News and Notes: Melissa Auf Der Maur, New Pornographers, Metric, Second City Scene

///Melissa Auf Der Maur (ex-Smashing Pumpkins, Hole) will be releasing a multimedia project encompassing music, film, comic books, and the internet. In short it is "the eternal female force on the hunt for the heart," or "get the fuck out of our minds and into our heart." A teaser for the project can be found here, but the actual project will not be fully revealed until sometime next year.

///NPR has two new stories, one on the New Pornographers and the other on Metric.

///Ben Rubenstein, writing for PopMatters.com, tries to reconcile the music scenes of New York City and Chicago. With a broad stroke, missing any kind of tell tale subtleties, he makes a plea for Chicago to his New York friends.