Detroit Free Press — After pushing back the due date of its new album by several months to do further studio work, U2 is at last ready to release "No Line on the Horizon" (*** out of four stars, out Tuesday on Interscope Records), one of the more boundary-pushing effort... more info

Idolator — Apparently not, if this NPR blogger's list—which is topped by the Antlers' Hospice—is anything to go by. And another site has even snagged a domain name that assures it'll at least be atop the Google searches for peoples' favorite records of the ... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday we gave you the Rock Band 2 version of Neko Case's "People Got A Lotta Nerve." Today we have Middle Cyclone's spare, sad title track and its fragile-sounding music box and Case's lyrics about spilled water and internal storm clouds. Also, y... more info

My Old Kentucky — Neko Case is giving away the title track from her upcoming new album. You can also register to win a signed copy of the new album, out March 3rd through ANTI-, at their blog. I haven't been as impressed this time around, but I've only heard the two... more info

Stereogum — Neko Case's been a cartoon and now she's a videogame, or at least part of one. The New Pornographer's Middle Cyclone single "People Got A Lotta Nerve" shows up as part of the "Alt Country Pack 01" for Rock Band 2. My sense is that the average Rock... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming i its entirety the new Neko Case album, Middle Cyclone (out March 3rd). Enter the Largehearted Boy contest to win the 21-DVD The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: Collector's Edition Megaset. Simply name your favorite television... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Neko Case talks to the New York Times about her life, career, and new album, Middle Cyclone (out March 3rd). Neko Case's life and musical career, viewed together, form a collage — the visual-art form she favors. They consist... more info

All About Jazz — Case and her "strays" — a half-dozen pianos in varying degrees of disrepair that she has collected sit in her Vermont barn during the recording of her latest record, Middle Cyclone. “I wish I had a tremolo,” Neko Case said. She l... more info

Pitchfork — That appetizing photo you see above is the cover for It's Blitz! (yes, the title has an exclamation point now), the third album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Mastodon, Neko Case, and Morrissey better watch their backs, because the Best Cover Art of the Y... more info

Pitchfork — That appetizing photo you see above is the cover for It's Blitz! (yes, the title has an exclamation point now), the third album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Mastodon, Neko Case, and Morrissey better watch their backs, because the Best Cover Art of ... more info