BBC 6 Music — Frontman Paul Banks brings his solo project to the UK more info

The Music Fix — News: Having recently completed the recording of their debut album We Have Band, co-produced with Gareth Jones (Grizzly Bear, Interpol, Depeche Mode, These New Puritans), We Have Band are now preparing for its release in early 2010 and felt the time ... more info

Silent Uproar — Drummer Sam Fogarino recently told Paste Magazine the new album from Interpol will be out in early 2010 via Capitol Records. Reportedly, "the new record falls back towards [Turn On the Bright Lights]." [pastemagazine.com] more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Denmark's the Kissaway Trail have toured Europe with Passion Pit but they haven't had much exposure on this side of the Atlantic. That's about to change with the release of their sophomore album, Sleep Mountain, which lands next April on Bella Union ... more info

411 Mania — An interview with St. Vincent, bands added to the Pavement ATP and Primavera Sound festival, Future Islands get a record deal, news on the new Interpol album, a new Spencer Krug project, U2 to play Glastonbury, rare Neutral Milk Hotel live footage an... more info

Guardian Music — From Hip Hop Weekly to the Source, urban music magazines offer a mixed approach to covering rap's inner conflictsWhat was I thinking? After two and a half years of striving to inspire a heated debate with an outmoded combination of impassioned polemi... more info

411 Mania — "The new record falls back towards the first"... more info

Rolling Stone — Yesterday a Los Angeles judge said Chris Brown is complying with the terms of his probation. The singer’s next legal check-in is February 18th, the L.A. Times reports, and there’s no worries about Brown running into Rihanna at Sunday’s American... more info

XFM.co.uk — Plus, Courtney Love gatecrashes the sessions... more info

The Quietus — Sound will be more similar to Turn On The Bright Lights more info