For the Pretenders, a new album , Break Up The Concrete has just been recorded with James Walbourne stepping in as guitarist in place of Adam Seymour.  A sample song from the album, "Boots of Chinese Plastic", is available for listening on Chrissie Hynde's Myspace page. The band will perform several songs, old and new at the Koko Club in London on the 30th of July for an Itunes special, with tickets only able to be won and even then only by U.K. residents.



"Shut Up and Let Me Go" is the  third single by British dance-pop duo The Ting Tings from their debut studio album We Started Nothing.  After being featured in a successful Apple iPod advertisement in April 2008, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was hastily released in the US on April 15, and was The Ting Tings' first single to chart inside the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. 


 
"Listen" is the first single from Last Days at the Lodge is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Amos Lee, released on June 24, 2008 through Blue Note.   The first single from the album, "Listen", was made available as a digital download on the iTunes Store on April 29, 2008.



On August 19, Lost Highway will release Pass It Around, the new album from Donavon Frankenreiter. Pass It Around boasts 10 new songs, iccluding Life, Love & Laughter  from the musician/pro-surfer, and also features some special guests and a new approach for Frankenreiter.


It's Not My Time" is the first official single from rock band 3 Doors Down, from their self titled fourth studio album.  A minute and a half preview of the song is currently available on the band's MySpace with the full song having appeared on the internet.  The song has been sung live in concert dating back to April 2006, with videos of live performances of the song have been posted on sites such as popular video sharing site YouTube.



"Love Remains The Same" is a song written by Gavin Rossdale for his 2008 debut solo album WANDERlust. The song was released via digital download as the album's first single on April 1, 2008.




Peter Gabriel's new album had been In production for more than 15 years. "Big Blue Ball" is a project featuring several artists from all around the world working together. According to Gabriel, the initial recording was finished in three years during the early '90s, but "the tapes were left in a mess and it's taken this long to sort out."





"Viva la Vida" is the second single released off Coldplay's forthcoming album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.  It was released with the iTunes Store preorder of the album. The song is now being used in a cross-marketing campaign with the iTunes Store. A nationwide iTunes commercial was aired on May 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM in the United States during the finals performance episode of American Idol, as well as the following night on the season finale of American Idol season 7, featuring the band performing the song. The commercial is currently airing on US television.
 

"Underneath" is the first release off Flavors of Entanglement  the seventh studio album and fifth international release by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album, which was originally set for an April release, will be released May 30 in Germany and Benelux, internationally on June 2 and in the United States on June 10 (per an announcement from Morissette's official Web site).

Spoon's latest release "Don't You Evah" is the 2nd release of thier Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga album.  You can also find it on an EP with 7 versions of the song.



"More Time" is the new release from NeedtoBreathe, new on the scene from Southern California. 




The official Heroes soundtrack was released on March 18, 2008 by The NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music & Consumer Products Group.  Wilco's latest is on the album.  "Glad It's Over" is also the second release from thier new album.





Matt Nathanson's latest album, Some Mad Hope, was released on August 14, 2007. The ABC show Big Shots featured his song "Come On Get Higher" in an episode this season.



On February 20, 2008, Jakob Dylan's MySpace page and official website released information about his new album.  The album will be called Seeing Things and is scheduled for a release date of June 10, 2008. The mostly acoustic album will contain 10 tracks. The names of these songs was also released at the same time and dozens of news sources picked up the story. For example, one news story which included the track listing was published in NME News on February 21, 2008.




Falling Slowly is an Academy Award-winning song, written and performed by personal and professional partners Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. It appeared in the couple's 2007 film Once. The film was eligible for the 2007 Academy Awards, awarded on February 24, 2008. It was chosen over the choral gospel song "Raise It Up" from August Rush and three songs from the modern Disney musical Enchanted.




Death Cab For Cutie released the first single from the album Narrow Stairs, "I Will Possess Your Heart", on March 18, 2008 . It was met with plaudits from the dedicated fan membership of the DCFC Union as well as some concern from more casual fans, saying the musical introduction, though powerful and emotive with the driving bass line, was too long. The radio edit version will not include the extended introduction



New songs, Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution and Wounded Bird are both from the new Crowes album, Warpaint.  On January 7, 2008 the Black Crowes announced that for the first time in their 18-year career, they would perform an album in its entirety. On a special run of “One Night Only” shows beginning March 2 and wrapping March 20, fans experienced Warpaint – the group’s first album of all-new studio material in seven years, released March 4 – in its entirety onstage, after which the band performed songs from its catalog and selected covers.





In July 2007, Steve Winwood shared the stage with Eric Clapton, in Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival. Among the songs they played together were "Presence of the Lord" and "Can't Find My Way Home" from their Blind Faith days. Winwood played several guitar leads in a 6 song set. The two old friends and bandmates continued their collaboration with a sold-out three night stand at Madison Square Garden in February of 2008.  Steve is now slated to tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during Petty's summer 2008 tour.

Brett Dennen is a folk/pop singer-songwriter from Oakdale, California. In 2004, Dennen released his first self-titled album, Brett Dennen. His second album was So Much More, which includes the singles "Ain't No Reason", "She's Mine", and "Darlin' Do Not Fear".   A few songs charted as iTunes top downloads in the days following the album's release in November 2006In November, 2007, Dennen was named as one of Rolling Stone Magazine's "10 Artists To Watch."

According to Gavin's official website his new album was expected in fall/winter, however RCA has announced that the album will be available April 1st, 2008. The first single, "In Love With A Girl" was released on February 5th, 2008.