JamBase — Words by: Kevin Schwartzbach | Images by: Benjamin Maas Pretty Lights :: 05.13.09 :: Bowery Ballroom :: New York, NY Pretty Lights :: 05.13.09 :: Bowery Ballroom Oh the wonders of technology. The new-fangled gadgetry that's hit the market... more info

Kings of A&R — Green Day debuted #1 with approximately 221,345 copies sold of their new album 21st Century Breakdown, and their first album to be produced by Butch Vig. In fact, Butch Vig is best known as as the drummer of Garbage and the producer of Nevermind by N... more info

MTV.com News — Actress/singer is putting the finishing touches on an album with her band, Pretty Reckless.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Taylor Momsen Photo: MTV News It seems like everyone on "Gossip Girl" has caught the music bug. Leighton... more info

Slowcoustic — Remember the name because she is great.nbsp; Remember the name because there is a new album on the way.nbsp; Remember the name because you are listening to the next "Cat Power meets PJ Harvey", and that is saying something. I have been listening to t... more info

ContactMusic — Scottish star EWAN MCGREGOR was once mistaken for the ghost of late NIRVANA frontman KURT COBAIN.The actor was in London when the legendary American rocker committed... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The full setlist for Rock Band Unplugged, the PSP version of Rock Band, has been confirmed to us by Harmonix & MTV Games this morning.Rock Band Unplugged Full Track List:2000s• AFI - "Miss Murder" *• All-American Rejects - "Move Along"ââ... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to TV actress Tori Spelling (1973), "Angel" star David Boreanaz (1971), Aussie singer/actress Danielle Spencer (19780), pop icon Janet Jackson (1966), Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Louis Pattison reveals why Jarvis and the Manics want the Albini effectThe thing that every popular musician fears most - apart from some Mark Chapman-like stalkerfan that's broken into their home and is panting in a cupboard clutching a rusty shiv -... more info

Stereogum — There are some great things about seeing a band like the Thermals. For one, you know you're gonna see at least twenty of your favorite The Thermals songs in one night. And even at a less-than-sold-out show that was a late-add to a pair of sold-out gi... more info

Live Daily — Reformed Los Angeles punk legends The Germs will hit the road this summer for a national headlining club tour. The band, featuring actor Shane West fronting the remaining members of the group's best-known lineup--guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Do... more info