I Read The News Today... For Aug. 10, 2010

Tegan And Sara are auctioning a signed Yamaha guitar and two tickets to see them in Toronto with City And Colour. The proceeds go to War Child Canada. —eBay

Luke Doucet's new album, Steel City Trawler, is out Aug. 31 through Six Shooter.

Protest The Hero have just released a guitar tabs book for their 2006 Kezia debut album. Now all you have to do is just scream along while you          headbang the fuck out of your neck. —Blabbermouth

Shout Out Out Out Out's music was used on Jersey Shore once again last week. "Procrastinator's Fight Song" was played during last week's episode. It was previously used when Snooki wiped out while dancing on a couch. —Six Shooter

Y'know how Def Leppard's breakthrough album is titled Pyromania? Get a load of this: An Australian Def Leppard fan pleaded guilty to setting fire to a classroom after a Def Leppard gig. He'd reportedly had over 60 drinks in the 24 hours prior to doing so. Damn. We don't even know how that's humanly possible. —The Canberra Times

Jimmy Eat World's first single from their upcoming Invented album, "My Best Theory," is streaming at their website.

Soundgarden are rumoured to be touring Australia in 2011. There's been no official confirmation from the band yet, through. —Triple M

Girl Talk, Hot Chip, Panda Bear, RJD2, El-P, Four Tet and Pretty Lights have been added to the inaugural Moogfest, which celebrates... the Moog synthesizer. MGMT, Massive Attack, Dan Deacon and Jonsi will also play. —CMJ

Two new Animal Collective songs from their ODDSAC movie have appeared online. —Some Kind Of Awesome

M.I.A. may not be paid for her aborted set at last weekend's Big Chill festival, which was cut short after she invited the audience on stage. Organizers say she violated her contract by doing so. —Daily Star

U2 debuted a new song called "Glastonbury" in Turin, Italy on Friday.



The New Pornographers have announced some fall North American dates. —thenewpornographers.com

Arcade Fire will tour the U.K. in December, playing several shows in arenas. —NME

People still can't get enough of Phoenix, so they've announced some fall dates. —MySpace

Parliament/Funkadelic guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins passed away from cancer on Friday. —Entertainment Weekly

Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and he's celebrating by playing it on a fall North American tour. Now you can go and pretend you know other Numan songs besides "Cars." —Spin

Is there a Chinese version of Hoarders? If so, this might be noteworthy to hair collectors: A lock of Elvis Presley's hair is to be auctioned in Macau, China. No, those autopsy tools aren't on the block. —Associated Press

Behemoth singer/guitarist Adam "Nergal" Darski has been hospitalized for "serious medical treatment," and the band have been forced to cancel all their upcoming dates. Hopefully he didn't get a shit ton of Bibles thrown at him. —Blabbermouth

Emo kids, rejoice (if you are at all capable of doing so); everyone else, cover your ears: My Chemical Romance are reportedly done recording their follow-up to 2006's The Black Parade. There's still no word on when it'll be out. —Alternative Press

Might there be a God after all? Mark Wahlberg says he'll never rap again... unless Justin Bieber asks him to collaborate. Please, Biebs, ignore him. —MTV News

Mark Berube & The Patriotic Few's new EP, Tailored To Fit, is out Sept. 14. —Killbeat

Mogwai will release their follow-up to 2008's The Hawk Is Howling in February. They're describing it as "interesting," which is not how one would usually describe a Mogwai album. NME

Kid Koala will develop a "family-oriented live show" based on his Space Cadet graphic novel at the Massachusetts Museum Of Contemporary Art in December. — Kick Starter

Attention, Europe: Wolf Parade are invading you this fall. —MySpace