Wednesday Music News

Here's a smattering of music news from around the web-o-sphere:

- Wolfgang's Vault, the amazing archive of recorded concerts dating back to rock's golden era, is going LIVE for Download action: Billboard reports "Beginning Nov. 3, [Wolfgang's Vault] will add more than 1,000 titles from 919 artists to the approximately 500 that are currently available for purchase from the site's Concert Vault section, Bill Sagan, CEO and founder of Wolfgang's Vault LLC and its parent company, Norton LLC, tells Billboard.com. The additions will include more than 160 Grateful Dead concerts as well as titles from artists such as Santana, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Hall & Oates, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, Merle Travis and many others."

- Former R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry sits in with his buddies in Athens for Beatles, McCoys' covers, SPIN reports: "Berry, who last played with his old buddies in 2007 when R.E.M. was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, kept the beat while frequent R.E.M. collaborator and Minus 5 main man Scott McCaughey took lead vocals. Buck played bass with his back to the audience, almost as if to protect Berry from the crowd -- and to keep in time with his longtime sticksman. Mills sang backing vocals and grooved along on tambourine."

- England's The Horrors played Phoenix the other night. I missed it, but PHX indie music blog Electric Mustache has got the goods.

- I love this picture of Fitz and the Tantrums, even though i'v not heard one lick of their music. But you can right here. "SONGS FOR A BREAK-UP VOL.1 was recorded entirely in Fitz’s living room, using one crappy old mic. The songs are influenced by ’67 AM radio, Motown and early Hall and Oates records. Fitz was born in France and moved to L.A. as a child. This half French, half Irish kid fended off the California rays with a lot of sunscreen to emerge as an artist with a vision. A soulful voice with infectious songs, Fitz’s music makes you wanna’ grab a tambourine and dance."

- Need a new music fix? Check out some of these releases from Pitchfork's recommended new release list.

And a requisite video clip of the day: Surf's Up - Beach Boys (with Spanish subtitles!)