The Independent — Iggy Pop has criticised technology giant Apple for “stealing the listener’s choice” by giving away the most recent U2 album for free on iTunes. more info

The Telegraph — Iggy Pop laments the state of today's music sales, as he condemned a system which has allowed "thieving" to "become a habit". more info

Stereogum — Although they’ve already been busy inserting themselves into your iTunes library and making sure that their Grammy prospects look okay, U2 officially released their new album, Songs Of Innocence, in physical form today. For their first TV promotion... more info

NME — Band have previously been accused of tax evasion more info

NME — Album is downloaded 26 million times as band talk-up 'Songs Of Experience' follow-up more info

Time — About 5% of the iTunes users who received the album downloaded it fully, and about 16% at least played a single song more info

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NME — The Irish band will be joined by Interpol, Zola Jesus and Sam Smith on the BBC Two programme more info

Stereogum — As presented on “Fireproof” from their upcoming Wind House EP, San Francisco indie rockers the Tropics play exultantly poppy blood-pumping music that bears traces of everything from Scandinavian pop to disco-punk to classic ’90s alt-rock. It’... more info

Stereogum — The Walking Dead’s fifth season premieres this Sunday, and a new teaser trailer has been released that uses the U2/Lykke Li collab “The Troubles” from last month’s Songs Of Innocence. In the past, the zombie show has used songs from Waxahatch... more info