I mentioned this on the XPN Morning Show today: Coldplay and Mumford and Sons are among the acts set for the first American version of the British music and comedy festival The Secret Policeman’s Ball. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Russell Brand have also signed on. The event will be held in New York on [...]

Listen to XPN2 this Friday at 3pm for another XPN2 Studio Session. This week, host Eric Schuman presents a live performance from the New Jersey band Real Estate! Last year, Real Estate released their second album, Days, to much acclaim. We'll hear the band perform selections from Days (as well as a brand new song) [...]

Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman has left the band. Spinner reports that after 4 years with the group Tillman said on his Tumblr blog that a recent show in Tokyo would be his last. The word comes in the wake of frontman Robin Pecknold’s tweet in Nov. that the band no longer had a record [...]

Maybe you caught this on the XPN Morning Show: Rhianna has tweeted to her followers that she will siing alongside Coldplay during the Feb. 12th Grammy telecast. Rihanna is nominated for four Grammys including album of the year. Coldplay is up for 3 Grammy awards. It’s believed they’ll perform their duet “Princess of China”, which [...]

The young New Jersey band The Front Bottoms recently stopped by the XPN2 studio for an acoustic set of songs from their self-titled debut album. Now you can stream the session whenever you like! The Front Bottoms have toured the area regularly, most recently playing an XPN Free at Noon Concert at World Cafe Live. [...]