We’ve decided that it’s time to let go of Soundtrack Day. It was a good little post and it served us well, but we’re ready to move on. We’re going to let in a little news in its place. So, from now on, we’ll be bringing you 100b’s News-ish Roundup every other week. Our Roundup may or may not always contain music news - heck, it may not even be considered real news! - but it will be here. So let’s get things started and have a look at what’s going on out in that great big world of ours …

In recording news, both the recently re-formed Jesus & Mary Chain and The Long Blondes have announced plans for new albums. This is what we like to hear.

Less so is news that Bonde Do Role are canceling shows due to “internal problems”. That sounds bad. I don’t even have anything smart-assy to say about this - Bonde Do Role are too great a band to fall apart. I hope they get it all sorted out.

The Jackson 5 are planning their comeback tour, which absolutely no one will go see. Meanwhile, Ian Brown has sworn never to be part of a Stone Roses reunion. I’m personally not sure why we need all these reunioned bands all over the place anyway - the music world is slowly becoming one of those historical living museums - but if it has to be, doesn’t it seem like those two stories should be switched around?

Nine Inch Nails have launched their Remix site. Only a week ago, Universal refused to be part of the plan, fearing (rightly so) they would be seen as big fat hypocrites for allowing illegal (ahem, unauthorized) samples while suing people for using illegal samples. It seems Trent Reznor has gone and and done it anyway, leaving himself legally responsible. I triple-dog dare anyone to fight Reznor on this - go on, I want to watch him rip you apart with his bare hands.

Interpol released their “Interpol Live” EP yesterday, the band’s first official live recording. It’s just a little ironic that they chose a show recorded at the London Astoria to be released exclusively in the States - thus forcing fans who actually attended that show to either pay outrageous shipping fees or illegally download something they themselves participated in.

And finally, today’s NME will re-ignite the old beef between the magazine and Morrissey. Although they’d managed to call a truce after over a decade, NME just couldn’t let this last interview slide, apparently. This ought to be amusing and pretty idiotic to follow. By my count, NME starts with -10 cleverness points for using the painfully obvious “Bigmouth Strikes Again” on the cover.

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