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 The Strokes’ recording plans, and a cool compilation out today on iTunes after the jump, but first.

It’s official: U2 are set to headline Glastonbury in 2010.

The band will top the bill on the Friday night (June 25) of the three-day event for the first time in their 32-year career. (more…)

The scoop on a Strokes’ members NYC Marathon Run and The Stooges 2010 plans after the jump, but first…

Pearl Jam capped their four-night, sold-out stand at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Spectrum — the final concerts in the arena before it’s torn down — by dressing up in Devo’s famed jumpsuits and funny hats and launching into the band’s hit “Whip It” Saturday night.

Seeing Eddie Vedder and Co. pick up the Ohio band’s robotic dance moves (and whips, of course) might have been treat enough, but fans at the historic show also got one of the longest and most diverse PJ sets in the band’s history. (more…)

The scoop on a solo Stokes’ album, and a new (old) Filter tune after the jump, but first.

Pearl Jam’s ninth album Backspacer stormed to the Number One spot on this week’s Billboard Top 200, selling 189,000 copies according to Neilsen SoundScan.

While Backspacer gave Pearl Jam their first Number One since 1996’s No Code, the album sold roughly 90,000 less copies than its predecessor Pearl Jam did in its opening week in 2006.  (more…)

Green Day has greenlighted a stage version of its album “American Idiot.”

The show will include every song from the album, as well as several new songs.

The show will follow working-class characters as they seek redemption in a world filled with frustration.

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