Watch today’s piece below. Animal Collective’s new EP will see daylight soon.

MP3: Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Mix)

Find out exactly how The Sounds feel about Canadian seal slaughter below.

MP3: The Sounds - Dorchester Hotel

Enjoy the brand new feature below. Their new album, Get Color, is out now!

MP3: Health - Courtship

Enjoy the duo’s brand new spot below. Download a No Age track at bottom.

MP3: No Age - Eraser

Enjoy the 90 second clip below. Download a Los Campesinos! track at bottom.

MP3: Los Campesinos! - Miserabilia

We happen to disagree wholeheartedly.

View all nominees here.

Visit Leona on MySpace.

MP3: Leona Lewis - Better In Time

Here are some of the musicians nominated:

Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
Russell Lissack (Bloc Party)
Morrissey
Igor Volk (New Young Pony Club)
Mira Aroyo (Ladytron)
Paul McCartney

Vote for your favorite at PETA.

MP3: Bloc Party - Banquet

The female collective (which also includes The Long Blondes & Blood Red Shoes amongst a host of other acts) exclaims the following on PETA 2’s official site: *“We are standing up for chicks and urging KFC to adopt basic animal welfare standards that will improve the living and dying conditions for the birds who are unfortunate enough to end up in your buckets. Until that happens we birds agree boycott KFC.”*

Learn more about PETA here.

MP3: Bat For Lashes - What’s A Girl To Do? [edit]

Others included on this year’s mega-list are Thom Yorke (of Radiohead), Fiona Apple, Prince, Rivers Cuomo (of Weezer), KRS-One, Boy George, Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders), Andre 3000 (of Outkast) and a slew of others; there are over 200 nominees for 2007.

Check out all celebrities up for the title of sexiest male and female vegetarian & vote for your favorite at GoVeg.com!

Click here to read all about last year’s top 5.

MP3s: Morrissey - Found Found Found + The Pretenders - I’ll Stand By You + Prince - Purple Rain

Minus the overstated carcass, Shirley Manson is looking quite fabulous, I must say.

Shirley on her decision to get involved with the cause and the ad: “When PETA approached me about this particular campaign, I was really honored to be asked, and I felt like I had a chance to add my voice to the dissent against the way animals can be treated all over the world by all persons.”

To win a full-sized copy of this advertisement as well as various autographed items from Shirley herself, please visit PETA (and learn more about their FUR IS DEAD campaign) here!

When can we expect that solo album, again? I’m waiting with baited breath, Shirley!

MP3: Garbage - Why Do You Love Me?