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The Strokes are releasing a new album for the first time in four years!

According to drummer Fab Moretti, the band are hoping to have their new album ready for a September release. He said, “We’ve been recording a bunch – basic tracks are done. Now we’re just running around like kids in a candy shop.”

NME reports:

Speaking of the album sessions, he said that they were “pretty much a free for all – whoever has the best idea [contributes]… coming back in and writing music was kind of like riding a bicycle”.

The Strokes had previously revealed that they are working with producer Joe Chiccarelli on the album.

Are you excited for some new material from them?

Rumor has it that Shirley Manson is getting Garbage back together to release a new album soon.

Shirley has hinted at a new album for fans after hinting on Facebook that she and her Garbage bandmates spent some time in the studio recently.

She said, “Guess who I just spent a week in the studio with? Would you be pleased if I said one of them was called Steve and one of them was called Duke and another was a Grammy-winning producer?”

The new album will be a followup to 2005’s “Bleed Like Me”. I’m excited! Are you?

Whitesnake have reportedly scrapped any plans to tour in 2010 to work on their upcoming album release. Fans of the rockers are upset that they aren’t going on tour this year.

The band released a statement on their Myspace page saying, “The band will not be touring in all of 2010 because they are working on several projects. Any information to the contrary is WRONG.”

Singer David Coverdale added, “My main focus, of course, will be writing and recording a new Whitesnake studio album for spring 2011.”

Mariah Carey has announce yesterday that her latest remix album, “Angels Advocate”, is getting delayed once again.

The album was pushed back once to February 23rd and has been pushed back again until March 30th. She tweeted, “Mariah’s Newly Remixed Album of Duets, ANGELS ADVOCATE to be Released on MARCH 30th! see new videos from Angels Advocate Now @ www.VEVO.com”

Are you excited for the album to be released?

Christina Aguilera’s upcoming fourth studio album, “Bionic”, has been pushed back, according to sources. The album is now set for an April 2010 release.

In a statement, RCA Records announced that the album was delayed before it was scheduled to hit stores around the world in March. The record company did not mention the exact date of the album’s release, but said that her first single would be “Glam” and would be released next month.

Come on! Get on it already!

If you’re a Jimi Hendrix fan and you’ve been longing to hear something new from the legendary musician, then wait no more.

The Hendrix family, along with Sony Music’s Legacy Division has just announced that they are releasing Hendrix’s eleventh studio album, “Valleys Of Neptune”, on March 9, 2010.

The 12-track compilation disc will include the guitarist’s studio work in New York and London from 1969, comprising final sessions by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience line-up and the musician’s first sessions employing bassist Billy Cox.

The record will include the title track, in addition to other unearthed songs including Hendrix originals Ships Passing Through the Night, Lullaby for the Summer, and studio covers of Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love and Elmore James’ Bleeding Heart.

I can’t wait. I love Jimi, he rocks!

Christina Aguilera says that being a mother to her son Max has inspired her new album.

Her fourth album, “Biopic”, is due out in stores in March and she says that we can all expect a little something different.

She said, “I had a really hard time being light before. I’d get a little weird about it being too cliched. My first record was very cliched pop, what everyone else wanted. ‘Stripped’ was inspired by a lot of pain and ‘Back To Basics’ sitll had some sort of relation to my past. My new one is just about the future, my son in my life, motivating me to want to play and have fun.”

And she’s not giving up her racy style on stage, either. She adds, “As far as motherhood affecting me creatively goes – like, ‘I shouldn’t be wearing that because I’m a mom’ – it hasn’t. That wouldn’t be fair to me. It’s important to keep a strong sense of yourself when you’re a mom. You’re still you.”

I still love her music.

Kelis has just released her new song, “Acapella” and you can listen to it here at Earsucker!

This is something different than what we would’ve expected from Kelis. This song really shows off her musical talents. The song is decent, yet I’m not sure she would be able to bump acts like Lady Gaga and Britney Spears from the pop/dance genre.

Check it out, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Alicia Keys is about to release her newest album, “The Element Of Freedom” on December 15th, and the singer has revealed that the album is about overcoming depression.

She revealed that she almost gave up on music when her grandmother passed away in 2006, but has channeled all of those emotions into her new album.

She said, “I found more freedom. Before, I thought I could only show the strong side of me. Now there’s a mixture of strong and delicate. A new sound, a new emotion. That’s a lot of who I am right now. In the past, I was locking myself in the studio because I thought it was the only way to create music. This was a more casual way to do it. The tour will take me all over the world for a year and I can’t wait to play these songs.”

