Reuters - During the recording process for the fourth album by the Danish rock band the Raveonettes, "In and out of Control," the higher-ups at their label, Vice, weren't the only ones giving them feedback. To reach out to fans, guitarist/vocalist Sune Rose Wagner and bassist/vocalist Sharin Foo released their demos on Twitter and held live Q&A sessions through a partnership with Ustream.
Reuters - In the midst of its first reunion tour in the summer of 2006, veteran hard rock act Alice in Chains played to a crowd of 30,000 at Portugal's Super Bock Super Rock festival. As the band performed a set of its classic cuts, a handful of fans unfurled a 25-foot-long sign that read, "Alice in Chains Get Born Again."
Reuters - "The Blueprint 3" by Jay-Z might be the week's No. 1 album. But the other major September 8 hip-hop release, Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx . . . Pt. II," can still claim a victory.