Rolling Stone — Garbage’s Shirley Manson underwent a motion-capture session to become a playable character in Guitar Hero 5 for “I’m Only Happy When It Rains.” “The obsessiveness of being in a band catches on fire to those who play the game too,” she say... more info

Reuters — DETROIT/NEW YORK (Billboard) - Backstreet Boys announced Tuesday that it will release its ninth album, "This Is Us," October 6. more info

Live Daily — The Backstreet Boys [ tickets ] will unveil their seventh studio album, "This Is Us," this fall, and will then mount a sweeping world tour behind the effort. Set for an Oct. 6 release on Jive Records, the 11-track album features new material that ... more info

Yahoo! Music — E! Online - Daughters, lock up your mothers. The Backstreet Boys are back yet again. more info

411 Mania — Like it or not - Backstreet's back, alright? more info

E! Online — Daughters, lock up your mothers. The Backstreet Boys are back yet again. Apparently, someone forgot to tell them that the only ones who can pull off bubblegum pop these days are... more info

AngryApe — RedOne has penned material for their new album more info

Perez Hilton — After a not long enough absence… Nick, Howie, AJ, Sebastian and Paolo are back! The Backstreet Boys have dropped their new single, Straight Through My Heart, which sounds like Diet GaGa. Check it out below! Thoughts???? [Image via WENN.] more info

Pop Justice — We had a chat with Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys last week. He told us all about the new... more info

The Late Greats — ‘Twas a nice little mini-vacation with my parents, sister, niece, Duchess and the kids. My parents are driving back to WI. So this song is kinda for them. Q says Gemma Ray is "Norah Jones on Amy Winehouse's drugs". Listen: Gemma Ray ∞ 100 ... more info