Joe Satriani’s Lawsuit Against Coldplay, Claiming That “Viva La Vida” Had Ripped-Off “If I Could Fly” Dropped, Most Likely Due To Out of Court Settlement (Too Bad – Satriani v. Coldplay Could’ve Split As Many Lines As Roe v. Wade [Brooklyn Vegan]
Stream “N/A,” A Track By Seattle Locals Naomi Punk, All Sung By Rwandan Children (Meanwhile, Ryan Gosling Feels He Loves Children More…But Not In That Way) [Gorilla vs. Bear]
Stream a Piece of Sufjan Stevens’ Indie-Orchestra Suite The BQE, Entitled “Movement VI – Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges” (First Impression: Eh, It’s Not Tha — Oh! So Pretty!) [Asthmatic Kitty]
Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah Records Lewdest Song Possibly Ever Recorded; Watch Video (Read: Pornography); You’ve Been Dethroned, Three 6 Mafia, Your “Knobs” Will Be “Slobbed” No More [Videogum]
Stream New Times New Viking LP Born Again Revisited In Its Entirety; Released September 22 [Matablog]
San Francisco’s In the Tube-d Girls Announce Fall Tour; Album Released October 22 (And I Promise It’s Really, Really Good! Stream It Here!) [Brooklyn Vegan]
Masked Rapper DOOM, Formerly Known As MF DOOM, Announces Odds and Ends Compilation Unexpected Guests; Allegedly Working With TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek [Pitchfork]
Scarlett Johanson, Courtney Love, and U2 To Headline AIDS Benefit Concert At Carnegie Hall…(Not) More Importantly, Spin Calls The Trio “Music’s Biggest Stars;” Blows Last Vestige Street Cred [Spin]
New York’s Favorite Ivy-Leage Post-Afro-Poppers (New York Hates You, Chester French) Vampire Weekend Formerly Announce Sophomore Album Contra; Released January 12, 2010 [Spin]
Stream Jim James’, Conor Oberst’s, and M. Ward’s Supergroup Monsters of Folk’s Debut Self-Titled LP; Released October 22 [Stereogum]
compiled by Max Sebela
HEALTH Announce North American Fall Tour, Three Summer Shows in New York [Prefix]
UK DJs Arrested for iTunes Scam [NME]
Backstage Passes to Whoever Finds Alice Cooper’s Bag of Horror Films! [NME]
Ghostface, Method Man, Redman Will Hit the Road With “The Footprints In Hip Hop Tour” [Brooklyn Vegan]
TV On The Radio Remix Gang Gang Dance’s “First Communion” [Stereogum]
What? Pete Doherty Arrested? [NME]
SPIN Magazine Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Purple Rain with Free Tribute Album [SPIN]
Fiery Furnaces Debut New Album at Philly Show [SPIN]
Girl Punk Legends The Slits Announce New Album [Prefix]
Sonic Youth Take North America, Take Down Radiohead [Stereogum]
New Raveonettes Track From In-Progress LP [Stereogum]
compiled by Erin Sheehy
