Okay, let’s pull a few notable news bits from the queue…
- Before we get things started, LA Weekly deserve a Scooby Snack for sniffing out the secret identity of the highest bidder at Radiohead’s Haiti Benefit on Sunday night: Dangerbird Records co-founder Peter Walker.
- In as fast as you could say “Daft Punk leak rumor debunked!” a brand new song/leak has surfaced. Let the retraction countdown begin…
- Orenda Fink has not only written an endearingly heartfelt post on her experiences in Haiti, she is also offering her debut album, Invisible Ones, as a free download in exchange for a requested donation to a Haiti relief charity. Read/download/donate thataway.
- Rivers Cuomo and the rest of Weezer returned to the stage for the first time following last month’s tour bus crash that left the frontman with cracked ribs and other injuries. Watch Rivers and Paramore’s Hayley Williams sing Weezer’s Blue Album classic “Say It Ain’t So” here.