Another video to accompany the Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi album Rome has been released, for "Two Against One", a song featuring Jack White. The grim, apocalyptic, surreal video was directed by Chris Milk. He also created the video for the Rome track "Black", and will soon have a hand in its feature film.
Watch the video for "Two Against One" below:
Only two more months until Odd Future's pranks are officially curated into a watchable television segment. The fan site Odd Future Talk points out that "Loiter Squad", the "Jackass"-like Adult Swim sketch show starring the collective, starts airing in March, as posted on the Adult Swim website. Produced by the Spike Jonze/Johnny Knoxville-led Dickhouse Productions, it'll probably feature a whole lot of stunts like this one.
We’ve put together a special bonus edition of Pala featuring a brand new edit of Hurting by the legendary Carl Craig (!) and fantastic remixes from Tensnake, Tiga, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Benoit & Sergio and Tim Green. Listen to them all on the widget above!
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Taken from the album Acousmatic Sorcery out in 2012 on Hot Charity/XL Recordings.
The band are releasing never before heard versions of two classic tracks
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There's a familiar look to the top of the new U.K. album chart, published by the Official Charts Company on Sunday (Jan. 8), on which Adele's "21" sold another 38,000 units to move back 6-1 and become the album with the longest span at No. 1 for some 41 years.
Our touring buddies SBTRKT and Sampha did a great job covering Blue Cassette in their Radio 1 Live Lounge Session. You can listen to it here
Adele album 21 returns to the top of the UK album, while Flo Rida knocks Coldplay off the top of the singles chart.
Tracks come from the same demo tape as 'Everybody Knows' and 'Girl (In The Purple Dress)'
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Singer claims her 19th non-consecutive week at the top of the charts...
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Singer has ditched junk food for exercise, claim inside sources
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Rapper is determined to make duet happen in 2012
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Fab Four beat Radiohead and Mumford And Sons to clock up the highest LP sales for the third year running
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Third Man Records' latest "Vault" subscription package includes two unearthed White Stripes recordings. A 7" single brings outtakes of "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" and "Let's Build a Home", tracked during the 1999 sessions for the band's self-titled debut. The label notes that these versions are "markedly different" than the versions that ended up on White Blood Cells and De Stijl.
Hear songs from Radiohead frontman's fashion show score
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Star divas Adele and Rihanna are starting 2012 the same way they spent most of 2011: making headlines on Billboard charts.
Ex-White Stripes man will release material on his label Third Man Records
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Thom Yorke: "Stuck Together":
Thom Yorke: "Twist":
Back in September, models for the clothing line Rag & Bone found themselves walking down the runway to the tune of new Thom Yorke material. Today, Disco Naivete points out that music from the show has surfaced, on YouTube: two pieces called "Stuck Together" and Twist". It has been confirmed that this is music Yorke made for the Rag & Bone show, but it may only be an excerpt.
With few new major album releases out this week -- as is customary at the beginning of the year -- Adele's "21" will likely spend a 15th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. It's projected to sell anywhere between 100,000 to 140,000 copies by week's end on Sunday, Jan. 8, according to industry prognosticators.
High Snobiety Filmed Some Shit With Lucas, Lego, Tyler And Other At The OF Pop Up Shop.
*the hand shake at the end is epic
Jack White's latest team-up is with the legendary singer Tom Jones. As TwentyFourBit points out, the White fan board the White Swirl has found a new interview with White in MOJO magazine discussing his upcoming projects.
Rapper says he wasn't pressured into tapping into the mainstream
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This is a short mix I compiled during a hazy, post NYE slumber.
It comprises of some favourites of 2011 as well as old gems that have a close place in my heart.
Its easy to be pessimistic at the start of a new year, but these songs keep me optimistic and hopeful.
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bellsofadderburychurch by edmacfarlane
bellsofadderburychurch Mix
1. Adrian Corker – Bells and Tape1

