VH1 News — What is the origin of April Fools' Day? Prank-pulling has been an April 1 tradition for more than 500 years. more info

All About Jazz — Jazz Vocalist Alison Ruble returns to the legendary Jazz Showcase 806 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, Ill on Tuesday March 30th, 2010 for two special shows. Alison will record these shows featuring music from her upcoming CD release, "ASHLAND", on Origin R... more info

Metal Injection — As brought to my attention in our forums by keepitwolfson, ORIGIN announced on their MySpace page that they have replaced longtime vocalist James Lee with Mica Meneke, who you may have seen filling in on vocals with THE FACELESS on their tour with N... more info

Metalsucks — Hm. So vocalist James Lee has parted ways with Origin after nearly a decade in the band. No reason has been given as of yet. He’s been replaced by Mica ‘Maniac’ Meneke (photo above), who has played with The Faceless and a bunch of other bands â... more info

All About Jazz — In 2000 pianist Hal Galper disbanded the trio he had been touring internationally with for a decade and spent the following six years "in the shed" studying, practicing and further developing his uniquely original style of playing. The trio recordin... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — An Inconvenient Truth it is not but Origin: Spirits of the Past is an eco tale awash with adventure and visual delights. more info

Tracksounds — Tiny VariationsReview by Christopher ColemanThe Nineteenth Century scientist, Charles Darwin, is, to this day, a hero to many and villain to others. His famous book, "The Origin of the Species" and the theory it contains remains as hotly debated in ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Knife’s new album Tomorrow, In A Year is available to stream here, or you can just listen below. The album is a collabortive project with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock based on an experimental opera based on Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Sp... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — A few weeks back The Knife introduced us to their new project / full length album through the 11 minute track 'Colouring the Pigeon'. This was a collaboration between Mt. Sims and Planningtorock. This project was actually commissioned by Hotel Pro Fo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Fever Ray @ Webster Hall in September (more by Ryan Muir) Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book 'On the Origin of the Species', The... more info