— NME: Lady Gaga says she’s finished recording her new album, promising, “The message of the new music is now more bitter than it was before.” The album will be released next year.– PeteYorn.com: The album Frank Black produced for Scarlett Johansson’s friend Pete Yorn, Pete Yorn, will be out September 28.– Rolling Stone: Two members of Fall Out Boy have formed a new band with two members of Anthrax. The band is called the Damned Things. Of course it is. — Easy Street: New releases out today include: Stars’ The Five Ghosts, Sia’s We Are Born, The Roots’ How I Got Over, My Morning Jacket’s Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, and The Chemical Brothers’ Further.