A BLANK CD

Producer Danger Mouse and rocker Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse have decided to go against EMI legal threats and release their new CD, Dark Night of the Souls, as a blank CD  reading, “For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.” The CD comes with a book of photos provided by film-maker David Lynch.

The album, which has been one of the most hotly anticipated albums of 2009, features Iggy Pop, Black Francis (of the Pixies), the Flaming Lips, Jason Lytle, James Mercer (of the Shins), and Julian Casablancas (of the Strokes) and others all contributing original material.

It is available for free streaming on NPR

WILCO

Wilco on Wednesday began streaming its new album, “Wilco (The Album),” in its entirety from its Web site.

The band believes that hardcore fans will pre-order the new album
regardless, or attend its live show later this
year. Wilco also asked users who have downloaded the record illegally to
donate to Chicago-area charity the Inspiration Corporation as penance.