Manhattan Fault Line: Every song is written in a different way. Sometimes you hear a riff. Sometimes it's a title. Sometimes you're in a room with someone and collaborate in an interesting way, hearing a new sound or style that kick starts your own excitement. It's never the same-it would be boring if it was.

The album, which sold an additional 370,000 copies last week after moving 490,000 during its first three days in stores, is the subject of an online petition decrying the sound quality and demanding that it be remixed or remastered and re-released with improved audio. That petition contained more than 10,000 signatures as of this afternoon...

The band wants fans to purchase their music as a whole package, because the songs "belong together".

Since Limp Bizkit's on-off guitarist Wes Borland officially joined Marilyn Manson earlier this year, Durst and co have re-recruited another on-off guitarist: Terry Balsamo. Balsamo was part of the early 'Bizkit line-up in 1995, before picking up guitar duties with Cold and Evanescence.

Another following to the Blink-182 plane crash story: An airfield memorial Saturday will pay tribute to James Bland, a veteran pilot who grew up watching airplanes at Orange County airports and died in a fiery crash that badly injured two celebrity musicians. Bland was the co-pilot of a small business jet that skidded off a runway and crashed last week in South Carolina. The plane's passengers, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM, were hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns. more

The Police have been named as the highest-earning musicians - having made $115 million in the past year. The Forbes Magazine poll revealed that Beyonce Knowles, Justin Timberlake and Madonna are also in the top five. more.

Rapper Busta Rhymes was briefly detained at a London airport Thursday by immigration officers who said he should not be allowed into the country, a concert promoter said. more.

Terrorist threats aside, after a 43-year wait, Paul McCartney performed his first concert in Israel on Thursday, kicking it off with the familiar Beatles' song "Hello, Goodbye" to the joy of tens of thousands of cheering fans. more.

Free Credit Report Dot Con have a new conman to pitch their not-really-free services. Former Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon has signed on to appear in two viral rap videos for the Experian credit bureau owned company. AP reports that "The videos feature McMahon wearing a tracksuit, being chauffeured around Los Angeles in a Cadillac Escalade golf cart and waxing lyrical about his very public financial troubles." No word if the company's usual spokesnerd will also be featured in the ads but those that want a truly free credit report can log on to annualcreditreport.com and avoid this scam.

The launch of MySpace Music ran into controversy on Thursday after the leading independent music trade body complained that its small music label members had been shut out and treated like second class citizens. The new music site opened shop with millions of free songs for streaming and paid downloads, but without agreements covering hundreds of labels representing well-known artists like Franz Ferdinand, Tom Waits, Arctic Monkeys and Bjork. more

Strangely we haven't been bombarded with angry emails from crazed Claybots after picking up part of the AP story the other day about Clay Aiken admitting he is gay. But AP did run a follow up that had one fan's reaction to the news: "This is really shocking news as I had no idea he was gay," read a comment Posted by "Sheridansq." at ClayManiacs. "And now I have to deal with this. I am not sure what to say to people who know I was a fan. ... I didn't go to work today and am not answering the telephone." Denial = don't even notice I am lying. Or is this person ashamed about a major lack of observational skills? But isn't it really about the music? Who gives a damn if he's gay. Simon Cowell certainly doesn't.

The Flaming Lips' long-in-the-works film "Christmas on Mars" will arrive Oct. 28 on DVD via Warner Bros. A separate edition bundles the Lips' original score on CD with the DVD. more

Jon Bon Jovi showed off footage for the first time in public from the upcoming Phil Griffin-directed documentary about his band during a question-and-answer panel today (Sept. 25) as part of Advertising Week in New York. The clips showed the Bon Jovi being interviewed (and using a fair amount of expletives) about life on the road and what the band means to him, plus performing before vast crowds. In addition, guitarist Richie Sambora is seen talking about his addiction to painkillers and how the band eventually convinced him to go into rehab. antiMusic's very own Tony K was interviewed for the film. Will he make the final cut? That remains to be scene but you can read more about this preview here.

In support of their recently announced Singles collection, The Decemberists have announced a string of tour dates to kick off post-Election Day more

Superstar Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, wed the Bootylicious beauty in April and 50 Cent claims it was their union - not the rap mogul's music � that raised his profile on the international scene.

In addition to the full-length album, the band will be releasing a simple ten-track mp3 version for �5. This will be available from a variety of online stores and the band's site at http://www.oasisinet.com.

The 2-CD/1-DVD Egypt collection features previously unreleased audio and video highlights from the band's legendary performances at the foot of The Great Pyramid in Gizah. The set will be released on September 30 from Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino.

Four pairs of tickets will be auctioned for each date on the tour, with the highest bidder receiving front row tickets (or, if the show is General Admission, front of line privileges), passes to an exclusive meet-and-greet where they will have their photo taken with Jason, and an autographed copy of his eco-friendly coffee table book of Polaroid images, a thousand things. The three next highest bidders will receive front row tickets/front of line privileges.

"Declaration" released today September 26th in Europe on Nuclear Blast and September 30th via Trustkill in the US. Two hometown record release shows are planned. October 25th in San Diego at SOMA and October 26th in Anaheim at Chain Reaction with special guests Stick To Your Guns, Oblige and Let Live supporting.

Based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the band - comprised of Jesse Tabish (piano, guitar, lead vocals), Josh Onstott (bass, organ, backing vocals), Jenny Hsu (cello, piano, backing vocals), Colby Owens (drums) and Jonathon Mooney (piano, violin, guitar) - has been playing music together for over five years, but only recently adopted the name Other Lives. With an organic, orchestrated sound that incorporates elements of progressive rock, folk and classical music, Other Lives draws its inspiration from a similarly wide array of sources - from historical events to the landscape in which the members grew up.

One Grand Prize winner will have their song featured in the movie and included on the soundtrack album. The winner will also receive $5,000 and a possible recording contract!

Boom Boom Satellites are widely considered one of the first true "dance rock" band's (the genre didn't even exist back then) and their impact is felt in the music of some of today's most popular artists.

The tour begins in Fredericton, NB on October 1st and runs through Southern Ontario, ending October 23rd in Hamilton.

"Radiohead revisited: how their unorthodox release kick started the digital distribution revolution" by Alex Grange: October 10, 2008 marks the one year anniversary of Radiohead's "In Rainbows," which was initially released as a digital download, and immediately thereafter, as a standard CD. The album was released in North America on January 1, 2008. In Rainbows was Radiohead's first release after the end of their contract with EMI and the end of the longest gap between studio albums in their career.

In Rainbows innovated a new way that music could be distributed online. This was a release that smacked the face-of convention, and took a bold step towards the future of independent distribution.

Some say it was brilliant. Others like Trent Reznor called it a "Bait and Switch." Whatever the case, now in its aftermath, we are left with the burning question: what is the future of music distribution? The simple answer of course is, "it is always changing."

Radiohead revolutionized the independent distribution model. By allowing listeners to determine the value of their blood, sweat, and tears, our very consumerist society was turned on its head. Radiohead offered their album online for three months at an open rate.

In the spirit of experimentation, people were encouraged to pay what they thought a fair price would be for the download. According to ComScore, many listeners offered approximately $6 for the CD. Some priced the album lower, some substantially higher, and yet others deemed downloading the CD at no cost was their right as a Web user.