:: Only days after its release, The Verve are going to release Forth as a deluxe edition.

:: Do you agree with NME’s 50 Greatest Band Logos Ever?

:: The first ever guitar that Jimi Hendrix set fire to is going up for sale at a rock memorabilia auction this weekend in London. Among other things in the auction, one of the first contracts signed by The Beatles.

:: The next U2 album is not going to be released in 2008. It’s been pushed back.

:: You can stream the new Chemical Brothers album here.

:: You can stream the entire new Verve album, Forth here.

:: The Stills’ entire new album, Oceans Will Rise is available for streaming here.

:: Beginning next week, you will be able to stream the entire Jaguar Love album from their Myspace page.

:: There are reports that the new Harry Potter movie, slated for release this November is being pushed back to a July 2009 release because of the impending actor’s strike.

:: CMJ has announced the first group of artists performing at the 2008 Marathon in NYC.

The summer of reunions continues with some brand-spankin’ new music from THE VERVE! We caught them on their reunion tour a few months back and are definitely psyched to see Richard and co writing some new tunes again!

The band just released a new song for us to get all worked up to. Check out the stream of the song “Love Is Noise” over at their myspace page.

MP3: The Verve :: “Love Is Noise”

A long list of influential bands have been reuniting for tours and festivals over the last couple years. There are two bands rejoining this year which changed my life only the way music can: THE VERVE and MY BLOODY VALENTINE. Last night, Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones and Pete Salisbury took the stage as The Verve for the second time in two nights at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in NYC. I heard and read online they sounded fantastic at Coachella this past weekend and every word-of-mouth bit or rumor was absolutely true. Richard’s voice is still incredible; Nick’s guitar craft is like none other I’ve ever heard and the grooves Simon and Pete create round out a perfect recipe for blissed-out Brit rock. (more…)

When THE VERVE got together again for the first time in 9 years, they all met in a recording studio in West London. They picked up instruments and started playing around a bit. Those recordings were later known as The Thaw Sessions, 14 minutes were recorded of the band being, well The Verve.

Now, thanks to NME, the band has made those 14 minutes availble for download as an MP3 for the next 7 days.

The band has been slowly warming back up to this whole reunio thing, by announcing a show in Nottingham Arena in the UK on December 7th. More ticket info can be found here.