The Strokes' hit record Is This It has been named the best album of the last decade in a new magazine poll.

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Monk star Tony Shalhoub (1953)

As a self professed cross between Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, The Pixies, Fugazi and Incubus, Arkansas' Always April certainly have a shroud of mystery around them.

With excitement building towards the March 10th U.S. release of their third album, Slipway Fires - featuring the Top 5 UK single "Wire To Wire" - London-based Razorlight will return to the states

Happy Birthday to musician Sean Lennon (1975), LPGA golfer Annika Sorenstam (1970), British singer P.J. Harvey (1969), Star Trek captain Scott Bakula (1954), Monk star Tony Shalhoub (1953),

Irish rockers U2's longtime manager Paul McGuiness narrowly escaped paralysis recently after he was involved in a horrific horse riding accident. The music mogul, who also manages the careers of singer PJ Harvey and New York rockers The Rapture,

Reformed boy band Take That and singers Leona Lewis and Mika have each scooped four Brit Awards nominations in London. All three artists will go head-to-head in the Best British Album and Best British Single categories.

Happy Birthday to musician Sean Lennon (1975), LPGA golfer Annika Sorenstam (1970), British singer P.J. Harvey (1969), Star Trek captain Scott Bakula (1954), Monk star Tony Shalhoub (1953), Prince of Darkness manager/wife Sharon Osbourne (1952), American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne (1948), reggae musician Peter Tosh (1944; d. 1987),

PJ Harvey, ''White Chalk'' (Island) PJ Harvey has long been known as the queen of indie rock 'n' roll blues; a British rose blackened at the edges.

UNKLE return with their third album, War Stories, a collection of desert songs due out in North America July 24 on James Lavelle's new Surrender All label, marketed and sold by Red Ink, a division of Red Distribution. Co-produced by UNKLE and Queens Of The Stone Age producer Chris Goss, War Stories marries UNKLE's trademark sound with traditional rock influences to stunning effect.