Music News Notebook

• New Neil Young CD/DVD from his "Performance Series" to be released March 13. Check out the trailer for Live at Massey Hall 1971 here.
  
  
• It seems the new Kings of Leon album, Because of the Times, has been leaked. Check your favourite illegal-file-transfer-deelie. Have a listen if you like, but make sure you go buy it April 3. Oh, and by the way: it kicks ass.
  
  
• The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album will be titled Baby 81 and is scheduled for release May 1. "Weapon of Choice" will be the first single. Check out BRMC's MySpace for details and a cool new version of the track "US Government".
  
  
  
• Artic Monkeys picked up two statues at last night's Brit Awards: Best British Group and Best British Album for Whatever People Say That's What I'm Not. Their new album Favourite Worst Nightmare will be released in the UK April 23.
  
  
• An update on Wilco's upcoming release Sky Blue Sky is now available on their website. We have to wait until May 15 for that one, but the track listing is available now (woo-hoo.) Early word is that the track "Impossible Germany" is one of the band's best ever!
  
  
• Scroll to the bottom of this page to check out some videos from my new Group of the Week: The Strokes. Nothing new from the Strokes. That's OK, just listen to First Impressions of Earth again.