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New: Domo Genesis – “Boss’ Life”
Odd Future‘s Domo Genesis took to his Twitter page last night to release a brand new track entitled “Boss’ Life”. Domo raps for a minute and 45 seconds over Snoop Dogg‘s original “Boss’ Life”, produced by Dr. Dre. The original can be found on Snoop’s 2006 release The Blue Carpet Treatment and features the late Nate Dogg, who provided the hook. RIP.
According to Domo, he recorded his verse over the song last night and then two hours later, decided to drop the track for his followers. The result? A chill track from Odd Future’s most laid back rapper. Look out for his new mixtape, the follow up to 2010’s Rolling Papers, which should be released sometime this year.
Stream the song or download it below.
Beirut Announce ‘The Rip Tide’
Beirut have just announced the release of their new album The Rip Tide, which will be released on August 30 via Condon’s Pompeii Records and distributed in the USA via Revolver. First single from the album “East Harlem” can be streamed below. The full tracklisting for The Rip Tide and updated tour dates are also included below.
The Rip Tide Tracklisting:
01 A Candle’s Fire
02 Santa Fe
03 East Harlem
04 Goshen
05 Payne’s Bay
06 The Rip Tide
07 Vagabond
08 The Peacock
09 Port of Call
Beirut:
06-08 Austin, TX – ACL Live ^
06-10 New Orleans, LA – Republic ^
06-12 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
06-14 Washington, DC – Black Cat ^
06-17 Brooklyn, NY – Northside Fest at McCarren Park !
06-30 London, England – Hyde Park &
07-03 St. Gallen, Switzerland – St. Gallen Fest
07-05 Ferrara, Italy – Costello Piazza #
07-07 Novi Sad, Serbia – EXIT Festival
07-09 Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
07-12 Arles, France – Les Suds a Arles
07-14 Meco, Portugal – Super Bock Super Rock
07-16 Valencia, Spain – Benicassim
07-18 Lyon, France – Les Nuits De Fourviere
07-20 Nyon, Switzerland – Paleo Festival
07-29 Portland, ME – State Theater
07-31 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga
08-02 Toronto, Ontario – The Phoenix @
08-04 Toronto, Ontario – The Phoenix @
08-05 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08-10 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore
08-12 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
08-14 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
09-02 Dorset, England – End of the Road
09-04 Stradbally, Ireland – Electric Picnic
09-06 Manchester, England – Manchester Academy
09-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
09-12 Paris, France – Olympia
09-14 Brussels, Belgium – AB
09-16 London, England – Brixton Academy
* with Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
^ with Twin Sister
& with Arcade Fire
# with the National
! with Sharon Van Etten
@ with Owen Pallett et les Mouches
Mansions Release Music Video for “City Don’t Care”
The latest single from Mansions (the stage name of Christopher Browder) has received the music video treatment. You can watch the music video for “City Don’t Care”, the newest single from Dig Up The Dead, on Vimeo here.
Dig Up The Dead was released this past April via Burning House Records/King Bones Recordings. Check out Mansions’ current tour dates with Daybreaker, Aficionado, and Hellogoodbye below.
Mansions 2011 Tour Dates:
06/08 – Louisville, KY @ Derby City Espresso
06/10 – Albany, NY @ Hudson River Coffee House *
06/11 – Portland, ME @ Deering Grange Hall *
06/12 – Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre *
06/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron *
06/15 – Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge *
06/16 – Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84 *
06/19 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA **
06/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress **
06/21 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad **
* = w/ Daybreaker and Aficionado
** = w/ Hellogoodbye
The Dangerous Summer Announce ‘War Paint’
War Paint Tracklisting:
1. War Paint
2. Work In Progress
3. No One’s Gonna Need You More
4. Good Things
5. Siren
6. Everyone Left
7. Miscommunication
8. I Should Leave Right Now
9. Parachute
10. In My Room
11. Waves
Below, you can watch AJ Perdomo and Cody Payne perform “No One’s Gonna Need You More” acoustically for Ourzone Magazine. The band has reportedly been playing this song live at their recent shows and will be releasing videos for both “No One’s Gonna Need You More” and “Work In Progress”.
Watch: Tyler, the Creator – “She (feat. Frank Ocean)”
Tyler, the Creator‘s Goblin receives its second set of visuals in the form of the Frank Ocean featuring track “She”. In his first video (for the song “Yonkers”), Tyler ate a cockroach, puked, and then hung himself, but today, he and his Odd Future friends return by creeping on the new girl on the block. You can watch the music video below.
Adele Cancels US Dates to Rest Voice
Just after Lady Gaga‘s Born This Way took the top place on the charts over her 21, Adele was diagnosed with laryngitis and her Otolaryngology specialist “determined it was imperative that she take the next few weeks to recover with absolute voice rest.” Following her doctor’s orders, Adele has now canceled the rest of her US tour dates, which will hopefully be rescheduled in the future.
