The New Pornographers have lost one of their lead singers from their current tour after vocalist Neko Case suffered a bad fall and fractured her ankle.

Cambridge, Massachusetts – October 29, 2007 – Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, announced today the final song list for its highly anticipated music videogame Rock Band.

The New Pornographers, ''Challengers'' (Matador) Every album by the New Pornographers has raised the profile of indie-pop. The eight-member band's fourth, ''Challengers,'' is no exception.

Canada's MC-singer-poet-actress-beatnik Kinnie Starr returns with her latest enchanting adventure, Anything. Her effortless smoky vocals sound more original and unorthodox as ever. Raw ballads and optimistic jams showcase Starr's seductive voice, creating a broader poppy palette on this new album out on MapleMusic Records.

While venues and dates are still being confirmed, Matador Records has announced that Belle & Sebastian and The New Pornographers will be touring together in early '06 throughout North America, the former in support of the forthcoming 'The Life Pursuit', the latter behind the consensus pick for the album of 2006, 'Twin Cinema' (click for review).

NBC has released the list of guests and musical performers on Late Night With Conan O'Brien for the month of Decemeber. Some notable guests include Heidi Klum, Jim Carrey, Lara Flynn Boyle, Adrien Brody, Coldplay and The White Stripes. The full list is below...

"I've given up on typical song structure," says Neko Case, reflecting on the twelve new songs on her ambitious, riveting new album 'Fox Confessor Brings The Flood" (due March 7 on Anti- Records). "I want to say what I have to say and then get out." But a close listen will reveal that Case hasn't so much given up on the typical verse-chorus-verse construct as transcended it, creating a majestic album that resonates more deeply with each listen.