Morning Buzz: The Mars Volta, Meshuggah, MySpace

:: MySpace gained a million users.

:: The latest from The Mars Volta, The Malkin Jewel, is available for streaming. Thank goodness At the Drive-In is getting back together.

:: Listen to and watch the lyric video for Meshuggah’s Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion.

:: Uncle Jesse is determined to ruin the Beach Boys reunion.

Morning Buzz: The Devil Wears Prada, Foo Fighters, Whitney Houston

:: Andrew W.K. is streaming his new song, My Time.

:: It looks like The Devil Wears Prada wasted the budget for their new video on smart phones and video games.

:: Foo Fighters won every Grammy ever.

:: Whitney Houston passed away this weekend at the age of 48.

Morning Buzz: Foo Fighters, Pure Love, Nine Inch Nails

:: Mogwai announced some U.S. tour dates.

:: Foo Fighters will be busy at the Grammys this Sunday.

:: Pure Love (Frank Carter’s new band) will record with Foo Fighters producer Gil Norton.

:: Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan tried out for Nine Inch Nails back in the day, but he didn’t play a single note.

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Morning Buzz: Deftones, Sleigh Bells, Lisa Coverdale

:: Chi Cheng of the Deftones is showing some signs of recovery.

:: Sleigh Bells will be playing on SNL on Feb 18th.

:: CD Baby artists got 77% of their digital revenues from the iTunes Store.

:: The royalties are starting to roll in from Apple’s iTunes Match.

:: Lisa Coverdale is interviewed in this weeks, Girls Don’t Like Metal column by Natalie Zina Walschots.

Morning Buzz: Jonsi, Metallica, Bombay Bicycle Club

:: The video for Bombay Bicycle Club’s How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep took six months to film.

:: It’s like history class, only cooler: 10 bewilderingly underrated post-punk bands you need to hear.

:: When Shelby Earl talks about an artist (in this case, Jonsi), you should pay attention.

:: Metallica is doing an indie rock music festival in Atlantic City, N.J.

Morning Buzz: Killswitch Engage, VEVO, Super Bowl Commercial Music

:: Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Brann Dailor (Mastodon), Navene Koperweis (Animals as Leaders) and tons more have been nominated in theModern Drummers Readers’ Poll.

:: Jesse Leach is back in Killswitch Engage.

:: Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade makes Fred Armisen’s playlist at the LA Times.

:: VEVO not paying indie labels? Gee, who would have thought?

:: Every song from every Super Bowl Commercial.

Morning Buzz: Revival Tour, Katy Perry, Beauties & Beats

:: Bon Iver performed two songs on SNL over the weekend.

:: The 2012 edition of the Revival Tour (Chuck Ragan, Tom Gabel, Dan Andriano, and Nathaniel Rateliff) was announced.

:: Here are some videos of Katy Perry’s performance before the Super Bowl.

:: In Las Vegas? No? Well, you’re going to miss the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Beauties & Beats later this month. Black Lips will headline, with J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Little Hurricane, White Denim and more playing the event.

Morning Buzz: Gaslight Anthem, Deerhunter, Lemuria

:: Lemuria released a video for Wise People. Filming it required “50 takes of the song, from 5 different camera set ups, all in an arc,” says director Paul Cummings.

:: Saves the Day frontman Chris Conley performed two songs for AbsolutePunk’s Backstage Sessions.

:: PunkNews “reported” that Gaslight Anthem is tweeting about recording. And I just added to the echo chamber.

:: An instrumental Deerhunter song, Curve, is streaming over on Pitchfork. It appears on the We Are the Works in Progress benefit compilation which supports Japan after last year’s tsunami disaster.

Morning Buzz: R.E.M., Lamb of God, M.I.A.

:: Members of R.E.M., The Drive-By Truckers and others are squaring off against Walmart in their hometown of Athens, Ga.

:: Lamb of God’s new album No Resolution debuted at number 3 on the Top 200 Billboard Chart.

:: Sri Lankan siren M.I.A. released a new song from her upcoming album called Bad Girls.

:: Protest the Hero will hit the road with Periphery for a spring tour.

:: Cannibal Corpse is gearing up for this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour with Between the Buried and Me.

Morning Buzz: Meshuggah, Feist, Comeback Kid

:: Meshuggah is gearing up for a tour alongside Baroness and Decapitated.

:: If you aren’t in to Swedish death metal, songstress Feist is also gearing up for a tour.

:: If your blood is boiling for new 3 Inches of Blood material, the tracklist and album art have been revealed for their new album, Long Live Heavy Metal.

:: Comeback Kid has released a new video featuring crazy fans for the single Do Yourself a Favor.

:: Machine Head is joined on stage by a 13-year-old guitar shredder!