Ten days ago, all four members of Soundgarden sent a short email to their mailing list:
Thanks to all for signing up. Stay tuned for more details! Loudest of Love – Ben, Chris, Kim and Matt.
In other news about possible future news, Trent Reznor tweeted this yesterday:
1st official day of work in the studio.
Could this be [...]

The audio from Eddie Vedder’s recent performance at the Kennedy Center Honors, a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song “My City of Ruins,” has been released as a single.   Its proceeds will benefit Artists for Peace and Justice Haiti Relief.   The single is available for 99 cents at either Pearl Jam’s official website [...]

Click on the applicable icons to stream or download “A Song for a Son” and their latest free song “Widow Wake My Mind.”

About an hour ago, Smashing Pumpkins producer Kerry Brown tweeted the streaming release of the new Smashing Pumpkins track, “Widow Wake My Mind”:
New Smashing Pumpkins song here http://bit.ly/5CG7bs
The bit.ly link goes to the Smashing Pumpkins’ MySpace profile (myspace.com/smashingpumpkins).
Sometime yesterday, according to the SP fan blog Hipsters United, some Italian fans discovered the download link for [...]

Auderamos is a (currently) weekly music blog by DeRamos Media, a division of DeRamos Group LLC.  DeRamos Music, another division of the DeRamos Group, has some exciting things right now and in the works:
They tweet @DeRamosMusic.
Weekday jam sessions happen at Chord du Jour, featuring Jon and Ryan from the Society of Gloves.
The Society is jamming [...]

On New Year’s Eve (or midnight Eastern Standard Time), Chris Cornell tweeted the news:
The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again! www.soundgardenworld.com
For the past 11 years, Matt Cameron has been Pearl Jam’s longest-serving drummer.  His current stint in Pearl Jam is as [...]

1. The Beatles’ Remastered Albums. Auderamos usually rallies against the dying 20th Century Recording Industry, but it’s largely a non-issue when it comes to The Beatles (and possibly other long-gone acts from that soon-to-be bygone era). Yes, the large EMI music corporation makes lots of money from The Beatles’ recordings.  Yes, Sony/ATV makes lots of [...]

The fine volunteers at LibriVox, yours truly included, have produced a 30-song collection of public domain Christmas Carols.  I contribute four songs:
1. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (Track 23 @ LV)
2. O Holy Night (Track 4 @ LV)
3. It Came upon the Midnight Clear (Track 15 @ LV)
4. The One Horse Open Sleigh (Jingle Bells) [...]

Apparently, WinAmp has similar features as TuneUp.  However, if you use iTunes (and until the next megabyte-heavy iTunes version has these features), TuneUp really adds an extra something to iTunes.