The Tori Amos 12/9/02 appearance on Craig Kilbourne will be re-broadcast on Valentine's Day on CBS- I missed it so maybe now I (and you) won't. Tori will sing "A Sorta Fairytale."

Good news and more good news! PJ Harvey has been in Australia on the Big Day Out with Queens of the Stone Age, and she's currently working on the upcoming Desert Sessions disc with Josh Homme. It's also been said that Ms. Polly has spent some time in the studio with Mark Lanegan, laying down vocals for his upcoming solo album. Harvey will return to London soon to finish up her new, as-yet-untitled record, which will include some songwriting time with Marianne Faithful. There is even some talk of European show dates as early as August. Yippee!

"The album's called Elephant to represent both me and Meg's personalities off stage and in real life - majesty and regalness, and innocence and subtlety - but it also ties in with this death of a sweetheart notion." stated Jack White of the White Stripes to NME.com. Why did I bother telling you this? Because you gotta head over to NME.com and see the cowpoke motif that the Whites have employed as their new "image"... At least for the album promos, anyway.

Metal-lisha, or Metallica to those few fans left, have finished their new album St. Anger, and it will be coming to a file-sharing...er, record store near you on June 10th. Lars and the Gang are going to be heading out on the Summer Sanitarium tour with likely puppets Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, but wait- Two filmmakers are getting the whole process on tape for a documentary feature. You can previously see members of Bizkit on various b-movie porn tapes, if you wanna bone up before you get the upcoming Metallica thingy. Details?

Jimi Hendrix's remains have been moved from Renton, Washington's Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery to be relocated to a new memorial, which sounds to me like the most gloriously trashy thing you'll ever see. The memorial is at the aforementioned cemetary and is almost finished. Why do I say it's gross? Said shrine will feature a thirty-foot-high granite dome with columns bordered by "rainbow" marble and a life-size bronze sculpture of the Voodoo Chile. 'Scuse me while I dis this, guys.

Did we already give the Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming concert dates with the appropriately newly-marijuana-free Snoop Dogg? Queens of the Stone Age are on board for the first leg of the tour, and for the second leg Snoop Dogg will replace Queens, while Mars Volta (I know you already know, I just am lazy) will remain aboard. RHCP will head to England for the V2003 festival on August 16th and 17th, and then play festivals in Germany on the 19th and 21st.

Depeche Mode member Martin Gore has announced details about his upcoming solo album, Counterfeit². Like his previous solo effort, Counterfeit (notice the lack of an exponent, clearly distinguishing it from its successor), it consists of cover songs. Click "more" for the tracklisting.

Those of you hankering for some new Mogwai should check out this news bit over at Pitchfork for an update about their new album, Bag of Agony, which is due in June. They also mention Mogwai's drummer selling his pacemaker, but, like, that's so five days ago.

The Venture Brothers, a new cartoon on the Cartoon Network, will feature a theme song and score by Foetus, Manorexia and Steroid Maximus. The fact that all three of these artists are involved shouldn't surprise you, as they're all pseudonyms for the one and only Jim Thirlwell. The pilot episode airs this Sunday at 11:30pm, so check it out.

It has been confirmed that Moneen are now part of the Vagrant Records family. For more information on the situnation, check out a letter from the band...

Speaking of Chicago bands that might not be in the spotlight right now, Veruca Salt are still together. Their last album Resolver was released in Australia last month and their first single "Born Entertainer", which was also their first US single went to number one on Triple J Net 50. Veruca Salt are now made up of founding member Louise Post along with husband and Ex-Filter members Stephen Fitzpatrick and Jimmy Madla

According to a post by drummer Brian St-Clair on localh.com, the band was in the studio in late January recording tracks for an upcoming EP. The new EP should be out between March and April and will feature three new tracks, "No Fun", "Cooler Heads" and a track that is not yet titled. The EP will feature a covers of tunes from The Ramones and The Godfathers. For more H, check out the upcoming Thick Records comp, which is due out this month.

The tracklisting for the new Alkaline Trio album ,Good Mourning, has been revealed. The album is released on May 13th and will also feature a guest apperance by vocalist Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks).

Quick note about A Perfect Circle lineup changes. Bassist Paz is busy with Zwan these days and so has been replaced by ex-Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy (aka Jeordie White). Troy Van Leeuwen is sticking things out with Queens Of The Stone Age and has been replaced by Danny Lohner ("Renholder" - you know). To re-consume this same information in a much more entertaining matter straight from the band, click here.

If you crave Dinosaur Jr., even from the days before they were known by that moniker, Surefire Records has got a crapload of stuff coming out for you. First of all, they are re-releasing the classic albums Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug, as well as the singles infested Fossils. But to get just a bit crazier, they're re-releasing two hardly ever been released discs by Deep Wound, a hardcore band that one might say evolved into Dinosaur Jr. Radiobeat and bootleg release will be making up the Deep Wound re-releases. All of these re-releases can be expect to be available to you by summer's end, with bonus tracks of course.

The Movielife's new album Forty Hour Train Back to Penn is now available for pre-order over at Drive-Thru Records. The pre-order version, which ships on February 25th, is a digipack tri-fold, with artwork different from the jewel case, and includes a free limited-edition button.

Law Of Interia is releasing a Guns & Roses tribute album this Fall. In has been reported that Dillinger Escape Plan and Shai Hulud have already signed on.

For those of you not feeling the love of the impending Valentine's Day Holiday, AFI have made an e-card for your viewing pleasure. Their new album, Sing the Sorrow, drops this year on 311 day, March 11th.

Swedish pop darlings, The Cardigans, will officially re-enter the music world when they release their new single, "For What It's Worth", on February 17th (UK). The full album, Long Gone Before Daylight, from which the single belongs, will finally see the light of day on March 24th (UK). Hopefully, we'll hear US release dates in the near, near future. For more information, check out their recently updated website and read this article transcribed from MTV Nordic by the Cardigans fansite Country Hell. And, oh yeah, we also snagged the track listing to tempt you further...

Hey, it's February! Well, it's almost halfway through February, but we're still kicking it here at SU. So, what's the point of this seemingly pointless update? Well, just wanted to let you know that the Massive Attack feature is officially open. So, go browse the minisite and enter the contest. In other news, we've just posted a long overdue interview with Zaakir of Jurassic 5 from last year. A nice short and informative read. Stay tuned, more goodies coming up.