Blog: Lost In The Sound

Scotty Murphy of  Allister and Rivers Cuomo of  Weezer are recording an album together, which will be "sung mostly in Japanese." Check out a message from Scotty below.

According to NME , Drake is working with The xx 's Jamie Smith and Florence and the Machine 's Florence Welch. Smith says that he has been working with Drake on the rapper's upcoming album Take Care. Drake has also announced that he may appear on the new Florence and the Machine record. As of now, no release dates have been anounced. To tide you over, you can watch a fan video of Florence performing "Fireworks" with Drake in London [...]

Hellogoodbye have announced in an interview that they will be playing part of Warped Tour this year. Their newest record, Would It Kill You? , was released in November 2010.

Check out the new music video for Two Door Cinema Club 's "What You Know" below.

Scott Klopfenstein (trumpet, keyboard, background vocals), who has been with Reel Big Fish for 15 years, has decided to leave the band due to the birth of his child. Read the message he wrote to his fans here .

The new Madina Lake album will be entitled World War III and can be expected for a Summer 2011 release. Check out a message from the band below.

Chris Martin, frontman of Coldplay , has revealed in an interview with NME that the new album will be inspired by "love, addiction and OCD". Check out the interview for more on the band's upcoming album.

Kanye West and Jay-Z have released the first single from their upcoming collaborative album Watch the Throne . The new song, entitled "H•A•M", can be listened to on the album's official Facebook page .

Sargent House is currently giving away  Native 's 2008 We Delete; Erase EP for free. You can download the EP here .

Via this Twitter post , Anberlin have stated that even though they are writing and recording new material, but are not moving on to a new record yet. So you know, we're always writing, thinking of new ideas, recording them. We're not moving on to another record. This one just came out! -NY

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross , who scored The Social Network , will be reteaming with director David Fincher to score his upcoming film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo .

The Wonder Years announced at last night's show in Anaheim that they will be going into the studio this week to record their new album. The new album will be their third full-length and first with Hopeless Records.

Watch The Starting Line perform a new song called "Luck" live below.

I'm New Here , released in February 2010, was Gil Scott-Heron 's first album in thirteen years. Jamie of The xx has remixed thirteen tracks from the I'm New Here studio sessions, creating a new album entitled We're New Here , which is scheduled for a February 21st release. Read more to listen to the tracks "I'll Take Care Of U" and "NY Is Killing Me," as well as the tracklisting.

Track: "Calling" Artist: Donots Release Date: November 23, 2010 Label: Solitary Man Records   There is nothing particularly new on Donots ’ punk-rock anthem “Calling”, but in all honesty, the track doesn’t strike me as an effort to reinvent the wheel. Instead, “Calling” is more of an attempt to stick with a previously tried-and-true songwriting formula. From the tremolos of the guitars to the echoed vocals of the chorus to the fast-paced drumming, nothing seems particularly [...]

• Donots - Calling

After almost a decade since Kanye West sampled the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" in Jay-Z 's "Izzo" and produced a third of The Blueprint , the duo will be releasing a collaboration album together. Fittingly titled Watch the Throne, Kanye has announced at a concert in Las Vegas that the album should be released in the next week, as the two will be traveling to Australia to finish the final [...]

On January 15th, PBS will air The National 's performance at the Austin City Limits studios in it's entirety. Check out the setlist and a video taken from the performance for their song "Bloodbuzz Ohio" right here.

Underoath - Ø (Disambiguation) Release Date: November 9, 2010 Label: Solid State Records With zero, count 'em, zero original members in the band, some longtime Underoath fans will be bold enough to say that this Underoath just isn't truly the Underoath that originated in 1997. Some radical fans went as far as saying they should change their name or just call it [...]

Foo Fighters have announced that they have finished recording their new album via Twitter . They also released 10 seconds of one of the new songs, which you can listen to here .

Pop duo  Cults will be releasing their debut full length in May 2011 via In The Name Of / Columbia Records. They will also be heading on a North American tour, playing shows with Small Black and Asobi Seksu , as well as headlining shows of their own. Check out the confirmed tour dates below.