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New York Times — Reviews of new releases from Kelly Clarkson, Chris Cornell and Madeleine Peyroux. more info

Rolling Stone — • American Idol Expands to Top 13 With Wild Card Top stories from the last three days: • Chris Brown Charged With Two Felonies • Michael Jackson Confirms 10-Date London Run • The Beatles: Rock Band Due 9/9/09 • Eminem Confirms Two 2009 Albu... more info

Rolling Stone — More than 20 years after Soundgarden first surfaced, Chris Cornell hasn’t lost his sense of musical adventure. He was a grunge king, dabbled in acoustic songwriting for his movie soundtrack solo work, revisited his hard-rock roots with Audioslave a... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell told RollingStone.com that he's not particularly concerned about a possible backlash over his decision to put away the guitar in favor of continuous dance grooves and hip-hop beats on his new solo al... more info

Idolator — It's probably no coincidence that the announcement that the major labels' attempt to create a Hulu-like destination site, PluggedIn, was shutting down came the same day that news got out about Universal Music Group's attempts to make nice with YouTub... more info

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Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell is streaming his third solo album, "Scream", in its entirety on his MySpace page. more info

Guardian Music — It's a reunion for 90s metal's most malleable band, so who can wait to hear Mike Patton's rock-crooning getting another blast?Blur's breathtaking comeback might have snared the recent reunion headlines, but for rock fans, last week held some much big... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Taylor Swift [ tickets ] is getting ready for her first headlining tour, which will span 52 cities over seven months. The 19-year-old singer/songwriter kicks off the bulk of the run in late April, and stops are planned through mid-Oct... more info