Over the process of making his new album, John Mayer has taken a camcorder and has been documenting the laughs, the thoughts, creative process, and ingenuity of his latest efforts.  He has been calling this documentation: Battle Studios, which can be found off his johnmayer.com website here.

According to his twitter, Battle Studies should be released November 17, along with the single “Who Says” to be released sometime soon.

Below is one of the videos (either a small snippet or an idea) taken from this “Battle Studies.”

After the release of the 2008 The Quilt, the boys from Gym Class Heroes are ready to hop back into the studio to write another album. Currently, Gym Class Heroes are on tour with the infamous Lil Wayne, however come June and July Travis and the rest of the boys plan on renting a house in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York to write the upcoming album. Similar to the direction of The Quilt, Gym Class Heroes hope to have a different sound for their forthcoming release. According drummer Matt McGinley, the band already has several ideas to take into the studio. No word yet on who will be producing their album, but don’t be surprised to see Patrick Stump make an appearance or two on the next release, considering he produced most of The Quilt and has sang on numerous tracks for Gym Class Heroes- then again that’s only my opinion.

3 Albums in 3 Years is the trend Cobra Starship has been following. The band just announced they hope to release their third album by July. According to Gabe Saporta, “We want to make a soundtrack for going out on the town,”.  The album was produced by the one and only Patrick Stump who produced their last album entitled “Viva la Cobra”. The forthcoming album was “written in a remote Appalachian Pennsylvania cabin. Saporta says the album mixes straight-ahead punk (“Pete Wentz Is the Only Reason We’re Famous”) and out-there synth jams influenced by electronica duo Ratatat.”…interesting