CANDYLION: The solo album from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys is getting good reviews from Pitchfork and Gorilla vs. Bear, but while the Fork has it listed as a Team Love release, there's no listing for it at the label's site and GvsB was agnostic on a US release date. However, you can stream a few tracks from MySpace and watch the artsy-craftsy video for the title track. SIR PAUL McCARTNEY is planning to finish an unreleased track he sang with JOHN LENNON. McCartney wanted it on The Beatles Anthology, but George Harrison claimed it was not good enough. Of course, now that George is dead, man (miss him, miss him), he cannot object. MODEST MOUSE: Rolling Stone is killing music by posting a leaked track titled "Dashboard"from the band's upcoming LP. I looked for a streaming copy on the Hype Machine, but all posted versions have been wiped clean already -- which is impressive, as bands or labels have missed the HM in the past. Another version of "Dashboard" was posted at Let's Sexy Fighting, so it may turn up streamable on the HM by the time you read this (or not). Hearsay had a live version. ARCADE FIRE: For example, since the band's label mistakenly posted a second advance track on iTunes, "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" has turned up on Off The Record. But even if the label were to request its removal, a copy would still be streamable from the ol' HM for a while. JONI MITCHELL is the subject of an upcoming tribute album with tracks from Sufjan Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Prince and more. SEEN YOUR VIDEO: You can thank Sylvia Hauser for sparking me to search out Lewis Taylor's video for "Stoned (Part I)." He's old skool funky Soul in the mode of Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye and Prince. VANGUARD: The historic record label is opening a Digital Vault on iTunes this month, including rare and previously unreleased material. BISHOP ALLEN: The Village Voice has a piece on the band's "near-catastrophic" project to release an EP every month in 2006, including some tracks as free downloads. You can stream a bunch of them on the ol' HM at the moment. JENS LEKMAN has posted a brief essay on his next album, which he hopes to have finished by this summer. he talks about the humor involved -- and Ken King and I heard at least one very funny unreleased song at the Pitchfork Fest last summer. FAITHLESS is streaming a new song, "A Kind of Piece," featuring Chan Marshall, a/k/a Cat Power. BRITNEY SPEARS has reportedly checked into an exclusive spa for some "R & R," but some are wondering if one of those "R's" is rehab. Cindy Adams claims that her label thinks her new songs stink, which is saying something. The pop tart reportedly has commissioned a nude portrait of herself, apparently unaware she could just get the pics on the Internet. LINDSAY LOHAN has not completely lost her mind (yet), as evidenced by her summary dismissal of advances from Kevin Federline. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and SCARLETT JOHANSSON are competing for biggest diva on the set of his new video. JT cannot have people look at him, while Scar-Jo cannot have anyone watch her eat. WHITNEY HOUSTON is auctioning her underwear -- in addition to hundreds of her famous stage outfits and accessories -- an event that could earn her hundreds of thousands of dollars in welcome cash. GEORGE MICHAEL pocketed
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