MTV.com News — Songwriter/producer The-Dream edges out U2 for #2.By Gil Kaufman Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted Photo: Sony BMG Despite a strong debut last week, U2 have been replaced at the top of the Billboard albums chart by a resurgent Kelly Cl... more info

All About Jazz — The Greek Theatre and the Gibson Amphitheatre have announced their forthcoming summer concert series for 2009, along with an expanded edition of their Premiere Marquee Club perks package. Among the notable headliners this season at the Greek are a... more info

Guardian Music — Neko Case talks to Leonie Cooper about the ups and downs of being a country singer raised on rockEight years ago, Neko Case played a "plaza party" at the home of country music, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. It didn't go well: partway th... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Neko Case's acclaimed new album Middle Cyclone, on Anti- Records has debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200, just behind U2 and Taylor Swift ! This marks the highest opening to date in 2009 by an... more info

Allmusic Blog — Selling just under a half million copies in its first week, U2’s No Line on the Horizon topped the charts and became 2009’s biggest-selling album, more than doubling the sales of the previous champ, Bruce Springsteen’s Working on a Dream. It wa... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook From the Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! style woman warrior on a muscle car cover through the just-polished-enough constructions inside, Neko Case's lastest effort oozes strength, confidence and style. A fair remove from the gosp... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) The phrase "down to earth" comes to mind the minute you see or hear Neko Case [ tickets ] live. Case lives on a farm in Vermont--and, in fact, recorded her brand new album, "Middle Cyclone," in her barn.... continued more info

JamBase — NEKO CASE CONFIRMS SECOND LEG OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SUPPORTING NEW ALBUM MIDDLE CYCLONE TOUR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE LA'S GREEK THEATRE AND BONNAROO Neko Case Neko Case has confirmed the second leg of a North American tour in support of her acclaime... more info

MTV.com News — New album No Line on the Horizon earns biggest one-week sales total of the year.By Gil Kaufman U2's No Line on the Horizon Photo: Interscope What would it take to end the nearly three-month reign of chart queen Taylor Swift? How about a co... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) First, what "Middle Cyclone" is not: it is not some middle-of-the-road, somnambulant, Starbucks-sipping soundtrack. Nor is it alt-countrified, a tag Neko Case [ tickets ] once happily invited upon herself years ago. With 2006's astoun... more info