BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — The White Stripes singer and guitarist has described the rapper as the 'best thing in hip hop' after recording material together. more info

MTV.com News — Justin Bieber's My World EP climbs back into top 10 in anticipation of 2.0. By James Montgomery Lady Antebellum's Need You Now Photo: Capitol After a one-week absence from the top of the Billboard albums chart, Lady Antebellum will return... more info

MTV.com News — Shocking upsets, Cinderella teams rule first round of MTV's band bracketology!By James Montgomery Tokio Hotel Photo: Interscope/Getty Images I'm going to be honest: I didn't expect this — any of this — to happen. Last week, when I wrot... more info

Pitchfork — The first video from the Dead Weather's forthcoming sophomore LP, Sea of Cowards, is here. Directed by Floria Sigismondi (the White Stripes' "Blue Orchid"), the clip finds Jack White and Alison Mosshart wearing tons of makeup and tribal duds while sh... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Alt-rock supergroup The Dead Weather [ tickets ]--featuring vocalist Allison Mosshart of The Kills and White Stripes frontman Jack White on drums--has lined up spring dates in support of the band's new album, "Sea of Cowards." more info

Pitchfork — Things are coming together for the second album from the Dead Weather, Jack White's newest band, co-starring the Kills' Alison Mosshart. The album will be known to the world as Sea of Cowards. That disturbing Birth of a Nation-meets-Eyes Wide Shut pi... more info

Guardian Music — The city's music scene is thriving, with a collection of grungy gig venues, local cafe bars, and retro jukebox jointsLast month Google shut down six music blogs without warning. One of them was I Rock Cleveland (which has since restarted as blog.iroc... more info

Topix — Jack White and Jay-Z Record A Track Posted by Chris Lansdell on 03.17.2010 Will we get to hear it? Jack White of The White Stripes has revealed that he recorded a track with Jay-Z recently, but wouldn't say if the song would be released. more info

DrownedInSound — The 38th weekly instalment in our content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Big Star, White Stripes, Jonna Lee, Broken Bells, Shy Child, White Hinterland and MANY MORE. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

MTV.com News — 'She'd be fun. She's quite theatrical,' says prolific music video director Floria Sigismondi.By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga Photo: Gabriel Bouys/ Getty Images "The Runaways" is Floria Sigismondi's feature film directorial debut, but she has bee... more info