Stereogum — "Life In Technicolor 2," "Lost +," not even the track names find Coldplay trying to mask the promo-y essence of this wave of Viva-session detritus. Listening to it seems even more pointless, unless the goal's to dull the luster of this last LP's bri... more info

E! Online - Even the Southern California wildfires can't stop Twilight fans from trying to get a look at Robert Pattinson. more info

AngryApe — She tackles songs by Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin more info

AllHipHop — Still in the midst of touring in support of his last project, the remix album The Timebomb/Back To the Future, Gang Starr co-founder Guru has announced the release of what marks only his second solo album in his illustrious career.   Guru has teame... more info

AllHipHop — Still in the midst of touring in support of his last project, the remix album The Timebomb/Back To the Future, Gang Starr co-founder Guru has announced the release of what marks only his second solo album in his illustrious career.   Guru has teame... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Wacky & Weird Sharon Stone thought she was above the law yesterday -- demanding several drivers to stop in the middle of traffic so she could jay walk across a busy street. Too bad karma was waiting for her on the other side... See Al... more info

Culture Bully — The Streets: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia) The Streets “Everything Is Borrowed” (album) Subscribe to Culture Bully Here more info

Said the Gramophone — Herman Dune - "Try to Think About Me (Don't You Worry A Bit)". Herman Dune are a band diminished by the departure of brother & co-songwriter André H-D from the group, diminished by the clean $ studio sound of their last two LPs, diminished by the di... more info

Guardian Music — I'm writing from the depths of my holiday ... Regular Guardian readers may recall that Laura Barton wrote a piece a few months back about immersing herself in opera. The piece got quite a reaction, not least from me. As someone who loves opera, I was... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video, New MusicSpinner.com: Brit rapper Mike Skinner plays the role of motivational speaker in the video for the latest Streets single, 'Heaven for the Weather,' off of the album 'Everything is Borrowed.' "This video was an immensely e... more info