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Willie Nelson, John Legend, Feist and Elvis Costello are among the artists featured in the forthcoming Stephen Colbert holiday compilation EP.

The digital-only EP is set for release November 25th via iTunes.

The EP entitled, ‘A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!‘, is part of a Christmas special, by the same name, to be hosted by The Colbert Report anchor airing this Sunday (November 23) on Comedy Central.

The television special will feature performances and appearances by Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart.



Glasvegas has premiered the music video for ‘Please Come Back Home‘.

The track is off their forthcoming six-track mini-album, ‘A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)‘, which is part of the band’s deluxe edition of their debut self-titled album, due out December 1.

Glasvegas‘ debut album hits the U.S. on January 1st.



Glasvegas

The Vines have been forced to cancel all their upcoming Australian festival appearances as well as their forthcoming Japanese tour due to frontman Craig Nicholls‘ mental condition.

The singer, who suffers from Asperger Syndrome, has seen his mental condition deteriorate over the past month.

The announcement came via the band’s website, which read:

“It is with a great deal of regret that The Vines today announced that they have cancelled all of their Australian festival appearances -  Homebake, Pyramid Rock and Big Day Out - and their forthcoming Japanese tour scheduled for  late November .



The Vines

The Hives have announced they have collaborated with singer Cyndi Lauper on a forthcoming Christmas track.

The song, ‘A Christmas Duel‘, will be released as a free download on November 28 and will also be made available for purchase on December 2nd.

In a post on their website, The Hives wrote: “The Hives have recorded a Christmas tune that might be out in time for the Holidays. The song is waiting to be mixed but people who have heard it are raving about the greatness of the track.

The song is a duett with Cyndi Lauper and we can hear her and Howlin´ singing their hearts out for Christmas time.”



The Hives

Little Joy, the sideproject band of the Strokes Fab Moretti, has premiered the music video for ‘Next Time Around‘.

The track is the first single off their recently released self-titled debut album.

The video was directed by Thunderbird.



Little Joy

Beck has premiered the music video for ‘Youthless‘, a track off his ‘Modern Guilt‘ album.

The video was directed by Kris Moyes who has worked with Cut Copy, the Presets, Hercules and Love Affair, and Wolfmother.

Modern Guilt‘ is out now.

Watch the video before its taken down.



Beck

Kings Of Leon’s Jared Followill recently revealed to the NY Times what he’s listening to these days.

Among some of the highlights, Followill said he likes She & Him, but admitted the first time he saw the band he confused Zooey Deschanel for Katy Perry.



Jared Followill

The Raconteurs have premiered the music video for ‘Old Enough‘.

The track is taken off the band’s latest album ‘Consolers Of The Lonely‘.

The video was directed by Autumn DeWilde.

Consolers Of The Lonely‘ is out now.



Raconteurs

This is your last week to catch the 34-minute Cold War Kids making-of documentary film.

The film, ‘02.08 to 06.08‘, is up on the band’s Youtube page thru Friday (November 14).

The Vern Moen directed film takes fans behind the scenes of the making-of the band’s latest album, ‘Loyalty to Loyalty‘.

02.08 to 06.08‘ will be available exclusively on Youtube for only one week.

The film is also available with the deluxe edition of ‘Loyalty to Loyalty‘.

Loyalty To Loyalty‘ is out now on Downtown Records.

Watch the entire film below.



Cold War Kids

Girl Talk is coming out and admitting he’s a “PC“. Gregg Gillis, AKA Girl Talk, is the latest witting participant to appear in the “I’m A PC” commercials.

The video features Gillis telling people why he is “A PC” and why he uses one.



Girl Talk

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