Death Row: Warner Music is offering $25 million to buy the catalog of bankrupt Death Row Records. Death Row is home to Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.

Round Two: EMI is planning to make a second-round bid for Chrysalis by today’s deadline. Others considering second-round bids for Chrysalis include Warner Chappell and Sony ATV.

Piracy Crackdown: Legal proceedings were filed against China’s biggest Internet company, Beijing-based Baidu, as well as Web portal Sohu for their practice of “deep-linking” to Web sites offering unauthorized music downloads. Bloomberg says 99% of all music files in China breach copyright laws.

New Music: Richmond, Virgina rock act Conditions is currently touring the UK supporting breakthrough act Paramore. Listen to the track Keeping Pace With Planes.

Alternative rock band, 10 Years who hails from Knoxville has a posted a new track called Beautiful.

New Jersey rock band The Pennyroyals just finished writing some songs with Mitch Allan (SR-71, Daughtry) and will begin recording with producer Mike Plotnikoff.