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• Alice Rocks (IGN Music)
  Avril, AAR, Wolfmother, Franz Ferdinand, 3OH!3 and more venture into Tim Burton's Wonderland.



• Zimbabwe and Botswana would fare badly in war (Mmegi)
  The apparent war of words between Botswana and Zimbabwe over the arrest and incarceration of Botswana wildlife rangers by Zimbabwean authorities is far from over.



• American Eagle Outfitters and FILTER Magazine Offer Exclusive Compilation CD to Support Haiti's Recovery (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
  PITTSBURGH----American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. , in partnership with Filter Magazine, today announced that it will offer customers an exclusive compilation CD to benefit relief and recovery efforts in Haiti.



• News : American Eagle Outfitters and FILTER Release Compilation Disc For Haiti Relief (Filter Magazine)
  American Eagle Outfitters, in partnership with FILTER, have announced today that they will offer customers an exclusive compilation CD to benefit relief and recovery efforts in Haiti.  The CD, entitled Hear to Help , is available beginning today through March 19 in all 938 stores across the U.S. and Canada, while supplies last.  The CD will be available online at www.ae.com ...



• Franz Ferdinand At Work On New Album (MOG)
  It has been just over a year since Scots Franz Ferdinand released their most recent album 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand', but now front-man Alex Kapranos has confirmed that work on a follow-up in under way. That doesn't mean we're going to get detailed sketches of every element which will play a part in album number four.



• Fresh Rheingold , Nixon and Comte Ory Among 2010-11 Met Offerings; Full Season Announced (Playbill Arts)
  The Met has unveiled its 2010-11 season, which will boast seven new productions, including two company premieres and the first two parts of a new Ring cycle.



• Book Review: Truce (The Trades)
  I have always enjoyed history. Looking back on my education, history was the subject I most consistently paid attention to. For my efforts, I was often rewarded with a "B" or "C" grade. It wasn't that I didn't understand the lectures or didn't do my homework.



• 5 Charity Songs that Stand the Test of Time (MOG)
  By Anna Zerkidou The recent celeb remake of "We are the World" for Haiti relief was certainly well-intentioned, but, as Ke$ha's continued dominance of the Billboard chart proves, superstar appearances aren't enough to cement a #1 single (or keep a song around). Throughout history, many of the best and most successful charity tunes have raised money and awareness, while also adding something new ...



• Do You Like Placebo? Do You Like MySpazz Secret Shows? (Defamer)
  Remember when I flew up to Sydney last month to watch Florence + The Machine bang out the hits in a lovely old church in Paddington as part of the whole MySpace Secret Shows deal? By jingoes, what a good time was had by all! And now the folks from Le Spazz are having another secret show ? this time with Placebo belting out their tunes ? but if you want to come along, you?d better hurry! You?ve ...



• Franz Ferdinand Working On New Album (MOG)
  Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos recently revealed to BBC 6Music that he and bandmate Nick McCarthy have been writing material for a new album. If the early reports from Alex hold true, the new album will have a different vibe than their previous four. "I've been round at Nick's and we've been writing some things, and trying to do things in a different way again," Kapranos said. "You'll ...