On May 22 Legacy will release So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley– an anthology that purports to honor the tenth anniversary of Buckley’s death (its release is exactly one week shy of his drowning at Mud Island in Memphis, TN). Having released only one proper album, 1994’s Grace, this man’s back catalog has been squeezed […]

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The Beastie Boys are set to follow up To the 5 Boroughs with a sample-free album called The Mix-Up, foregoing the use of the far more amusing ‘Thick Like Beyonce’s Leg’ because as Mike D told XFM recently, “she’s probably stronger than we are… We didn’t want to have any problems with her.” Not to […]

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In October of this year, The Wedding Present will play a series of shows commemorating the 20th anniversary of its debut album, George Best. On the British leg of the tour, the band will play the exact towns as on the original George Best tour. And, as part of the set each night, the classic […]

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Lily Allen and The Kooks have had an ongoing sparring match, ever since Allen slammed the band for taking itself too seriously last summer. But then Allen presumably had kissed and made up with a cover of The Kooks’ “Naive” on her “LDN” single. Well, Kooks singer Luke Pritchard has turned around and slagged off […]

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Billboard recently spoke with Cursive leader Tim Kasher about the odd billing of his band with an alt-metal tour: “I questioned it at first and was kind of intimidated,” Kasher tells Billboard.com. “Like, why would we play a metal show? But I kind of like the idea of where they’re going with it. I met […]

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Staunchly independent Chicago label Touch and Go is launching a digital download service some time in June. Pricing will be on par with Apple’s iTunes, at 99 cents per song and $9.99 per album. The site will carry both current and catalog releases. It’s catalog boasts a diverse roster, including Big Black, Don Caballero, The […]

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It’s being tagged as the “last great” Beatles song, but it’s nothing of the sort. Yoko Ono gave McCartney a Lennon demo called “Now and Then” in 1994 as part of the Beatles Anthology project. McCartney is just now completing it with help from archived guitar parts by the late George Harrison and current drumming […]

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