Rolling Stone — Peter Gabriel’s first new album in seven years will be an orchestral spring 2010 “song swap” called Scratch My Back where he and other big-name collaborators reinterpret each others’ songs, according to the Guardian. His collaborator John Met... more info

NME — 'Scratch My Back' is expected in early 2010 more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Since releasing Twilight of the Innocents back in 2007, the Irish trio known as Ash has turned away from the conventional recording of albums to focus instead on releasing steady singles on their own schedule. This led t... more info

Pasta Primavera — San Fran’s Ring Trick, producer of perhaps one of  my favorite Radiohead remixes, is being quite the ambitious musician this month by posting a demo a day on his tumblr blog.  If you’re in the mood for some solid electronics song sketches t... more info

Guardian Music — For his first LP in seven years, the former Genesis frontman will 'radically reinterpret' songs by Radiohead, Arcade Fire and Bon IverPeter Gabriel is release an orchestral covers album, his first LP in seven years. Scratch My Back is a "song swap", ... more info

Live Daily — British alt-rockers Band of Skulls will return to the US next month to put in additional roadwork behind the band's March debut, "Baby Darling Doll Face Honey." The trio--Russell Marsden (guitar/vocals), Emma Richardson (bass/vocals) and Matt Hayw... more info

Guardian Music — When Sufjan Stevens was asked to write a symphony for New York, he turned to a hated freeway for inspiration. The musician tells Andrew Purcell whyThe Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a miserable stretch of road. The BQE, as New ­ Yorkers call it, ha... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has dismissed reports that his former band will be playing the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury festival, saying that they have no plans to reunitePulp fans hoping for a reunion at next year's Glastonbury festival, prepare to be disappointe... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has suggested that his former band may follow in the footsteps of Britpop peers Blur by playing next year's festivalJarvis Cocker has hinted that his former band Pulp may reunite to play Glastonbury 2010. In an interview with the People, t... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — After reading tweet upon tweet of friends running around New York for CMJ last week, I almost wondered if there was a bad band to be found in the Big Apple. Perhaps everyone was seriously "killing it", or the power of ambitious live music and a few ... more info