She further explained, “With the last album, I was really trying to find myself and I was feeling extremely overworked. I was also starting to understand that I was dealing with certain people in business that were not really for me and they all had their intentions and thoughts. I was snappy, I was nasty, I was mean, losing my grandmother during that time as well. Everything felt like it could all just tumble down at once.”

Wherever her artistic visions take her, I’m sure we are going to love it. She’s an amazing singer and it’s good to hear her overcoming the sadness to rise above all of the negativity.

Puddle Of Mudd is releasing their newest album, “Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate” on December 8, 2009 and we were just privvy to hearing the entire album.

The album starts out with the upbeat “Spaceship” and I can see how this song would catch on. It’s hip and I love the riffs, and it has a rockin’ groove to it.

The second song, “Keep It Together” is a bit slower, sort of a ballad-type track. This song reminds me of their more popular hit, “Blurry”. This song will definitely see some radio airplay. I’m loving it. The song really showcases the talent of Wes Scantlin that we’ve come to know and love. (continue reading…)

Jennifer Lopez’s new song, “Louboutins” has just been marked as the first single coming from her next album, “Love?”

Earsucker debuted the leaked version of the song on November 20th, here.

This song is a stinker, and so is the cover art. Sorry Lola, but this just isn’t working out for us. Maybe next time? It’s not you, it’s me. No, really it IS you. My bad.

Rihanna had to change the title of her latest album, after getting some flack due to her choice.

The singer dropped her latest album, “Rated R”, on November 23rd and has revealed that the name wasn’t her first choice. She said, “I actually wanted to name my album, ‘Such A F***ing Lady’, but a couple of stores, a couple of major outlets didn’t allow that…That was the title for a while, but ‘Rated R’ made more sense because of the overall story. It’s a movie really, the album. But ‘Such A F***ing Lady’ – we take everything back to that – especially in our style.”

I can’t imagine Best Buy or Walmart buying that up in droves with that title, even if it’s more fitting as to her vision for the album. Having said that, I must say that I loathe censorship. She should have been able to keep her original album title, with no quips from the little guys.

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Heidi Montag has just unveiled her official album cover for her debut album, “Superficial”. I can guarantee you this, the entire album is full of FAIL.

Montag said about her album cover, which features cassette tapes, “This cover is a shout out to the ’80s. It makes you remember when you just had to run out to the record store and get your favorite album. You dreamt of those tapes.”

I can’t imagine that she would know too much about that decade, considering that she was born in 1986, but whatever. If you want to murder your eardrums, you can listen to her first single at People.com.

So awful. I bet she doesn’t sell but a few copies, if that. This crap drops on January 12th….hold me back!

Timbaland has just dropped Chris Brown from his song “The One I Love” due to all of the drama surrounding Chris’ antics.

A source said that the axing was a “creative decision for both parties. They even offered up a sincere “There’s nothing against Chris. We love Chris.” Sure you do, but you don’t want that maniac on your album, do you?

The song’s original was just that, “Maniac”, but the title was scrapped due to Chris’ part in it. It was changed because people thought it wouldn’t have been a good career move to associate the two.

Both Chris’ and Timbaland’s albums drop on December 8, 2009. Coincidence?

I bet that burns a little!

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Rumor has it that Britney Spears is working on her followup to 2008’s release of “Circus” and she will be releasing it next year.

According to sources, Britney will be releasing her new offering in May 2010. She’s also said to be working with songwriter Sean Garrett along with Max Martin.

Can’t wait to hear what she’s doing next. It seems like Lady Gaga is really dominating the pop scene right now, and rightfully so. Will Gaga be the new Princess of Pop or can Britney really bring it?

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Chris Brown is trying everything he can to pull his career out of the ashes, so it’s no wonder that he has a collaboration with Soulja Boy Tell Em on his new album.

Soulja Boy said, “My approach to it was, ‘if me and Chris Brown ever did a song together, it got to be the best song ever. When people hear it, it got to be automatic – be in all the kids’ heads, all the girls definitely got to love it, all the females got to love it. I was just thinking, ‘What are the slickest lines I could say to a female to make them fall in love with this record?’”

How about a sentence spoken in proper English? That might be a start. The grammar nazi in me had a really hard time typing out that quote. Seriously, pick up a book, please. Kthnxbye.

Brown said, “He could talk about, ‘I got my shoes on, I got my hat on, but I’m fresh though’, and it could be something funny. But it’s always something that can be catchy for kids, and I wanna do something that’s real cool for everybody.”

How about fading off into obscurity? That would work for me.

The song is reportedly on Brown’s upcoming album and it titled “Bad”. Is someone thinking they’re the next Michael Jackson with a song title like that? Michael was a legend, and with any luck, you may just be a footnote.