Members of Gomez, Phantom Planet and Maroon 5 have teamed up to form a group entitled Operation Aloha, with plans to release their debut album on May 12.

Will.i.am, Maroon 5, Jon Bon Jovi and Melissa Etheridge were among the artists who performed at the 2009 Green Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC last night (January 19).

You probably already own the Barack Obama commemorative plate that gets advertised on MSNBC every 15 seconds, but if you're still looking for ways to celebrate the inauguration of our 44th president, Hidden Beach Recordings has something for you. Produced in conjunction with the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Change Is Now: Renewing America's...

Those three along with Mark Ronson, Cool Kids, and producers like Bloodshy & Avant, Pharrell, Just Blaze, Swizz Beats, etc. It's for M5's Call And Response: The Remix Album, which came out yesterday via Octone. Stream it all at Maroon 5's MySpace and see what happens when Adam Levine puts his voice in Kevin Barnes's hands.

Like many Pitchfork readers-- guessing here-- I'm not too terribly familiar with Maroon 5 catalogue outside of a couple of the big radio hits. What I've heard, anyway, strikes me as being pretty decent as far as these corporate rock bands go, and Adam Levine at least has a voice completely distinct from all the gruff, throaty losers who sprang u...