Undercover, Australia — The entire Pearl Jam album `Backspacer` will be playable in Rock Band after its US release next week. more info

Chicago Tribune — more info

Undercover, Australia — Pearl Jam`s upcoming Australian tour won`t be for just the Aussies. A tour company in the United States is offering an eight-day trip to Australia with VIP tickets to see Pearl Jam. more info

Undercover, Australia — Episode 5 of Pearl Jam Tour TV is live with this weeks episode focusing on the new album `Backspacer`. more info

411 Mania — Pop Quiz. “Sock is to Foot as Glove is to…?” In this edition of The Savage Animal, 411’s Mikey MiGo provides his own analogies pertaining to the current world of music. He compares Guitar Hero to Ringtones, Lady G... more info

Radio Exile — On their 9th studio album, Pearl Jam complete the arc their career shifted toward back on 2000’s Binaural. If that album was the dusk to their youth, then Backspacer is the new sun most bands never see. Backspacer kicks off with the raucus “Gon... more info

Rolling Stone — Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 was due 9/11 but dropped a few days early due to a leak, and Pearl Jam are sticking to their September 20th due date for Backspacer. The good news about these two huge fall albums? Your Rolling Stone reviews are in. Read ‘... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — We all know that Pearl Jam bring the rock. They are pretty much the standard of grunge rock. Their new album Backspacer graced the internet yesterday, and thousands, if not millions of people are annoying their neighbors and roomates right now by bla... more info

Culture Bully — While at times there are songs that pull away from the body of the record, Backspacer demonstrates that the band still has fire, it still has cohesion, and above all it demonstrates that Eddie Vedder is still lyrically able to crush giants. more info

Troubled Souls Unite — [Edit: This post has gotten a ton of hits today, and I have no idea where they're coming from. So, lemme know where you were linked from in the comments.]Finally. Sure, it's only a week before the album is to be released, and the PJ people probably l... more info