Erykah Badu banned from performing in Malaysia over, of all things, a promotional photo [News Article]

John Peel's record collection soon to be made available online as virtual museum... those poor BBC interns [News Article]

Danish court orders ISP to block Grooveshark after "Barbie Girl" is streamed illegally one too many times [News Article]

Blackout Beach drops new instrumental album on Bandcamp! Fuck Fuck Death, this is that new ish! [News Article]

London's Resonance 104.4 FM holds fundraising auction through the weekend: here's your chance to get a portrait of actor Dudley Sutton!! [News Article]

Rosie Thomas releases With Love, tours, joins TMT community by admitting deep appreciation for Bette Midler [News Article]

Joy Division and New Order master tapes found among gold and guns by Jamie Oliver (who is holding them hostage until you change your disgusting eating habits) [News Article]

The coolest fucking musical instrument you've heard of this year comes from (you guessed it) Japan; more specifically, Ghost's Masaki Batoh [News Article]

CocoRosie want to play music to your silent movies, so draw on a mustache and fire up that camcorder [News Article]

The Souljazz Orchestra heads south of the border for first major US tour, heats up mild American winter [News Article]

Hot Snakes touring the West Coast, to the dismay of Indiana Jones [News Article]

Islands work real hard to get back into your pants with a Valentine’s Day surprise: new album and sexxxy, intimate tour [News Article]

Western Vinyl signs Lushlife, not to be confused with jazz standard "Lush Life" [News Article]

33 1/3 series announces call for proposals; will Lenny Kravitz's Circus get passed over again? [News Article]

Rhapsody moves into Europe via Napster purchase; Spotify is toootally not impressed [News Article]

Amen Dunes goes on tour for the benefit of your sinning, coal-black soul [News Article]

The Promo Bay starts taking applications as The Pirate Bay aims to further legitimize their torrent services [News Article]

US Supreme Court gives Congress the power to apply US copyrights to foreign-produced works in the public domain; forget about seeing Rear Window in your Intro To Film class [News Article]

Grooveshark continues to prove it has largest balls of any music service by launching an iOS-compatible mobile site [News Article]

Mad Men Season 5 spoiler alert!!! Don Draper road trips with blue muppet in new Herman Düne video; band tours, releases EP [News Article]