The Denver District Attorney issued a security warning to users of LimeWire after discovering the file-swapping software was linked to dozens of cases of identity theft. Read more at Aversion…

My Morning Jacket will be releasing their first DVD this November and it accompanies their recent live album Okonokos.
The concert was filmed at the Fillmore venue in San Francisco and “involves a storyline involving a killer bear”.
The DVD was directed by Sam Erickson and the lighting at the actual gig was designed by Marc [...]

Malcolm Middleton has signed to the Full Time Hobby label and will be releasing his first album for them in 2007.
Speaking about Middleton’s music, the label who have released music by the likes of Tunng and Viva Voce, have said:
Read this article at Angry Ape

Razorlight’s front man Johnny Borrell’s had it with carbon emissions.
The singer’s joined Friends of the Earth’s efforts to push the British government to curb carbon emissions. Borrell’s ecological sense was sparked after watching Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, according to the band’s website, and he’s ready to use his music to educate and inspire fans [...]

Telemarketers and home-maintenance sales reps-ya gotta hate ‘em. Many a tasty meal has been disrupted by a call from some creep yearning to collect the dust mites from my rugs. So when the phone rings and a cheery voice announces that “It’s Ted from Red Shag Carpet,” I’m seconds away from a surly response and [...]

As more than one left-leaning political pundit has pointed out, America’s done a righteous botch-job of positioning itself in the post-9/11 world. In the days and weeks that followed the World Trade Center attack, the United States had the sympathy of almost every country on the planet. Then came the invasion of Iraq. Thanks to [...]

Sonic Youth will raid its massive back catalog for a rarities collection due out later this year.
The band’s The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities is tipped for a Dec. 12 release by Geffen, according to Billboard. The collection, which follows up this year’s Rather Ripped (Geffen) (read Aversion’s review), will complete Sonic Youth’s contract with [...]

Primus’ first ever retrospective CD, a 16 song selection “They Can’t All Be Zingers” spans the band’s career from 1990 to 2003, featuring all of Primus’ original modern rock hits.
The DVD “Blame it on the Fish” documents the band’s 2003 reunion tour and contains live performance footage, interview segments, candid behind the scenes shots [...]

The Datsuns are on tour this week and they’ll be playing live into the first week of November.
The band have 11 shows planned, starting tonight in Edinburgh and ending in London on November 7th.
As previously posted, The Datsuns release new single Waiting For Your Time To Come on November 6th, including their cover version [...]

Matador Records, like Sub Pop and Merge, rarely gets things wrong. So when the label announces it has signed a new act, chances are we’re looking at a winner. Aussies Love of Diagrams are the newest members to the Matador fold. The band is a cute little hipster trio consisting of two girls-Monika Fikerle on [...]