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The Sheffield-based band Pulp has announced that they will be playing some reunion shows in the near future. The band will feature the original lineup, which included Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, Mark Webber, and, of course, front man Jarvis Cocker. This will be the first time the band has shared a [...]

U.K. sweethearts Coldplay has announced that the band has joined ClientEarth, a non-profit organization that’s designed to help governments and green organizations to implement and put together environmental laws around the planet.
The band released a statement to Spinner, stating:
ClientEarth is at the forefront of changing the way the planet’s resources are governed. They have a [...]

Red-headed siren Neko Case has taken a break from the road to join National Geographic Live’s photography exhibit called “Music On… Photography,” which starts December 1st in Washington, DC. Case, originally a Fine Arts degree holder, will be showing her photos collected from recent tours and presenting the stories behind them.
Case notes that the photos [...]

The legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy has decided to look to their fans to fund their new record. Earlier this year it was announced that punk band Rise Against and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine would be collaborating with Public Enemy on their next album. At that time, they announced that would be [...]

Members of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and 60’s singer Sandie Shaw have joined the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) as co-chairs. Ed O’Brien of Radiohead and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd will join Shaw in assisting the UK coalition in helping musicians get a fair shake at the industry.
The FAC, started in 2008 to build a network [...]

Pearl Jam has announced that its new live album will be ready for release by January 18th, 2011. The new album, titled “Live On Ten Legs,” will be songs compiled from the last seven years of touring. This album promises a good array of songs from the band’s entire career.
The live album is part [...]

Power pop stalwart Weezer has been putting out new records at a reasonably fast clip for the past few years, with this year’s Hurley being their third release in the past three years. And while Hurley offers up more of the tried-and-true crunchy-guitar pop fans have come to love, the record has gained a good [...]

After announcing in early November that he had been working on a new Gorillaz album in the midst of their huge North American tour, Damon Albarn has revealed the new album will hopefully be out before Christmas. Albarn has also told NME that he recorded the new album on his iPad.
Previously a big technophobe, [...]

Napster founder Shawn Parker has reemerged into the spotlight, and not just because of The Social Network being released in theaters. His new site, Spotify, is aimed at fixing the industry he helped take down with Napster. Parker recently spoke at the Reboot America! Summit, where he spoke of Spotify’s goal. “What I’m trying to [...]

Gorillaz mastermind (among other things) Damon Albarn has announced he’s currently at work on up to three different albums at once. This announcement comes in the midst of the Gorillaz’s massive North American tour, which recently has been traipsing along the West coast.
This is an interesting development, as Albarn had originally stated the last Gorillaz [...]