Weekly album streams for November 2, courtesy of AOL, are now up and running. Choice pick is SLAYER…but then again, you may like Jason Mraz:

• Julian Casablancas, ‘Phrazes for the Young’ (Epic)
• Slayer, ‘World Painted Blood’ (Columbia)
• Cold Cave, ‘Love Comes Close’ (Matador)
• Foo Fighters, ‘Greatest Hits’ (RCA)
• The Swimmers, ‘People Are Soft’ (Mad Dragon)
• Andy Caldwell, ‘Obsession’ (Tommy Boy)
• Systems Officer, ‘Underslept’ (temporary residence)
• 2020Soundsystem, ‘Falling’ (2020Vision)
• Rickie Lee Jones, ‘Balm in Gilead’ (Fantasy)
• Capgun Coup, ‘Maudlin’ (Team Love)
• Dude N Nem, ‘Tinted Incubators’ (The Orchard)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival, ‘The Singles Collection‘
• Athlete, ‘The Getaway EP’
• Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess, ‘Live From Earth’ (Atlantic)
• Glee Cast, ‘Glee:The Music, Volume 1′ (Columbia)
• Foo Fighters, ‘Greatest Hits’ (RCA)
• Various Artists, ‘The Fantastic Mr Fox Soundtrack’ (Abcko)
• Say Anything, ‘Say Anything’ (RCA)
• Various Artists, ‘Clint Eastwood Presents: Johnny Mercer “The Dream’s On Me” A Celebration of His Music’ (New Line)
• Every Avenue, ‘Picture Perfect’ (Fearless)
• The Almost, ‘Monster Monster’ (EMI)
• Rickie Lee Jones, ‘Balm in Gilead’ (Fantasy)
• We Came As Romans, ‘To Plant a Seed’ (Equal Vision)

Look out, gold and platinum album awards. Here come the black, silver and white awards for sales of Internet downloads. Starting in March, TuneCore, the Brooklyn based music distribution service that allows independent artists to sell their songs on iTunes, eMusic, Amazon.com and other Internet retailers, will start handing out sales awards of its own to celebrate the successes of the new business model.

Nine Inch Nails will receive the first black TuneCore award for selling more than 500,000 songs from its “Ghosts I-IV” album set at Internet retailers. However, the recipients of the silver awards (for 250,000 download sales) and white awards (for 100,000 sales) are a mix of music veterans and newcomers, who are achieving their sales with little or no outside support. What makes artists so excited about TuneCore distribution is that they simply pay a flat, one-time fee to the company for the access to sell on the Internet retail sites and then all the money that comes in afterwards belongs to them, instead of the previous model where record companies would get a percentage, generally a large one, of every sale.

The first silver TuneCore award winners include hitmakers Jay-Z, for the re-release of his “Reasonable Doubt” album, and Jason Mraz, for his live album “Jason Mraz Live and Acoustic 2001.” But they also include the unusual soundtrack to “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” and Kelly’s novelty hit and YouTube sensation “Shoes.”
The first white TuneCore award winners include Public Enemy’s album “How You Sell Soul To a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?” and Secondhand Serenade’s single “Awake.”

Full list below

BLACK (More than 500,000 songs sold)
Nine Inch Nails, “Ghosts I-IV”

SILVER (More than 250,000 songs sold)
Josh Kelley, “Special Company”
Kelly, “Shoes”
Various Artists, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”
Jay-Z, “Reasonable Doubt”
Katt Willams, “Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1″
Jason Mraz, “Jason Mraz Live & Acoustic 2001″
Ziggy Marley, “Love Is My Religion”

WHITE (More than 100,000 songs sold)
Meiko, “Meiko”
Various Artists, “Halloween Scream Themes / Horror Movie Music With Blood Curdling Sound FX”
Eric Hutchinson, “Sounds Like This”
Lecrae, “Rebel”
Zac Brown Band, “Chicken Fried”
Clear Voyage, “The Sessions”
Jason Reeves, “The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache”
Secondhand Serenade, “Awake”
Perseverance, “What Took So Long…”
DJ Laz Ft. Flo Rida & Casely, “Move Shake Drop Remix”
MGMT, “Time To Pretend EP”
Various Artists, “The Orange Box (Original Soundtrack)”
Jeffree Star, “Plastic Surgery Slumber Party EP”
Public Enemy, “How You Sell Soul To a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?”
116 Clique, “13 Letters”
Slade, “Greatest Hits”
Trip Lee, “20/20″
Sky Eats Airplane, “Everything Perfect On the Wrong Day”

Suburban Noize Records, Bill Silva, and The House Of Blues arranged a benefit show with performances from Jason Mraz, Switchfoot, Unwritten Law and Timmy Curran that helped raise over $49,000 for UNWRITTEN LAW frontman Scott Russo at a recent benefit concert. Russo and his family were left homeless after their Rancho Penasquitos home caught fire on Thursday, February 5, and damages are estimated at $500,000.

“I’m truly grateful to everyone for their overwhelming support.” said Russo. “It has been a blessing to my family that people have shown us such generosity in our time of need. For friends like Jason Mraz, Switchfoot, Anya Marina, and Timmy Curran to come down and play with their busy schedules, was amazing. It was one of those deals where they had to play their set, jump off stage, and rush to the airport to get to gigs or other commitments. They could have easily said, ‘we can’t play Scott we’re too busy,’ but they stepped up and made it happen and for that I’m forever grateful. It was truly a special night for my family.”

To date over $55,000 has been raised through fan donations, UNITE, the San Diego Music Foundation and the sold-out benefit concert at the House of Blues. Donations for the Russo family can still be made through PayPal or by mailing a check to the address below.

Scott Russo Family Foundation
9200 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Suburban Noize Records, Bill Silva, and The House Of Blues arranged a benefit show with performances from Jason Mraz, Switchfoot, Unwritten Law and Timmy Curran that helped raise over $49,000 for UNWRITTEN LAW frontman Scott Russo at a recent benefit concert. Russo and his family were left homeless after their Rancho Penasquitos home caught fire on Thursday, February 5, and damages are estimated at $500,000.

“I’m truly grateful to everyone for their overwhelming support.” said Russo. “It has been a blessing to my family that people have shown us such generosity in our time of need. For friends like Jason Mraz, Switchfoot, Anya Marina, and Timmy Curran to come down and play with their busy schedules, was amazing. It was one of those deals where they had to play their set, jump off stage, and rush to the airport to get to gigs or other commitments. They could have easily said, ‘we can’t play Scott we’re too busy,’ but they stepped up and made it happen and for that I’m forever grateful. It was truly a special night for my family.”

To date over $55,000 has been raised through fan donations, UNITE, the San Diego Music Foundation and the sold-out benefit concert at the House of Blues. Donations for the Russo family can still be made through PayPal or by mailing a check to the address below.

Scott Russo Family Foundation
9200 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90069