The date has come and gone, but, alas, there is no Spymob album in stores. Why? Well, Mr. L.A. Reid, CEO of Arista Records, decided not to release the band's debut, Sitting Around Keeping Score, at the 11th hour. Star Trak and the band are currently shopping the album around to different labels and hope to have it out in next 2-3 months. Currently, you can catch the band performing on the second stage and backing N.E.R.D. on this summer's Sprite Liquid Mix Tour. And, finally, look for the band backing Pharrell Williams when he performs "Frontin'", from the upcoming Neptunes compilation album Star Trak Presents The Clones, on a few TV appearances this week. You can either watch Last Call with Carson Daly on August 5th, Late Night With David Letterman and Pepsi Smash TV on August 6th, or Jimmy Kimmel Live on August 8th.

Blood Group have been hard at work on their new album, Dead of Night, and expect the album to be released in October through Le Grand Magistery Records. More details and tour information to ensue shortly. For now, check out their website to sign up for the mailing list and download MP3s.

Since we are acting as a "sponsor", I thought it was worth mentioning that you all should go read the rules and then sign up for the 2003 Invitational Beard Challenge. The true spirit of the contest is to celebrate the beard and have a little fun, but there will also be lots of goodies given out for various beard growing categories. So, don't be shy.

Virgin Records (and UK loved) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have a new album entitled Take Them On, On Your Own set to be released September 2nd. You can preview the album here.

The Deftones will be filming the video for "Hexagram", their latest single from Deftones, on August 8th in Los Angeles, CA, and they do want fans involved after all. More details about when and where will be coming soon, but for now know that the band will also be doing a headlining tour of Europe with A Perfect Circle and Revolution Smile from September 16th until the 30th.

The new Showtime show, "Street Time" is getting rave reviews and is about to start its second season, but what we care about (we are a music site remember) is that not only are Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson and Black Thought from The Roots involved with the soundtrack for the show, they actually appear in a few episodes as well. You can catch the the second season starting at 10pm on August 6th on Showtime.

The Juliana Theory will release their new alive album, Live 10-13-2001, on August 5th through Tooth and Nail, and to help gear you up for the release, take a look at their new e-card.

Erykah Badu will release her new album, Worldwide Underground on September 16th and you can stream the single, "Danger," in WM and RA .

South will release their latest album, With The Tides on September 23rd, and as you guessed, they have a preview of some tracks available on their website. The first single from the album, "Loosen Your Hold," should be spinning soon on a radio near you.

Blue October have a track on the new American Wedding Sountrack, but they will also be releasing their new album History For Sale on August 5th. Wanna hear it? How about some RA or WM.

Taking Back Sunday have announced the first set of dates on their upcoming tour with Saves The Day and Moneen (dates in the more). The band will begin August with Warped Tour dates on August 8th in Philadelphia, PA, August 9th in New York, NY and August 10th in Asbury Park, NJ before heading to Alabama to perform at Furnace Fest on August 16th.

The insanely 80's video for "Dynomite" has been posted for IMA ROBOT. Head over to their site to watch the video or hit up the more section, as always.

On their official message board, Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek says that Feeler, an unreleased album recorded in 1998, will finally see the light of day in early 2004 thanks to Aezra Records. The record was originally meant to be the band's sophomore record but was rejected by the band's then-label, Interscope. While the release date isn't set, nor a tracklisting set, fans can expect quite a few unreleased gems, including "Your Day", "Clarksville", "Dead Boy Boogie", and "Little Fish", to name a few.

Gordon Sumner, aka Sting, has enlisted techno-dredlock'd Josh Wink to remix "Send Your Love," the first single from Sting's upcoming album, Sacred Love, due in September. My mom checks this site, so this one's for mom.

Bald-wunderkind Moby has made "Love of Strings," a rearrangement of his song "Signs of Love" available exclusively through the iTunes Music Store. Download it today!

The White Stripes, currently on the cover of SPIN magazine as the "coolest" people in rock, shot a video for my favorite track off of Elephant, "Hardest Button to Button" near Grant's tomb in New York City last weekend. Don't count on it being on "Making the Video."

We don't usually post anything pertaining to Eminem, but Mr. Mathers will make a (probably really funny. Hopefully really funny) guest vocal appearance on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, during the show's third season later this year.

Metal legends Pantera will release a career-spanning compilation, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!, September 23rd on Warner/Rhino. No 80's stuff though; they're starting from 1990 on, and including a DVD with ten Pantera videos plus a pair of live performances.

I'm just going to quote directly from the new definitive APC website: A Perfect Circle debuted the new live show privately for friends and family at their rehearsal space in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 24th. The new lineup of the band played 6 new songs, including Lullaby, Pet, Weak And Powerless, The Package, The Outsider, and the Failure cover (Yewknee speaks the truth) The Nurse Who Loved Me. Filming for the Weak And Powerless video began early last week in LA. It is being directed by The Brothers Strause, who you may know from their videos for Linkin Park, Godsmack and Bel Biv DeVoe (Da Hot Shit). You can view the cover art for their upcoming album Thirteenth Step at the address above.

Wanna see a new video, but don't want to sit in fron of the TV? How about The Revolution Smile video for "Bonethrower" in Windows Meda or Real Video? Check out their new website too.