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Jason Pierce — the oft-troubled mastermind behind spacey British rock act Spiritualized — is recovering at his home following a three-week stay in a London hospital during which he was placed in intensive care and needed to be revived by doctors twice.

It is now over five years since the release of the last studio album, Amazing Grace. Serious illness struck main man Jason Pierce in 2005, when time spent in intensive care interrupted writing, but inevitably perhaps, this setback turned into an inspiration.

The third season of the Showtime series Weeds recently began. The popularity of the show has increased and the main theme song has become more recognizable. The song is called "Little Boxes" and was written in 1962 and originally performed by Malvina Reynolds. Since then, it's been covered by many artists and since last season, various musicians were asked to cover the song so it could be used in the beginning of each episode. They've continued this theme for the third season and this time around, there have been over ninety submissions. Below are the show's covers of the songs from last season and the current one. Also, I'll try updating each week with the latest episode's cover. I've chosen to put them in list format this time for organization purposes and so the same album art doesn't appear multiple times. There are also full versions that some of the artists recorded (click the "Full" link). I also attached them below in a subcategory.

Muse are an English rock band formed in Teignmouth, Devon in 1994 under the alias of Rocket Baby Dolls. Afterwards, they changed their name to Muse, decided to forgo university and undertook a career in music.[1] The band comprises Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar and keyboards), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar) and Dominic Howard (drums and percussion). Muse blend alternative, hard rock, progressive rock, classical music and electronica to help form the new sub-genre of new prog. Muse are known best for their energetic and visually dazzling live performances, and front man Matthew Bellamy's eccentric interests in global conspiracy, extraterrestrial life, paranoia, theology and the apocalypse.[2] Muse have released four studio albums with their first, Showbiz, coming in 1999. The most recent, Black Holes & Revelations (2006), was also the most critically acclaimed, garnering the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006.[3]

The band is currently working on their third album in Vancouver with Franz Ferdinand's frontman Alex Kapranos as producer. He was hired for the producer job after The Cribs' supported Franz Ferdinand on their US tour last year.I chose this song from the album because, well, I like it...Bonus: Their debut 7" single Another Number from 2003 can be downloaded from their website. But be warned - it's not as good as their recent stuff.

Finally, the Shout Out Louds came on stage. I can't fault the band for this, but there were a few annoying fans ones singing out loud, or should I say "shout out loud" the lyrics to their favorite songs. You can always tell which songs were the new/obscure songs whenever those fans shut up. On CD, Adam's vocals sounds like Robert Smith (The Cure), but when he's singing live, it just sounds very whiny. I thought it was annoying, but obviously I'm the only one that thought this because judging from the audience cheers and sing-a-along, no one noticed or cared.

Howlin' Pelle and The Hives are back with a new album called The Black and White Album and it goes on sale tomorrow (November 13th) in the US. I've no idea why the album was pushed back to November, considering that Europe released the album on October 15th. These guys are from Fagersta, Sweden, and I first heard about them through their big hit single: "Hate to Told You So". It wasn't until "Main Offender" did I realized these guys can really rock. Their appearance on Jools Holland was equally energic and hilarious, especially when Pelle said this during the song:

Added on 29 February 2008 at 09.13 You've already feasted your ears on two phenomenal singles: title track 'You Cross My Path' and 'Oh Vanity', and now the time has come for the whole album 'You Cross My Path' to be made available to download for free. Yes you did hear us right, the album to have and to hold for nowt, zilch, zero, zip.

This is my fifth video on Youtube! This recording was produced by Arena Studios, so I want to say a big thank you to Gary Hughes!! Please have a close look at the end of my video and you will see some links to Gary's websites, it would be great if you would have a look at them!!!! Here are some of Gary's links: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uMHAccG... http://www/gary-hughes.com http://www.tenofthebest.com/gh-index.htm I decided to sing this song for my beautiful Mum on her birthday which is coming up in the next few days!! I just want her to know how much I love and adore her, everything I do Mum I do for you!! You have been the most outstanding role model anyone could ever have in their whole life and I just can't put into words how much I LOVE YOU!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM XX I have loved singing since I was about 7 years old. I guess it is the showbiz background I came from! My dad was Brian Rossi, a famous entertainer from Belfast. My mum is Pat Rossi who was his manager for many years. My dad is best remembered for being the lead singer in his group called The Wheels and being band leader and showman at the Plaza Ballroom, Belfast. He then gave Van Morrison his first break and subsequently Van Morrison wrote ''Gloria'' for The Wheels. Dad also had a huge english following. His most popular venue was the famous Queens Dolphin Bar at Cleveleys, Lancashire where he appeared for 7 years. Van Morrison always refers to dad in any interviews that he does. Sadly my dad died in 1984 at the age of 49. I have watched videos on Youtube, so I thought I would give it go and hope you all like it. I welcome all your comments. Thanks for watching and please don't hesistate to share this video with your friends if you enjoy it!!!

The leading single, is "Tell Me Where It Hurts", and according to press release and from their official website, that it's unknown if Garbage will continue as a band. Shirley Manson, in the meantime, is releasing her first solo album soon.

What The Milkman Saw is from a 9-song demo made by the band. They have been handing the demo out at gigs and it used to be available through the official band forum. But the demo has been taken down because of the expected success of the band? If you search long and hard enough, you will probably find a place to download the demo from. Four songs recorded for a radio session are available on their site, though.

The Arctic Monkeys are undoutably the biggest band from England right now. I did went to see them play live here and I was actually more impressed with their opening band, Be Your Own Pet, which are a few underage kids (the youngest being 18 years old). But what they offer is a little showmenship, as they jump and dance around as they sing (I mean, scream) their songs.

I watched the trailer and it's actually looks good (I'm very curious about that fight scene on concert stage with Ian Curtis frozen in terror! edit: Ian Curtis serizure-dance party). It also looks like it'll be in black and white, which is something Corbijn is probably most famous for (his black and white still photographs of rock bands from the 80s).

Interestingly, there are two purchasing options for the album. If you are flush with cash and love collectables then you can splash out £40 for the boxset. This includes the CD, 2 x 12 inch vinyl records, enhanced CD containing more songs, digital photographs, artwork & lyrics booklets and the right to digitally download the tracks.

Hey Here is the first of three new songs! This one is called Killer Smile. Have a listen and leave me a comment letting me know what you think! Ta Muchly Jamie

If you are into late sixties/early seventies John Barry kind of soundtracks then you are going to love the sounds of Candie Payne. At the age of 4 she found herself in New York after having spent her first years in Liverpool. She finally returned to her hometown in the early nineties where she is now based and produces her