So remember the secret show PJ played at Seattle's showbox, the one that Cameron Crowe filmed Target related video, the one that Pearl Jam's lawyers tried to erase from the internet? Pretty sure this…   Read Story »

In this 9-minute Danny Clinch-directed Backspacer promotional video you get the usual empty talk about how Pearl Jam's ninth album is the best album of the band's career and plenty of old 'n wise…   Read Story »

What we know of the new Pearl Jam LP: It's called Backspacer and has art that looks like this, the first single's a rocker called "The Fixer" and is also a Target commercial, and Target is also the…   Read Story »

Tom Tomorrow's Backspacer cover's being revealed today via an on-line treasure hunt: Bits of the art are showing up on nine different sites as we speak. See them separately at antiquiet and (spoiler)…   Read Story »

After an All Star-preview, the Target-approved (and consorting) single from Pearl Jam's forthcoming Backspacer can be heard in full complete with anatomical album art and an anthemic, urgent,…   Read Story »

Backspacer's first single hits radio and retail on Monday -- and a Target commercial shortly thereafter -- but baseball fans heard a teaser on last night All-Star Game broadcast. This blog has MP3s.…   Read Story »

Our long national nightmare is over, Jay Leno has relinquished his vice grip on comedic mediocrity (for a few months), it is now Conan's turn to bring some class and laffs to the venerable…   Read Story »

PJ's manager has confirmed they shot a Target commercial, but didn't address why fanclub discussion of it was being censored. The Backspacer LP will come this fall not via a label, "but a consortium…   Read Story »

On Thursday night, Pearl Jam played a secret gig at the Showbox in Seattle. According to various online reports, the performance was attended by 300 paid extras who signed up for a concert shoot by a…   Read Story »

A few weeks ago, three thugs armed with knives jumped the Pearl Jam bassist outside the Atlanta studio where the band was recording. And it looks pretty terrifying.   Read Story »