Undercover, Australia — With thanks to some poorly placed words on the BBC last week, Bono generated a Coldplay vs U2 rivalry not seen since the days of Oasis vs Robbie Williams. more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Holy HellCure frontman Robert Smith ruffled a few feathers last week when he made what was interpreted as disparaging remarks about Radiohead and their pay-what-you-want model for the release of the band's last album, 'In Rainbows.... more info

The Telegraph Blog — Ah. In these days of uncertainty, it's good to know there's one thing we can rely on. You may not have a job tomorrow, but you can be sure the ego of Kanye West will be there, swelling and sweating like a fat naked mole rat. Don't get me wrong, Mr W... more info

Pitchfork — Denizens of Oklahoma, time to break out the fake blood and hand puppets: After a rigorous nomination process, the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" is now the state's Official Rock Song by the order of Oklahoma's state legislature, Tulsa World report... more info

Pitchfork — Denizens of Oklahoma, time to break out the fake blood and hand puppets: After a rigorous nomination process, the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" is now the state's Official Rock Song by the order of Oklahoma's state legislature, Tul... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I don't have cable. And if I did, my television would never be set to VH1 because most of their "creative content" makes My Super Sweet Sixteen look like The Sopranos. But occasionally they put on this show called Storytellers where egomaniacal mus... more info

Pitchfork — Virgil Griffith is a 25-year-old grad student at Caltech, and in his spare time he makes elaborate charts comparing people's SAT scores to their tastes in music and books. And you know what that means: Caltech grad students have way too much spare t... more info

Idolator — After making some disparaging comments about a misunderstood perception of "The Radiohead Model" (which Maura helpfully defined correctly) and kicking up a consequent shitstorm, Cure lead singer Robert Smith has, refreshingly, expanded on his ideas r... more info

The Quietus — Says he is "QUESTIONING THE DUMB ACCEPTANCE OF THE 'FREEART IS THE 'NEW' PARADIGM" (apologies for caps) more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kyle Gustafson Right now, Radiohead is so universally beloved that it becomes news whenever any prominent artist says anything remotely bad about them. (Well, in our universe it's news, anyway.) So when Cure frontman Robert Smith sniffed a... more info