Click to listen to Still Corners' 'Into The Trees'

With a sound that's rooted in deep reverb-drenched psychedelia, it
seems only appropriate that Still Corners would point to key influences
from earlier generations. But for "Into the Trees," the first single
from the band's upcoming Sub Pop debut, Creatures of an Hour, they reveal that they actually took their inspiration from a literary source.

"The
song is a response to a quote from Jack Kerouac," explains band member
Greg Hughes. "'Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why
not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside,
why not go to your desire and LAUGH...'"

The album is slated to drop on October 11th, but you can download "Into the Trees" here, now.

Photo by Megan Sharp/Sub Pop

50 Cent is being sued for an attack
on a woman at his home, though the rapper was not present when the
alleged crime went down. According to TMZ, the suit targets Dwayne
McKenzie, an employee of the rapper, and claims that 50 Cent was fully
aware of McKenzie's criminal past.

Photos: 50 Cent and Kanye West

The
plaintiff, Vasti Ortiz, says she was invited to 50 Cent's Connecticut
mansion, where McKenzie made "graphic and vulgar" sexual requests. When
she attempted to leave the premises, she claims to have been physically
assaulted by another woman while McKenzie held her down.

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Bloc Party
frontman Kele Okereke says that he is unsure whether or not he is still
a member of the band. "I hope I haven't been fired," the singer told the NME. "I don't really know what's going on, because we haven't really spoken recently and I'm a bit too scared to ask." 

According
to Okereke, he recently learned that his bandmates have gone to a
recording studio without inviting him to join the sessions. "I was
actually having lunch about three weeks ago, just here on 8th Avenue,
and I saw somebody walk past and I recognized the haircut," he said. "It
was Russell. I was like, 'Hey!,' but he didn't see me and I followed
him around the corner and then I saw Matt, Gordon and Russell all
standing outside this rehearsal space. They all went inside."

Photos: Bloc Party at Siren Festival 2010

Okereke released The Boxer, his first album as a solo artist, last year. A second solo release, an EP titled The Hunter, is due out late next month.

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Promotional posters for the forthcoming Lou Reed/Metallica album Lulu (out November 1st) have been banned by Transport for London, the body that oversees the London Underground, because they look too much like street graffiti.

While neither Lou Reed nor Metallica are strangers to controversy,
they certainly didn't intend or expect the promo posters to stir up a
scandal. When asked about the ban, Reed responded to Rolling Stone with a question of his own: "What would Andy Warhol or Jean Michel Basquiat say of this type of frivolous censorship?"

As for the album itself, at least two members of Metallica have claimed that Reed's lyrics moved them to tears.

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