JamBase — OUTSIDE LANDS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2009 LINEUP FEATURING: PEARL JAM, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, BEASTIE BOYS, INCUBUS, BLACK EYED PEAS, M.I.A. THE MARS VOLTA, THIEVERY CORPORATION, MODEST MOUSE, WEEN AND JASON MRAZ THREE-DAY EVENT RETURNS TO SA... more info

411 Mania — The Atlanta based heavy/prog metal quartet return with a new concept album and some new sounds. How does it stack up to their previous efforts? more info

MTV.com News — Flo Rida's R.O.O.T.S. comes in at #8.By Gil Kaufman Keith Urban Photo: Kevin Winter/ ACM2009/ Getty Images Despite releasing a budget-priced $11.98 three-CD set at Target, Prince will miss out on landing just the second #1 album of his car... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Mastodon ably stake their claim among metal's elite with their fourth disc and second for Reprise, "Crack the Skye." more info

411 Mania — Band reveals the inspiration for Crack The Skye... more info

Rolling Stone — • Madonna’s Petition to Adopt Rejected • Springsteen Kicks off Dream Tour in San Jose • Prince, Keith Urban Battle for Number One • Is Britney Spears’ Life a “Prison”? • Mastodon Talk LSD, Iron Maiden • Rock’s Most Passive-Aggre... more info

Rolling Stone — On their new prog-metal masterpiece Crack the Skye, Mastodon pen tales about a paraplegic traveling through space, Russian visionary Rasputin, wormholes and fighting with the Devil. Weird subject matter, that is, until you meet Mastodon. The group’... more info

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Idolator — Warner Brothers Records is celebrating its 50th year as a label with an album of current artists covering classic cuts from the label's archives, and while I suppose there's some appeal to hearing Taking Back Sunday play a Tom Petty track, let's be r... more info

MTV.com News — Plus: Keri Hilson's long-delayed debut lands at #4.By Gil Kaufman Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 30 Photo: EMI Just weeks after the Jonas Brothers ' "3D Concert Experience" soundtrack was denied the top spot in its chart debut thanks ... more info