You can see her 2011 tour dates after the break.
Adele 2011 Tour Dates:
06/03 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
06/04 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
06/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
06/08 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
06/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
06/12 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek
06/15 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
06/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
06/18 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
06/20 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
06/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
07/07 – London, UK @ iTunes Festival
09/04 – Plymouth, UK @ Plymouth Pavilions
09/05 – Bournemouth, UK @ Bournemouth International Centre
09/07 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
09/08 – Blackpool, UK @ Empress Ballroom
09/10 – Wolverhampton, UK @ The Civic Hall
09/11 – Wolverhampton, UK @ The Civic Hall
09/13 – Leicester, UK @ De Montfort Hall
09/14 – Newcastle, UK @ O2 Academy
09/16 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Apollo
09/17 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Apollo
09/19 – London, UK @ HMV Hammersmith Apollo
09/20 – London, UK @ HMV Hammersmith Apollo
09/22 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall
09/24 – Ediburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
09/25 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
10/20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Heinken Music Hall
New: Kid Cudi & Dot Da Genius – “Perfect Is The Word”
Fans of Cudi’s traditional rapping need not worry, however. Back in January, he announced to fans via Twitter that a new rap mixtape A Man Named Scott will be released sometime this summer, as soon as he is “all rocked out” with Wizard.
Listen or download the track below.
Interview: All Time Low
Pop punk rockers All Time Low have been at the forefront of their scene since signing with Hopeless Records while still in high school, releasing three albums with the label. The band is currently gearing up for the release of their fourth studio album Dirty Work, which will also be the band’s debut with Interscope Records, set to be released on June 7th in the US and on June 6th in the UK. Lead vocalist Alex Gaskarth took some time out of his busy schedule to talk with me about their new album and touring experiences. You can read the full interview below.
Alex Gaskarth and I sing and play guitar.
LitS: You guys are currently headlining a tour with Yellowcard, The Summer Set and Hey Monday as openers. How has this tour been?
We just finished up the tour and it was probably the best touring experience I’ve ever had. Our band grew up listening to Yellowcard so to get the chance to do a full tour with them was awesome. Hey Monday are good friends of ours and we’ve wanted to tour with The Summer Set for a while so we’re glad we could take them out. Crowds were amazing on the tour each and every night.
LitS: Your new album, Dirty Work, will be released in June of this year. Could you describe the new album for us?
I think it represents a real growth for us and it’s something we’re all extremely proud of. We didn’t do a 180 and make a completely different CD. It still sounds like All Time Low and I think our fans will really be into it. Hopefully it’s just a better All Time Low than you’ve ever heard before. (more…)
The Kooks Announce ‘Junk of the Heart’ and US Tour Dates
UK’s The Kooks will be releasing their new album entitledJunk of the Heart on September 13th via Astralwerks Records. This will be the band’s third full-length album and their first since 2008’s Konk. On July 11th, The Kooks will be debuting the album’s lead single, the title track “Junk of the Heart”. “It’s upbeat; an album to play in the sun” frontman Luke Pritchard says of the 12-song album, “What we really wanted to do was build a proper, full album. Something you can listen to from front to back. We’re an album band and this is a journey you come on with us.”
To support the new release, the band have announced three performances in the United States. The trio of shows will take place during the end of June, directly following a series of shows around the world. The US pre-sale tickets will begin on June 1st (with passwords emailed to email subscribers of The Kooks and Astralwerks Records), while the public on-sale will begin on June 3rd for the New York City and Los Angeles shows and on June 5th for the San Francisco show. Full list of tour dates is included below.
The Kooks 2011 Tour Dates:
06/02 – Hässleholm, SE @ Siesta! Festival
06/03 – Nuremberg, DE @ Rock im Park
06/04 – Nürburgring, DE @ Rock am Ring
06/07 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
06/09 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
06/14 – Lisbon, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock
06/16 – Istabul, TR @ Rock’N Coke Festival
06/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Slims
06/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Trocadero
06/27 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08/18 – St. Poeleten, AT @ Frequency Festival
08/19 – Luedinghausen, DE @ Area 4 Festival
08/21 – Grossposesna, DE @ Highfield Festival
Download Chiddy Bang – ‘Peanut Butter And Swelly’ Mixtape
Chidera Anamege and Xaphoon Jones of Chiddy Bang have just released their new mixtape Peanut Butter And Swelly, the newest installment of Chiddy Bang’s sample-filled, witty-rhyming discography. This is a release that will no doubt be played heavily throughout the summer months and is intended to hold over fans until they release their highly-anticipated debut album Breakfast later this year. Just last week, we talked to the duo about their new projects. Swelly!
Download:
From illRoots
From Mediafire
From Hulkshare
For a sample of what’s on the mixtape, check out the first song “Cameras”, which samples Matt and Kim‘s song of the same title, below.
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