Gary Lightbody, the lead singer of Snow Patrol, is putting together a side project that is tantamount to a supergroup. Tired Pony consists of Peter Buck (R.E.M) on guitar, Belle and Sebastian drummer Richard Coburn, Iain Archer and his wife, singer Miriam Kaufman, and Jacknife Lee is producing.

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This is not about t-shirts and other band merch. Oh contraire, the Kings of Leon have attached their name to a clothing line that includes hats, boots, jewelery, flannel and denim. Oh, and a bandana that costs £65. For those who are inclined, you can view the range here.

Billboard has launched a new website, Billboardlive.com, to watch concerts for free. A nice plus is that users can select between 5 different camera views, including picking the band member/artist to focus on.

Right now the line up (e.x. Daughtry, R. Kelly and Imogen Heap) does not excite me in the least, but here’s hoping for a better roster roll out soon.

Slate.com offers up this interesting piece, which evaluates and admires Yamaha’s new AvantGrand electric piano. To quote “…Yamaha has done more than capture the soul of a grand piano in an electronic device. They have improved on a 300-year-old instrument.”

Kick ass track from a great Canadian outfit. Check out more on You Say Party! We Say Die!

I hope that this puts a smile on your day.

We7 is the latest ad support music streaming and “buy this song now” site. The usual features of playlists, charts and big name songs in its catalogue are all present. What makes this site/service interesting for me is that Peter Gabriel – Mr. Solsbury Hill himself, is one of those behind the site.

Interested in the dynamics of today’s music industry? Rolling Stone has a solid article for you. While this article is not exactly chock full of new pieces of information, it is thorough.

What can be better than a beautiful song and claymation? Enjoy the Weepies, who are a husband and wife duo.

The original handwritten lyrics to John Lennon’s anthem ‘Give Peace a Chance’ are up for auction and are expecting to fetch 300,000+ Euros.

Here’s an amazing life performance by Nina Simone of ‘Ain’t Got No…I’ve Got Life’. Dig that wicked hairdo of hers.

Rhinna has banned fans from showing with umbrellas at her concerts. The reported reason is for “security concerns”. Odd that lameness was not cited.

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Here is the video to Gnarls Barkley’s new single ‘Run’, which is the first single from their upcoming sophmore release. Yes, that is Justin Timberlake in a wig and glasses.

Peter Elkas is an amazing Canadian singer/songwriter. I had the chance to catch him in concert last week and was totally taken by his music. ‘Sweet Nancy’ is the lead single from his new album Wall of Fire, which I can’t get enough of. Wall of Fire is the perfect soundtrack to a weekend morning where you sleep, have some coffee and pancakes with someone that you love.

Check out more songs on Peter’s myspace page.

Nope, that’s not Lilly Allen, that’s Kate Nash. She’s a little older, and presumably a little wiser. Plus, this video has stop-motion toy dinosaurs.

The first version of the song’s video may not say it, but the lyrics to this wonderful song by the Maccabees are quite apropos for Valentine’s Day. Have a good one everyone and happy Valentine’s Day to you DL.

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Continuing with his work of directing documentaries and films about such musical legends as the Band, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, Marty Scorsese will be making a documentary about the life of Bob Marley. The film is slated to be released February 6, 2010 – what would have been Marley’s 65th birthday.