2. The Advisory Circle – Further Starry Wisdom 

3. Mark McGuire – Alma Reprise/Chances Are

4. Tortoise – Crest

5. Popol Vuh – MorgengruB 

6. Donald McGrombie – Stourton Wake 1 

7. The Advisory Circle – Sundial 

8. Panda Bear – Slow Motion

9. Dorias Baracca – The Only Touch

10. Simon and Garfunkel – For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (Live) 

11. Chris Watson – Veracruz
Singer also starts 2012 back at the top of the US album chart
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Singer seems likely to break yet another record this weekend...
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Adele is an exceptional artist, but she has also been nurtured by her indie label. It's doubtful a major would have done the same
Record label trade organisation BPI has published its end of year sales statistics and, unsurprisingly, Adele tops both the singles (Someone Like You) and album charts (21). But what the stats also reveal is some of the majors' ineptitude to develop proper album-artist careers. Sony Music doesn't have a single album in the top 10, despite the fact it usually accounts for more than 20% of record sales. And in the singles charts it only has one entry, at No 6: Give Me Everything by Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer.
EMI doesn't fare much better. None of its acts features in the singles chart and only Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto made the album top 10, in fifth place. Compare this to Adele's label, XL Recordings (part of independent label group Beggars), which has two records in each top 10 (they're all by Adele, but still). Meanwhile, Warner, whose market share is often less than half of Sony's has three albums in the top 10: Michael Buble (2), Bruno Mars (3) and Ed Sheeran (9). Universal â€' the biggest company â€' has four albums in the chart: Rihanna (6 and 10), Lady Gaga (7) and Jessie J (8).
So what's gone wrong? In the UK it appears Sony has put all its eggs in The X Factor basket (
As predicted, Adele's "21" album jumps back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking its 14th non-consecutive week at the top of the tally.
Though it seemed a foregone conclusion months ago, Adele's "21" and her "Rolling in the Deep" single finish 2011 as the United States' top-selling album and song, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "21" sold 5.82 million copies last year, while "Rolling" moved 5.81 million downloads.
Odd Future members Hodgy Beats and Left Brain have released new material as MellowHype. Hodgy posted a new cut called "45" on his Tumblr last night and said, "Get Ready for NUMBERS 2012". Numbers is the name of a new MellowHype album that's in the works. However, on Twitter, he added, "whats funny is that 45 shit aint even on numbers. just be ready. MellowHype is ill as fuck. bank on it."
Listen to the track here.
The former White Stripes man will feature in 'American Pickers'
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Another year, another opportunity for Jack White to do goofy stuff. This time he's making an appearance on the History Channel's "American Pickers", a show about two dudes who travel across America in search of treasure from junkyards, garages, etc.
BBC 6 Music visits Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville, a label which only releases music on vinyl.
Example, Kano and Newham Generals feature on rapper's new material
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Tonight we play our last gig of 2011 and our first of 2012 in front of 80,000 people at Edinburgh’s Hogmany celebrations. Come and join in with a chorus of Auld Lang Syne if you’re there, if not you can get it direct into your front room, register to see our set streamed live from the street party here: www.edinburghshogmanay.com
The singer's track Rolling In The Deep beats songs from Bruno Mars and Rihanna to become Spotify UK's most played single of the year.
'How Do You Sit Still' is actually the work of Canadian baker Christopher Stopa
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From Rihanna upsetting farmers to Tyler, the Creator eating a cockroach, we round up the pop promos that were worth watching this year
Sometimes simplicity works better than a CGI-created box of tricks. Filmed in black and white and with a number of shots left as super-closeups of Azealia Banks's mouth spitting rhymes that need an 18 certificate, it's an almost perfect introduction to a future superstar. It works because there's more than enough space in each scene for Banks's almost suffocating star quality to ooze out. As she bounds about in a Mickey Mouse jumper like butter wouldn't melt, the video tells us all we need to know about a young woman who'd draw you in with that grin and then "ruin you".
Rihanna's best videos are always the ones where she looks like she's having fun being one of the world's biggest popstars, as opposed to the ones where's she's being joylessly gaffer taped to the wall or working as an extra on a Nine Inch Nails video from 20 years ago. The Melina Matsoukas-directed clip for We Found Love â€' filmed in Northern Ireland and influenced at least in part by the latest Dr Martens campaign â€' takes the "hopeless" part of this Calvin Harris-produced club banger and runs with it, creating a hallucinatory whirlpool of drugs, heartbreak, shoplifting and farmer-upsetting topless field shenanigans....
