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With less than two months to go, Franz Ferdinand have finally unveiled the album artwork for their forthcoming album.

The band unveiled to artwork for ‘Tonight: Franz Ferdinand‘ to NME.

The new album is set for release January 26.



Oasis guitarists Noel Gallagher has released a 10-track compilation album.

The compilation was released exclusively through iTunes and includes tracks by The Pretty Things, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and Elvis Presley.

The compilation also includes comments alongside each track written by Gallagher.



Oasis

Radiohead have premiered the fan created video for ‘15 Step‘.

The video was created by Kota Totori as part of the band’s Animated Video Contest.

The contest asked fans to create videos for tracks off the bands’ ‘In Rainbows‘ album.

We previously told you MySpace would be premiering winning fan videos during this month.

The final winning video to be premiered will be for ‘Videotape‘ and will be released on November 29.

Radiohead previously released their own music video for the song.



Radiohead

Hold Steady have premiered the music video for ‘Stay Positive‘.

The song is the title-track of their latest album.



Hold Steady

Today saw the release of The Killers‘ third studio album, ‘Day & Age‘, but before you buy you can preview the entire album online now.

Fans can preview the album in full via the band’s MySpace page.

Day & Age‘ was released today.



The Killers

Matt and Kim and the Cool Kids are going along on a college tour to kick off next month.

The short 3-day jaunt will see both bands’ play at colleges in Carrboro, NC, Gainesville, FL, and Nashville, TN.

All shows are open to the public with only a $5 entry fee.

The tour is sponsored by Green Label Sound, a singles only music label.

Both the Cool Kids and Matt and Kim released singles on the label this year.

The singles are free to download now via Green Label Sound’s website.



Matt And Kim

No Doubt are set to hit the road sometime in 2009 for the first time in over 4 years.

The band will play dates next year while they continue to work on the follow-up to 2001’s ‘Rock Steady‘.

The announcement came via a transcript of a instant message conversation on the bands official website.

“I have cabin fever. Maybe we should play some shows or something,” wrote guitarist Tom Dumont.

“I’m down to play, it’s been too long.” replied bassist Tony Kanal.

“I think we should go out now. I don’t think we should wait. Pack up the babies and get a bunch of nannies. So fun! Would be so inspiring to get out there and play all those songs again,” added frontwoman Gwen Stefani.

No other details were given in the conversation, which you can read now on their website Nodoubt.com.



No Doubt

Radiohead have premiered the music video for ‘Weird Fishes‘.

The music video was created by Tobias Stretch as part of the band’s Animated Video Contest, which asked fans to create videos for tracks off the band’ ‘In Rainbows‘ album.

MySpace will be premiering the remaining fan videos for ‘Weird Fishes‘ (just released), ‘15 Step‘, and ‘Videotape‘ over the next three weeks.

Last month saw the music video release of ‘Reckoner‘ created by Clement Picon.



Radiohead



Guns N’ Roses are currently streaming their forthcoming album ‘Chinese Democracy‘.

You can preview the album, in its entirety, on the band’s MySpace Music page.

Chinese Democracy‘ is due out November 23 exclusively through Best Buy stores.



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