire theme song (also known as Tom Waits’ “Way Down in the Hole”)
Deerhunter to release On Platts Eyott Island session on the 4AD website
The Village Voice remarks on the Crystal Stilts’ shyness and live show
The Daily Swarm alludes to a Pitchfork recession, but Ryan Schreiber says no way
A gentle reminder: go and vote today!
Wilco’s Nels Cline and his identical twin brother to release albums the same day, spooky
TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe readies his own 7″ solo single for next month
Watch live video from KEXP of Deerhoof at CMJ
Just in time for the election, Prefix has a list of the 10 biggest anti-Bush songs
A man in London dies after catching anthrax from drums
Descendents guitarist and founding member Frank Navetta passed away on Friday
The Unicorns’ Alden Penner has a new band Clues, and they’re playing an election night party here in New York tonight
Super Furry Animals discuss new instrumental album
Oh no, have Brian May’s contributions to Chinese Democracy been removed?
Head of Def Jam Recordings Shakir Stewart commits suicide
A new Chinese Democracy television commercial has been posted online, check it out at Blabbermouth…meanwhile, the GnR leaker gets charges downgraded
Michael Jackson says no Jackson 5 reunion for him, thanks
The Boston Globe reviews David Byrne’s Halloween night show at the Wang Theatre
You Ain’t No Picasso has video of Of Montreal covering It’s Always Sunny’s “Day Man” (along with original “Day Man” video for comparison’s sake)
Brooklyn Vegan has photos and video from the 2008 NYC Halloween Parade
Nerd alert, Twitterers stage mock martian invasion a la “War of the Worlds” on Friday
Alas, it appears shitty rock music now has a new name: behold “flyover rock”
Initial lineups for All Tomorrow’s Parties 2009 announced, with Breeders, Devo, Spiritualized and more
As a belated Halloween gift, Prefix has ten songs from artists after they’ve already died (get it? Zombie music)
Neon Neon’s future apparently in doubt according to Gruff Rhys
Lil Wayne in BBC News death hoax
Happy Halloween! To help celebrate, Nick from Islands and The Unicorns reflects on a novelty halloween song he wrote - “Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?” - that went nowhere
HOLY SHIT! The Beatles and makers of Rock Band are teaming for an exclusive new video game for next year!!!!!!!!
Prepare to be nauseous upon reading this piece from yesterdays NY Times…hiring personal music stylists, really? (thx Rebecca)
Here’s a hastily put-together list of regrettable rock and roll tattoos (that’s still managed to snag over 3100 comments)
Head over to the Bell House for the FREE Red and Blue Election Night Party and get some pupusas from the RED Hook Vendors and front to back BLUE album action from the Weezer cover band, The Blue Album Group
And as it turns out, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is endorsing McCain
Lily Allen will drop her new album It’s Not Me, It’s You on February 10th
The Ruby Suns visit Daytrotter
Television music bigwigs launch new show on TheWB.com titled “Rockville, CA” that features appearances from Lykke Li, Passion Pit, Eagles of Death Metal and others
Jesse Camp returns to MTV!
Nerf Herder’s Parry Gripp talks to Crawdaddy! about his new passion for writing lots and lots of jingles