Tomorrow, April 19, music lovers from Memphis to Melbourne will unite to celebrate a vital global institution: the independent record retailer. Yes, this Saturday marks the inaugural Record Store Day, and with it comes all manner of free swag, contests, red hot exclusive releases, in-store performances, DJ sets, signings, meet-and-greets, and other assorted hoopla.

With so many goodies and so much going down at spots around the world, it may be tricky getting a handle on just what you can expect tomorrow. Keeping that in mind, Pitchfork has assembled a little Record Store Day highlight reel. Read on, friends, and start gathering that allowance/beer/trust fund money. You're going to be buying some records tomorrow! (And, we sure hope, buying records many other days this year too.)  read more »

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After giving musical instrument manufacturers Hohner USA plenty of potential ad fodder with pictures of him using their harmonicas, Bob Dylan has decided to partner with Hohner to create his own line of the things, according to Hohner's website [via Billboard.biz]. In unrelated news, we've still got our fingers crossed for a line of Bob Dylan undergarments.  read more »

Each week, dozens of songs and albums from up-and-coming (or just plain unknown) bands debut on the pop charts. Some of these bands will never be heard from again; some may become the next little thing. That's why every two weeks Chuck Eddy will be exploring the world beyond the Billboard 200, where he'll look for diamonds in the MySpace rough. This week, his roster of up-and-comers includes Loch Ness-inspired folkies, accordion-assisted cantina polkas, a Brooklyn MC who needs a rhyming dictionary, some internationally known Detroit rockers, jumpy Christian teenpop, and a 161-year-old Mormon institution. RUNRIG Year of the Flood: Live at Loch Ness by these Scottish folk-rockers entered Denmark's album chart at No. 4 last week, but their not-very-updated MySpace page still says their "new" album is 2007's Everything Thing You See , which apparently went No. 1 in Denmark, and a picture of it shows a guy playing field hockey on the cover. Confusing, but who cares—they recorded an album live at Loch Ness! How bloody cool is that? I wonder if they saw the monster! (Though Plesiosaurus or no, how advisable is it to record at a loch in a flood year?  read more »

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Hohner Inc. announces a special viewing of the Bob Dylan Collection of hand-signed harmonicas at Sam Ash Music. The collection can be seen at Sam Ash Music, 7360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (323-850-1050) from September 24 through October 8, from 10:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. It can be seen at Sam Ash Music, 155 W. 48th Street, New York, NY (212-719-2625) from October 15 through October 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (PRWeb Sep 24, 2008)
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Before the show, Simpson asked the Fall Out Boy bassist to not 'say anything crummy' about her.
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Don't be surprised if Pete Wentz calls you up this week to see if he can crash on your couch.  read more »

Ashlee and Pete have sent out Evites inviting people to their top secret wedding. Did you check your email yet to see if you got one? Yep, the thing is so hush-hush, they not only invited people by the most traceable way possible, they then begged the tabloids to bid on the right to cover [...]

You know how you know when someone is pregnant? When they tell you (or ya know, when they pop a baby out after nine months). But of course the NY Daily News can’t stop speculating about what’s going on in Ashlee Simpson’s still-flat belly, so they’ve moved north to her breasts. “Possibly pregnant Ashlee Simpson did little to squash baby rumors when she recently flaunted a chest that could rival her big sis Jessica’s,” the rag gushed today.  read more »