British singer/songwriter PJ Harvey will release a compilation of short films shot by war photographer Seamus Murphy to accompany the songs on her Mercury Prize-winning 10th album "Let England Shake."

"Let England Shake: 12 Short Films By Seamus Murphy" is due out on DVD and iTunes on December 12th and will feature all of Murphy's previously-released shorts plus one unseen film for the bonus track "England" as well as personal notes from the director on the making of each film.

The album, one of the year's most acclaimed, is destined to be a ubiquitous presence on year-end 'best of' lists. Yesterday, Harvey won "Uncut" magazine's Uncut Music Award for 2011, beating out the likes of Paul Simon, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Bill Calahan and Radiohead, among others.

Tracklisting
1. Let England Shake     
2. The Last Living Rose
3. The Glorious Land
4. The Words That Maketh Murder
5. All And Everyone
6. On Battleship Hill
7. England
8. In The Dark Places
9. Bitter Branches
10. Hanging On The Wire 
11. Written On The Forehead
12. The Colour Of The Earth
13. England

The Hanson brothers weren't legal drinking age when they scored a massive hit with "MMMbop" in 1997. Now that they -- and their fans -- are older, the Oklahoma pop-rock trio are getting into the booze business by launching a beer called MMMhop.

According to "NME," the drink is an Indian pale ale that will be available early next year. Drummer Zac Hanson spilled details of the beverage during a talk at Oxford University's Oxford Union. "It's vital our fans trust in everything Hanson do," he told the crowd. "We are soon going to be selling our own beer. I'm not joking –- MMMhop IPA anyone?"

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Elvis Costello is urging his fans not to buy his new box set, "The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook," on account of its steep price tag.

The limited edition set, which includes a CD, DVD, a 10-inch vinyl EP and a book, retails at $202.63 and comes out next week. However, the "Alison" singer feels your money would be better spent on other things, according to an update on his website that derides the price as an "elaborate hoax."

"We at www.elviscostello.com find ourselves unable to recommend 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook' as the price appears to be either a misprint or a satire," reads the post. "All our attempts to have this number revised have been fruitless so we are taking the following unusual step."

So what should fans buy instead? "If you want to buy something special for your loved one at this time of seasonal giving, we suggest, 'Ambassador Of Jazz' -- a cute little imitation suitcase containing ten re-mastered albums by one of the most beautiful and loving revolutionaries who ever lived – Louis Armstrong," the statement continues. "Frankly the music is vastly superior."

All the components in the box set will be available in the New Year. "If you should still want the component items in the above mentioned elaborate hoax, they will be available separately at a more affordable price in the New Year," the post sums up, "unless you are one of those pirates who imagines they are evangelists or that other people’s rights absolve their own thievery, in which case this is between you and your dim conscience."

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Pop star Adele is apparently using a smartphone app to communicate following vocal cord surgery. British newspaper "The Sun" reported Wednesday that the 23-year-old has downloaded a voice-generating app that reads out messages she types into it, Stephen Hawking-style.

"She's been using the speaking app to buy coffee at Starbucks and to order cabs," a source told the paper. "It is far easier to communicate using it rather than writing everything down on paper and showing people."

In October, the singer canceled a series of concerts to undergo a vocal cord operation and is now resting her voice under doctor's orders. "I’m doing really well, on the mend, super happy, relaxed and very positive with it all," she said in a blog post earlier this month. "The operation was a success and I’m just chilling out now until I get the all clear from my doctors."

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The Black Keys are gearing up to release their seventh studio album "El Camino" next week. Ahead of the release the blues rock duo are streaming five songs of the album via their website: "Gold on the Ceiling," "Run Right Back," "Lonely Boy," "Little Black Submarines," and "Sister."

Visit their website to hear the tracks in exchange for your email address. "El Camino" is out on December 6 via Nonesuch Records.

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Hip-hop duo Black Star are set to release a mixtape tribute to soul icon Aretha Franklin. Due some time next year, "Black Star Aretha" will be the first new album from Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) since 1998 when the duo released "Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star."

Last week, Black Star set up their new website BlackStarHub and released "Fix Up," a track produced by Madlib, and "You Already Knew" produced by Oh No, both taken from "Aretha." Although an unfinished version of "Fix Up" has been circulating online for a year, the duo didn't officially premiere the song until October when they performed it on "The Colbert Report."

"We’re really into a Madlib/Dilla thing right now. Anything you hear from us is probably going to be that type of sound," Kweli told MTV Hive earlier this month. "And it’s about independence, so we are trying to find out the right mediums to get the songs out."

Listen to "Fix Up" and "You Already Knew" via BlackStarHub.

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Another previously unreleased track off the forthcoming Amy Winehouse compilation "Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures" has hit the web. "Halftime" was produced by Salaam Remi and will be officially available when the posthumous album comes out on December 5.

Two other tracks, "Our Day Will Come" and the Nas collaboration "Like Smoke," are also circulating in advance of the release. Listen to "Halftime" here.

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British singer Lily Allen gave birth to a daughter in England on Friday (November 25), according to "US Magazine." The 26-year-old has yet to officially confirm the news or any other details but did allude to the fact that something incredible likely happened to her on Friday in the following tweet: "Totes amaze."

If the reports are accurate, this would be Allen's first child. The father is British business exec Sam Cooper whom she married in Gloucestershire, England last June.

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Rumours that M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj will guest on Madonna's next single "Give Me All Your Love" appear to be coming true. After a demo version of the song leaked earlier this month without the two female MCs, a single tweet from M.I.A. seems to have confirmed the duo will soon lay down their vocal parts.

On Saturday, the "Paper Planes" performer tweeted, "Summond to NYC by bitchesses > MADONNA and @NICKIMINAJ > cofffffiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee it iz a good day to get me tho trustttt bitches."

This isn't the first time M.I.A. and Minaj will have appeared on the same track together. In 2010, the Young Money MC guested on M.I.A.'s single "Teqkilla."

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Lady Gaga revealed during her Thanksgiving TV special on Thursday night that she recently posed naked for Tony Bennett so he could sketch pictures of her for an upcoming issue of "Vanity Fair."

During the 90-minute ABC special, which opened with the pop star and the veteran crooner performing their version of "Lady and the Tramp," she said the idea was thought up by photographer Annie Leibovitz.

"I walked in and said, 'Well Tony, here we are' and I dropped my robe and I got into position," she explained. "I felt shy and thought, 'It's Tony Bennett, why am I naked?'"

"He's so handsome," she added. "I feel terrible whenever his wife is around because he's so charming and such a gentleman."

The sketches will be published in "Vanity Fair" sometime next year.

(via "The Hollywood Reporter")

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