This is a new artist for me and I guess for most of you. His name is Brent James and, with his Nashville based band The Contraband, has released a couple of months ago an interesting album called "Moment Of Silence", produced by Skidd Mills (Skillet, Third Day, Saliva, Rev Theory and many more).

I don't own the record yet, but it's streaming on Brent's website and, for what I've heard, it's a nice work with a sound influenced by classic rock artists like Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and Bob Seger and more recent acts like Sister Hazel and Better Than Ezra, with a touch of country.

The band has released a video for the title-track of the record, and you can watch it here or download it at their website.

Released today via Zuma Rock Records/eOne Music, "The Sea Of Memories" is Bush's first studio album in ten years, since 2001's "Golden State" (artwork courtesy of famed Los Angeles street artist Retna, production courtesy of famed knobs-wizard Bob Rock).

Thanks to AOL Music, you can have a whole stream preview of the record following this link.

Also, check out the video for the first single off the new record, called "The Sound Of Winter" here.

Here's the song that millions of people were waiting for: Coldplay's new single from their upcoming fifth studio album "Mylo Xyloto", to be released on October 24th (see previous news on weChameleon).

The single is called Paradise and was debuted at 7:50am on BBC Radio1 today (this is the link to download it from iTunes).

Is it worth the wait? I think it's a nice atmospheric pop song, nothing more, nothing less. However, judge by youself clicking on the image.

The Leeds (UK) pop rockers Scars On 45 bring us their new video for the track "Heart On Fire": this song comes from the Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack Vol. 4, to be released next Tuesday through Chop Shop Records - Atlantic Records. The video features lots of footage from the new season, including Doctor McDreamy having a cry.

The soundtrack is a nice showcase for some up and coming acts such as Katie Herzig, Graffiti6, The Boxer Rebellion and I suggest you to check it when it's out. Meanwhile, check the Scars On 45's new video clicking on the image on the left.

Pearl Jam debuted a brand new song yesterday at NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It's called "Olè" and you can watch the band playing it live clicking on the image on the left.

At the same time, the studio version of "Olè" was put on the Pearl Jam website, available for a free download.

Pearl Jam are in the midst of their 20th anniversary celebrations that include a Cameron Crowe-directed documentary, the relative soundtrack and a book. Follow this link to read my previous post about this topic.

I told you earlier that London-based australian indie rock band Howling Bells will release its third studio album "The Loudest Engine" next week through independent record label Cooking Vinyl.

As reported, the album has been produced by the Killers' bassist Mark Stoermer, which was his first experience as a record producer.

The first single off the new record is titled "Into The Sky", and you can watch the video for the song here.

But it's not all: starting today, you can stream the whole new album at Howling Bells facebook page. Go there and have a listen!

Clicking on the left image, you can watch the new, animated video for the song "Trouble", the second single off the new 311 album "Universal Pulse", released last July and produced by the legendary knobs-master Bob Rock.

The new video's been directed and animated by Shawn Harrisbeen. The digital finger-painting animation has been done on the Brushes app for iPad.

If you wanna get another glimpse of 311 music, watch their video for the first, very catchy single "Sunset In July" here.

The second single off the new Fountains Of Wayne album "Sky Full Of Holes" is the beautiful opener "The Summer Place".

"This song is about a house that belonged to a family for a long time, and has both good and not-so-good childhood memories associated with it for the main character," songwriter Adam Schlesinger told Rolling Stone about "The Summer Place".

Click on the image on the left to watch the great video for the song on the Rolling Stone site.