"It's Blitz!," the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third full-length album, follows up from the punkish stylings of 2003's "Fever to Tell" and 2006's meaty rock "Show Your Bones" with synthesizer, not guitar, at the forefront.

Happy Birthday to English singer Robbie Williams (1974), actress Kelly Hu (1968), Star Wars Episode I and II actress Pernilla August (1958), New Order bassist Peter Hook (1956), former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel

After forming in 1980, New Order went on to develop a groundbreaking sound that mixed synthesizer-driven pop with electronic dance beats on a series of acclaimed and influential albums.

Sometimes the music doesn't matter. A band that channels the combined genius of John Lennon, Strauss and The Spice Girls can still fall flat with the wrong name. After all,

British singer Dido has been named Songwriter of The Year at the 28th annual ASCAP Awards in London. The Wednesday night American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards also honored "Solid"

Moby, ''Last Night'' (Mute) Activist. Faithful. Blogger. Vegan. Let's not forget DJ. Moby's beliefs may turn off some (he's been called a ''Jesus Freak'' in Britain), but he remains a DJ at heart, and his sixth studio effort, ''Last Night,'' is free of politicizing and serves as a joyous ode to his love affair with the New York club scene.

The B-52s have announced a special tour of select clubs and theaters to celebrate the release of their much-anticipated new album, 'Funplex' (3/25, Astralwerks).

Happy Birthday to English singer Robbie Williams (1974), Swedish hockey player Mats Sundin (1971), actress Kelly Hu (1968), Star Wars Episode I and II actress Pernilla August (1958), New Order bassist Peter Hook (1956), former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel (1950), actress Stockard Channing (1944),

Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are to be honored with British music magazine NME's highest accolade - the Godlike Genius Award.

The king's ransom of influential and diverse U.K.-based indie pop & rock acts that emerged from Great Britain in the broad wake of '80s post-punk has never been chronicled with serious attention -- until now, and Rhino's vast 4-CD retrospective The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium does just that.