It's also been a very good year for Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Jessie J
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In early 2011, poets began setting their words to the sound of dubstep and electronica. Almost twelve months on, the signs are that poetronica is here to stay
It's hardly surprising the year is ending with news that dubstep heavyweight Skream is set for a musical collaboration with poet Jodi Ann Bickley. After all, 2011 was the year when spoken word and electronica joined forces, and will surely be remembered for poets putting down their notebooks and turning to the MPC.
The trend began back in February, with the late, great Gil Scott Heron and Jamie xx's We're New Here. The two forms have since made sweet, electro-infused music together, with poets embracing the jerky and sometimes downright jarring beats of dubstep and electronica.
Drums Between the Bells, Rick Holland's collaboration with Brian Eno, released on Warp Records back in July, was dubbed "poetronica" by critics and bloggers.
One of the most successful collaborations of the year came courtesy of Josh Idehen and electronica outfit LV, whose album Routes received rave reviews, an album of the month in Mixmag, and bookings at both poetry events and club nights. Idehen's lyrics were cut and chopped by LV, a fresh and somewhat backwards approach to production. The result is a fun and fast-paced album that Idehen describes as a "true collaboration": "Spoken word works with electronica. It can be a lot more accessible; there are less of the conventions found in hip-hop."
Poet Raymond Antrobus, part...
It has been a momentous year for the record business, with EMI being broken up and even Simon Cowell taking a knocking. Here are five key stories to remember
The indie organisation IMPALA has, for years, fought against any kind of merger between EMI and Warner. I bet they'd consider such a merger preferable to what happened this year â€' at least we'd be left with three majors of somewhat similar size.
After years of being owned by companies unfamiliar with the workings of the music industry, and after much uncertainty, the last British major label was finally broken up and sold off to the highest bidders. Suddenly Universal, which was already the biggest major, looked like it would end up accounting for almost 50% of the record market, making it pretty much a two-horse race between them and Sony (SonyATV, along with a group of investors, bought the publishing arm of EMI), with Warner trailing way in the back. "Not so fast," said the independent labels, and vowed to prevent any regulatory approval for the acquisition.
Prediction for 2012: Judging by how long it took for the SonyBMG merger to be approved, we may not know if the indies succeed in their quest by the year's end. In the meantime, as with the SonyBMG merger (and Universal/BMG publishing merger), more artists and songwriters will be dropped after their A&Rs get the sack.
New Colors In The GOLF Cat Eyes Tees Are Now At The OF Store. Photo By Berman.
Adele's latest continues to dominate the charts.
Michael Buble's "Christmas" album spends a fifth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 467,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Songstress becomes first artist since Usher to sell five million copies in the US
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The second half of 2011 featured Adele dominating multiple charts and Tony Bennett and Justin Bieber scoring No. 1s for the ages.
Odd Future man also says he can't understand 'why rappers talk about jail like it's cool'
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Not to be outdone by the many bedroom recordings of Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" currently building up on YouTube, Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles has posted a video of his very own piano-and-voice cover. The rendition was performed at his parents' house, he said, and features an array of entertaining facial expressions. Stickles notes,"the performance was intended to be very tonally pleasing, and not at all ironic or funny."
Stickles also Tweeted a stream of comments, which are now to be expected from one of indie rock's most profilic punk rock microbloggers. "Man, this song is really real," he wrote, explaining, "I HAVE BEEN THE MAN IN THAT SONG." Stickles called the song a "good ass depiction of a real societal problem." Check it out below, and be sure to wait until the end for outtakes.
We look back over a year of epic musical interviews, mixes, videos and track giveaways from the likes of Lana Del Rey, Zola Jesus, Jackmaster, AraabMUZIK and Ghostface Killah
At 365 days a year, and two musical articles a day, that's over 700 musical interviews we've powered through this 2011. With moments stolen from massive r'n'b divas like our recent coverstar Beyonce to the likes of Patti Smith, Santigold, and Peaches, past Dazed & Confused Magazine coverstars Kelis, PJ Harvey, and ... article continues »
