Music Notes: Peter Hook's bass supergroup finishes up debut, ScarJo and Pete Yorn duet

- Freebass, the three-bassist supergroup led by former New Order/Joy Division bassist Peter Hook have completed work on their debut album, which is now being mixed. A new song and some updates regarding the album are available via the group's MySpace page. [Pitchfork]

- Listen to a track from Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn's upcoming Break Up here. [SPIN]

- The Walkmen will release a live EP (the Live Session EP) via iTunes on Aug. 11. A tour will follow. [Pitchfork]

- A previously unreleased Weezer track, "Everybody Go Away," will appear on the latest GAIN compilation titled Fresh Cuts Vol. 4 after the band teamed up with Guitar Center. [Stereogum]

- Echo and the Bunnymen will release an album, The Fountain, on Oct. 13. The album release will be accompanied by a number of North American tour dates. So far, dates have been announced for Toronto, ON and Oakland and Los Angeles in California. More date will be announced. [NME]

- Marilyn Manson threatened to "murder" music journalists who fabricate stories about him in a blog entry. Sigh. [NME]

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Music Notes: Muse announce newest album title, Scarlett Johansson does more music...

- Muse announced the name of their new album via Twitter. The album, The Resistance, should be out this September. [NME]

- Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn have teamed up, and plan to release a collaborative album that may have been inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's duets with Brigitte Bardot. The project, Break Up, was recorded a couple of years ago. It's supposed to come out September 8. [USA Today]

- The Noisettes plan to release their latest album Wild Young Hearts stateside in August. They also plan to announce US tour dates in the next few weeks. [NME]

- Eminem's Relapse is doing pretty well. Estimates indicate that the album will be the rapper's fifth consecutive Number One by next week, with 650,000 copies sold. [Rolling Stone]

And that's all for now. As I blogged earlier today, I won't really be around during the Memorial Day weekend. I'll resume posting Music Notes and other regular features on Tuesday. And the music round-up will also get posted on Tuesday, a day later than usual. Until then!

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Movie News: Iron Man 2

Filming on Iron Man 2, the sequel to last year's first blockbuster summer action flick, began Wednesday in Los Angeles. Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are reprising their respective roles as billionaire Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts. As was announced last October, Don Cheadle is replacing Terrence Howard as Col. James Rhodes. Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson are also part of the sequel's cast, with Mickey Rourke slated to play a villian.

The first Iron Man movie grossed more than $582 million dollars worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. Iron Man 2 is scheduled for a May 7, 2010 release in the US. [Associated Press via Yahoo! News]

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