MTV.com News — Hov says he has no release date in mind for his next LP, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive Apologies for being a little late with Mixtape Daily: We're fresh off the ... more info

XFM.co.uk — ‘Songs Of Ascent' will be a companion piece to ‘No Line On The Horizon' more info

411 Mania — Larry Mullen Jr. gets not one but two parts on this upcoming season... more info

Guardian Music — The pope is a man of catholic tastes, if a Vatican-issued list of top 10 albums of all time is anything to go byIt's the spiritual question we all want answered. You can take your "Why are we here?", your "Is there a God?", even your "What happens wh... more info

Guardian Music — Why hijab-wearing Muslim women have a real affinity for hard rockGod gave rock'n'roll to you! So US rock band Kiss chanted in the early 90s, a cover of the original song by British group Argent. My relationship with this "divine" gift started early.... more info

MTV.com News — 'I think it's great, but 'We are the World' is [musically] untouchable, like 'Thriller' ' Jay-Z says during NBA All-Star weekend.By Shaheem Reid Photo: Bennett Raglin/ WireImage DALLAS -- "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti," the all-star remak... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Holy See's newspaper Saturday published its picks for pop rock paradise, ranging from Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" to Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" and the Beatles' "Revolver."What L'Osservatore Romano calls a semiserious guide o... more info

Undercover, Australia — Bono is saying the next U2 album will be called `Songs of Ascent’. He should know. more info

Guardian Music — The Killers got facial hair to connote lofty ambition, while Chris Martin grew something as amorphous on his chin as Coldplay's music. So who's next to ditch the razor?Blame it on the Maharishi. In August 1967 the Beatles, fried by pop, fame and LSD,... more info

Mjsbigblog — This is totally cool. The original writers and performers of “Falling Slowly”, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, recently performed the tune  in Milan, Italy as a mashup with U2’s “With Or Without You”. Hansard explained that he saw Kris... more info