Frank Wu
Coachella 2011: Tyler, the Creator Joins Lil B Onstage
During Lil B‘s Coachella set, OFWGKTA leader Tyler, the Creator joined the Based God on stage, performing the song “Pretty Bitch”. Afterwards, the rest of the Odd Future gang, who performed their set on Friday, joined Lil B on stage as well, while Tyler stage dove.
Check out the fan-shot footage of “Pretty Bitch” after the break.
Arcade Fire Announce Deluxe Version of The Suburbs With Two New Songs
BBC Radio 1 revealed earlier today that Arcade Fire will be releasing a new deluxe edition of The Suburbs, the band’s Grammy Award-winning album, on June 27. The album’s re-release will feature two unreleased songs from The Suburbs studio sessions (“Speaking in Tongues” and “Culture War”), a DVD of the Spike-Jonze directed film Scenes From The Suburbs, and a making-of documentary. According to BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, the songs will premiere on BBC Radio on May 23rd.
XV Releases New Mixtape ‘Zero Heroes’
You can check out the tracklist below. The Warner Bros. signee is scheduled to release his label debut, The Kid With The Green Backpack, sometime this year.
Tracklist:
01. Wichita [Prod. By Just Blaze]
02. Heroes Eventually Die (Interlude)
03. When We’re Done [Prod. By Seven]
04. Smallville [Prod. By J. Cole]
05. That’s Just Me [Prod. By Swiff D]
06. Awesome (feat. Pusha T) [Prod. By Seven]
07. Pictures On My Wall [Prod. By Seven]
08. Textbook Stuff (feat. Kendrick Lamar) [Prod. By Seven]
09. All For Me (feat. CyHi Da Prynce, Vado & Erin Christine) [Prod. By Omen & Audio BLK]
10. U.F.C. (feat. Kristina Rose) [Prod. By Seven]
11. Foreign Exchange Student [Prod. By Miami Horror]
12. Swervin’ [Prod. By Seven]
13. Best Days Of Lives (feat. Donnis) [Prod. By The Awesome Sound]
14. Ending Credits (Interlude)
15. The Last Hero (feat. Patrick Stump) [Prod. By Seven]
Free State Radio Live Album; Chad Announces Solo Record
Boston indie rock band State Radio just completed their State Of Troy Tour and as a thank you to fans, are giving away a new live album. The live recording is from the band’s performance at the Boston Pavilion. You can download the seventeen-track live album for free here.
The band also announced that frontman Chadwick Stokes (also widely known for his time with Dispatch) will be releasing a solo record later this year. Details have yet to be revealed.
Radiohead Denies King of Limbs, Part 2
Radiohead are a band known for their antics, surprising fans earlier this year with the release of eighth studio album The King of Limbs. Almost as soon as the album was released, rumors began to spread indicating that perhaps the album was not finished and that the band would be releasing a second album.
Two months of silence later, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien confirmed to BBC 6 Music that the rumors are untrue and no King of Limbs, Part 2 will be released. The band, however, will still be releasing two previously unreleased songs (“The Butcher” and “Supercollider”) on Record Store Day (April 16th). Ed O’Brien stated to BBC, “’The Butcher’ is from the King Of Limbs sessions. ‘Supercollider’ was recorded during that period and finished off after the album came out”.
He added, “There are [other] songs that we have started, that we never finished, but there’s not like seven or eight finished songs waiting in the wings to be released now, or in the autumn, or something. When we start a new record, we tend to start afresh. It’s kind of an evolutionary thing – only the fittest survive.”
Bayside Perform “Sick, Sick, Sick” For Last.fm
Bayside recently took part in a Last.fm session, performing “Sick, Sick, Sick,” the first single from their new album Killing Time. The band recently released the album, their first with Wind-up Records and first since leaving Victory Records.
“It’s a very personal song to me; it’s probably one the more angry songs on the record,” lead singer Anthony Raneri says.
Check out the performance below.
New Arctic Monkeys Single
British-rock band, Arctic Monkeys, have released the first official single for their forthcoming fourth studio album, Suck It and See. The single is called “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair”, and you can listen to it at their website here or embedded below.
Suck It and See will be released on June 6.
Jeff Buckley Biopic In The Works
According to Deadline, the long-speculated Jeff Buckley biopic is currently in the works and is set to start rolling as soon as this fall season. Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys) is set to direct the movie, with Buckley’s mother Mary Guibert serving as the film’s executive producer. Jeff Buckley tragically passed away in 1997 at the age of 30, having only recorded one album, 1994’s Grace.
Full details and the cast for the movie have yet to be revealed. Naturally, rumors have it that James Franco will be playing Buckley.
New: New Boyz – “I Don’t Care (feat. Big Sean)”
Following the premiere of second single “Backseat” with Dev & The Cataracs, the New Boyz have now released “I Don’t Care” featuring Big Sean and produced by Kane Beatz, a cut from the Los Angeles duo’s sophomore album Too Cool to Care. The track features a sample of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ “Heads Will Roll” and is an upbeat toast to the good life.
Too Cool to Care will be released on May 17, 2011 via You can listen to the song now below.
Cults Ready Self-Titled Debut
Cults will be releasing their self-titled debut album on June 7 in North America (May 30 in the UK). The New York duo are currently readying the release via In The Name Of / Columbia Records. The eleven-track album is completely self-produced, but was engineered by Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells).
Check out the tracklisting below.
Tracklisting:
01 Abducted
02 Go Outside
03 You Know What I Mean
04 Most Wanted
05 Walk at Night
06 Never Heal Myself
07 Oh My God
08 Never Saw the Point
09 Bad Things
10 Bumper
11 Rave On
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