– Yay, Cat Power! You won the 2007 Shortlist Prize! Now you’ll have to spend the rest of your life explaining what it is. More »
Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator’s weekly look at the new releases landing on store shelves every Tuesday. Tomorrow’s a big day for the record industry, as the cute-as-a-button Norah Jones–whose last two albums have totaled 14 million copies sold in the U.S. alone–releases her latest album, Not Too Late. We’ll spare you the “is it too late for Norah Jones to continue being a sales juggernaut?” jokes, and instead go right into this week’s installment of On The Shelf, which wraps up new releases by Jones, Katharine McPhee, and Young Love, as well as a compilation honoring The Band.
– Rumor has it that Britney Spears is pregnant again; unconfirmed reports are saying that X17.com is the father. [The Scoop] – Jarvis Cocker throws his hat into the Eurovision ring, setting up a clash with Morrissey that will surely inspire 9,543 Britpop-fan flame wars. More »
