The scoop on Arcade Fire’s summer plans and Muse’s lack of presence on the next Twilight Soundtrack, after the jump, but first…

Foo Fighters are set to begin recording their next studio album in September, frontman Dave Grohl has revealed. (more…)

The scoop on yet another Them Crooked Vultures album and Arcade Fire’s latest Haiti relief effort after the jump, but first…

The Strokes have begun recording their fourth album with producer Joe Chiccarelli in New York.

According to their official website, Thestrokes.com the band began working with the U2, Beck and Bjork collaborator at the start of this week. (more…)

The scoop on Arcade Fire’s Haiti plea and the Arkells’ Ontario Tourism Ad after the jump, but first…

Blur documentary No Distance Left To Run is set to be released on DVD.

The film, which was premiered earlier this week with a screening attended by the band at London’s Leicester Square and begins a nationwide cinema run on January 18, will be released as a two-disc set. (more…)

The scoop on alternative Grammy nominations and Norah Jones alt-ty collaborations after the jump, but first…

Billboard reports that the Arcade Fire have nearly finished recording their as-yet-untitled new disc, and that it’s expected in stores in May.

They are also reportedly releasing a single earlier in 2010, which means Arcade Fire-starved fans might be satiated sooner rather than later. (more…)

The scoop on Liam Gallagher’s future music plans and Arcade Fire’s new album after the jump…but first.

Them Crooked Vultures have unveiled the studio version of “New Fang,” the first single off their self-titled debut album (see Reid’s post below to listen).

The supergroup — Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones — blend the heavy, jammy and psychedelic influences of their respective bands, and with Homme on lead vocals, “New Fang” sounds like it wouldn’t be out of place on a Queens of the Stone Age album. (more…)

The scoop on Arcade Fire’s charitable acts, and an update on an ailing David Gahan after the jump. But first!

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is recovering from a violent robbery.

Rolling Stone reports Ament and a band employee were attacked by three assailants with knives as they approached a studio in Atlanta on April 27th. (more…)

Pearl Jam are doing a lot of stuff on their 20th anniversary, The Mars Volta keep churning out the prog and Arcade Fire back in business.  More details after the jump.

A Pearl Jam documentary could be released to coincide with the band’s 20th anniversary.

Guitarist Mike McCready recently hit up a U.S. radio show to discuss their upcoming 20th anniversary plans. (more…)

Iggy Pop’s new album is informed by jazz, French literature and canine life.

‘Préliminaires’ is released on May 18 and signals a radical departure for the punk Godfather, embracing jazz and blues influences.

Pop said: “At one point I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars banging out crappy music and I’ve started listening to a lot of New Orleans-era, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton-type of jazz. And I’ve always loved quieter ballads as well.”

The record was influenced by Pop’s reading of ‘The Possibility Of An Island’ by French novelist Michel Houllebecq.

‘Préliminaires’ is French for ‘foreplay’.

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Soundgarden, minus Chris Cornell, reunited in Seattle at one of Tom Morello’s Justice Tour stops this week.

Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd, Matt Cameron and Tad Doyle as Tadgarden took to the stage for a brief set.

The Soundgarden bandmates, playing for the first time together since the band broke up in 1997, didn’t take long to hit a groove. They tore through ‘Nothing to Say,’ and Morello joined them on ‘Spoonman.’ Kim Thayil displayed his signature guitar licks as if no time had passed. They finished with an energetic version of ‘Hunted Down.’

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Director Spike Jonze has used Arcade Fire’s rousing song ‘Wake Up’ as the backing music for the trailer of his highly anticipated forthcoming film ‘Where The Wild Things Are’.

In addition, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ frontwoman Karen O is working on the soundtrack along with composer Carter Burwell, with input from Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, reports Pitchfork.

The film, based on the popular children’s book of the same name, is due out in the US on October 16.