Monday Morning Coffee Break

I still don't have internet at my new place, so that is the cause of the lack of posts. I have pretty much settled into my new place (except the internet part) and am really enjoying it. I had a fantastic meal at Nightwood on Saturday and definitely recommend it. Goose Island on Clybourn has some great beers in tap including a collaboration with Paul Kahan of Publican. Here is some news and a video to get your Monday moving!

• Viva Las Vegas! The Killers & Tom Jones will hit the studio
• God Street Wine ends reunion run with Irving Plaza scorcher
• Live Nation executives: "We'll fiture it out soon!" - We'll see about that
• Vampire Weekend gets sued by Contra cover girl
• Beavis & Butthead will return and possible save MTV!
• Metallica's Some Kind of Monster was a mistake the band says

Phish - Down With Disease (Beavis & Butthead)

Mt. Desolation Makes Live Debut, Releases Studio Track

Mt. Desolation is truly an interesting hodgepodge of musicians. The band is comprised of members of The Killers, Keane, The Long Winters, Mumford & Sons & Noah and the Whale. I am very excited to hear what the sum of this experiment sounds like. The band has released their first studio recording called "State of Our Affairs". You can download it here, but it will cost you your email address.

The band recently made their live debut in London, and you can find footage of two songs here.

[via Consequence of Sound]

Monday Morning Coffee Break

I finally made it back home from my extended weekend trip to Las Vegas. Vegas isn't my favorite place in the world, but we had a great time! Jazzfest finished up this weekend and you can check out a complete roundup here. It also appears that we will be getting more dates for Tool's highly anticipated summer tour. Here is some news and video of my favorite MMJ song to get your Monday moving.

• Eminem rips Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in new song
• John Lennon's "A Day In The Life" lyrics to hit the auction block
• Members of Keane, Mumford & Sons & The Killers climb Mt. Desolation
• Ozzfest returns with Motley Crue, Black Label Society, Rob Halford & more
• Max Weinberg & Conan O'Brien are parting ways
• Watch The National perform "Terrible Love" in a castle

My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday

News From The Analog

• Billboard sits down with Paul McCartney to talk about The Beatles:Rock Band, the remastering of Abbey Road and iTunes. Above photo (AP Photo/MTV Games)

• British phenoms Arctic Monkeys have lined up a UK and Ireland arena tour. NME has the scoop here.

• Last Thursday members of The Strokes, The Killers and even Kid Rock showed up to salute Tom Petty. Brooklyn Vegan has the scoop on last weeks Petty Fest at Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

• Aquarium Drunkard sits down with Vic Chesnutt. Read the interview here.

• Phish was featured on NPR's Morning Edition last week. The segment which featured Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell talked about their new album 'Joy' and what the future holds for the phab four. Click here to read the interview.

Last, but sadly it took seventy days for Michael Jackson to be buried. Pretty sad if you ask me, but this is just the beginning of what will be a very long line of court cases regarding who gets what. Rolling Stone has the coverage here.