The weekend doesn't officially begin until you're caught up on your music news.
- RollingStone.com has exclusive video footage of Maroon 5 recording the follow-up album to 2007's It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The video also includes footage of the band lounging in Switzerland, where lead singer Adam Levine (pictured right) and company have been working on the album. That Mr. Levine is truly my dream man, a beautiful, perverted poet. Isn't that what all women want?
- Fuse will air the world premiere of Nirvana Live at Reading on Monday, Nov. 1, at 11 p.m. The concert is from 1992 and has never been released. Yes, everyone you know will be watching (and re-watching) this broadcast.
- Them Crooked Vultures has finally (finally!) announced the release date of their self-titled debut album to be Nov. 17. "No One Knows" for sure until the album drops, but I'd be a "Pretender" if I didn't say this album could be a "Stairway to [Rock 'n' Roll] Heaven."
- Artists like Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails have joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo after learning their music may have been used to torture detainees. Is Miley Cyrus on the list of musicians whose music aided in the torture? Seriously. I'm not trying to be funny.
- Weezer is teaming up with Chamillionaire, Sara Bareilles and Kenny G for tracks for an upcoming edition of AOL Sessions at AOL's Beverly Hills studio. Well, Beverly Hills is where Weezer wants to be, but who knew it would be Kenny G that would get them there?
- Speaking of Weezer, the band released the video for "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To," the first single off their new Raditude album, slated for release on Oct. 27. Enjoy the video — in your favorite undone sweater and with some pork and beans, of course — and more music links after the jump.
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2009.