We've heard Paramore's new theme song "Decode," had a peek into author Stephenie Meyer's musical world, and even studied the tracklist for the teen vampire series' eyebrow-raising soundtrack.

"It's heavy and it really hits you, but in a different way. It swings," Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos told SPIN.com of the quartet's forthcoming album, Tonight, before their gig Wednesday night at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Three years after the release of 2005's You Could Have It So Much Better, dapper Scot rockers Franz Ferdinand are set to return with their much-anticipated third record, which will drop in January 2009.

The tracklisting for the forthcoming soundtrack to the film adaptation of teen vampire series Twilight has been unveiled, and it's loaded with author Stephenie Meyer's favorites. Out Nov.

Rocking onstage is a perilous task. Last night in Iowa City yet another musician fell victim to its dangers: My Morning Jacket's Jim James was hurt during a show and rushed to the hospital.

Fans behind the chart-topping success of Metallica's new record, Death Magnetic, certainly have reason to be excited for the quartet's forthcoming North American tour, as the band will be playing "a lot of new songs" from the record, drummer Lars Ulrich to