There’s good news and bad news for Alex Turner fans! The bad news: The Last Shadow Puppets will not be touring until October. The good news: Arctic Monkeys revealed that they plan to work on new material over the summer for their forthcoming third album! Although we probably won’t see the new album this year, Turner claims the band has already recorded six demos of songs they’ve been playing on tour. Below are four live versions of songs likely to appear on the Monkeys’ third album for your listening pleasure!

MP3s:
Arctic Monkeys - “Sandtrap”
Arctic Monkeys - “The Lovers”
Arctic Monkeys - “The Fire and the Thud”
Arctic Monkeys - “Put Me in a Terror Pocket”

If you have not yet heard, Trent Reznor loves the internets! Or maybe he just likes competing with Thom Yorke. Either way, his latest demonstration of web-lovin’ has involved offering Nine Inch Nails’ new single, “Discipline”, as a free download. Not to be outdone by his net nemesis’ “Nude” remix site, Reznor has also put together a (you guessed it!) remix site where fans can give the single a digital makeover.

MP3:
Nine Inch Nails - “Discipline”

Looks like the mystery of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band has been solved! The Bright Eyes frontman has revealed the details of his first solo album in 12 years (his last solo effort was 1996’s Soundtrack to My Movies, issued on cassette by a teenage Oberst). The singer-songwriter plans to release the new album in the US via Merge Records on August 5th, making it his first not to be released domestically on Saddle Creek (the Omaha label with which he’s been associated since he began recording in the early ’90s). Oberst recorded and produced the album himself (with assistance from engineer Andy LeMaster) in Tepoztlán, Morelos, México in January and February of this year at a temporary studio in the mountain villa Valle Místico on the outskirts of town.

The album’s tracklisting is:

Cape Cañaveral
Sausalito
Get-Well-Cards
Lenders In The Temple
Danny Callahan
I Don’t Want To Die (In The Hospital)
Eagle On A Pole
Moab
NYC — Gone, Gone
Valle Místico (Ruben’s Song)
Souled Out!!!
Milk Thistle

For an audio preview of The Mystic Valley Band’s sound, check out Hypeful’s previous post of the group performing live.

For a recent Green Issue of their publication, Billboard put together a list of the top 10 green artists who have made a difference to the environment over the past 12 months. Check out their full list after the jump and you can download a PDF copy of the Green Issue here!

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Judd Apatow’s latest production may have helped you to laugh and forget Sarah Marshall, but it may have simultaneously left you with a Jonah Hill-sized man crush on fictional Infant Sorrow frontman Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). If so, you’ll definitely want to check out this collection of funny bonus material featuring the contemporary English rocker - including a couple of Infant Sorrow tracks, the uncut music video for “We’ve Got to Do Something,” and a must-see clip of Aldous hosting a children’s television program!

MP3s:
Infant Sorrow - “We’ve Got To Do Something”
Infant Sorrow - “Inside of You”

VIDEOS:
Aldous Snow Presents The Letter “U”

Aldous Snow and Infant Sorrow - “We’ve Got To Do Something” Music Video