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A look back at the big music stories of 2011 including the death of Amy Winehouse, Adele's record-breaking year and band break-ups and make-ups.
Adele's "21," the best-selling album since 2004, may notch its biggest sales week yet.
Tyler, The Creator was arrested on suspicion of vandalism in his native Los Angeles on Thursday night (Dec. 22), a representative for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tells Billboard.com.
RADICALS By Trash Talk And OF. Filmed By Julian Berman. Christmas Show Was Fucking Awesome. This Is What It's All About. ( tyler plays piano to the right )
Last Photo Of The Last Show On Our Last Tour. Shot By Brick.
Tyler And Chaz Budnick ( toroymoi ) Jam Session.
Find out what our readers selected as the best music of 2011. You won't believe what's at number one
The internet is a wonderful thing. It can give a voice to the voiceless, and allow people to gather together in order to further causes that might be overlooked by the mainstream media.
Music fans may remember the 1999 Brit awards, in which it was assumed that Steps were a sure-fire bet to win in the public-voted Best Newcomer category. However, a grass-roots campaign saw the prize instead go to Belle and Sebastian, a rare David-and-Goliath moment that showed that sometimes the underdog really can triumph.
It is with this same air of jubilation that we must name Matt Cardle, winner of series seven of the X Factor, as our readers' favourite act of the year, scooping the number one position for both album, with Letters, and single, with Starlight.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the Cardle campaign was largely down to posters on the Matt Cardle Appreciation Thread (Part 42) running on the website Digital Spy. So well done guys. Great stuff. Great.
Looking at the album and the song in second place, our non-Cardle-loving readers' votes were very much in accordance with our critics' nominations, perhaps slightly surprisingly in light of some of the outrage posted under the lists last week. We might, if we were being a bit peevish about block voting, think of Let England Shake by PJ Harvey, and...
The music awards ceremony takes place on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles
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Adele's producer Paul Epworth speaks to Front Row about his part in creating this year's biggest album, 21.
'Putting Ketchup in The Fridge'/'How Do You Sit Still' can be listened to on YouTube
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'21' star's recovery from throat surgery is underway, says insider
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Game and Tyler, The Creator invade an insane asylum and try to settle the age-old debate "Martians, or Goblins?" in the spooky new music video for Game's latest "R.E.D. Album" single.
Head to NME.COM now to watch 'Martians Vs Goblins'
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In the new video for the Game/Tyler, the Creator collaboration "Martians Vs. Goblins", the pair of West Coast rappers deliver their name-dropping verses in a poorly kept mental hospital. Game wears "crazy" contact lenses; Tyler wears a "crazy" kitten t-shirt. The song originally appeared on Game's 2011 LP, The R.E.D. Album.
Watch the Matt Alozondo-directed video below, via SPIN:
Rumor has it that Billboard Artist of the Year Adele will be striking a pose on the cover of Vogue this spring. WWD is reporting that Vogue, the world's most influential fashion magazine, has recruited the "Someone Like You" singer for the March 2012 cover story.
Listen to Thom Yorke and co's new material on NME.COM
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Tom Waits, Florence and the Machine, Daft Punk also feature on the 'leaked' line-up
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The Daily Mail and Staircase are now available to download HERE or from your preferred digital retailer.
The songs were recorded as part of The King Of Limbs: From The Basement session, which is also available in a digital format from today. The DVD/Bluray is still available to order from The King Of Limbs Store, and will be in in the shops at the end of January.
Bang Bang Bang will play London's Buffalo Bar on December 31
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The top 40 tracks of the year, as voted for by Guardian writers
Listen to our list as a Spotify playlist!
1 Lana Del Rey â€' Video Games
2 Azealia Banks â€' 212
3 Tyler, the Creator â€' Yonkers
4 Joe Goddard â€' Gabriel ft Valentina
5 Frank Ocean â€' Swim Good
6 Nicki Minaj â€' Super Bass
7 Beyonce â€' Countdown
8 Adele â€' Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Remix)
9 Rihanna â€' We Found Love
10 A$AP Rocky â€' Peso
11 Tune-Yards â€' Bizness
12 PJ Harvey â€' The Words That Maketh Murder
13 St Vincent â€' Surgeon
14 Nicola Roberts â€' Dance to the Beat of My Drum
15 Battles â€' Ice Cream
16 Gang Gang Dance â€' Glass Jar
17 Michael Kiwanuka â€' I'm Getting Ready
18 Lady Gaga â€' Born This Way
19 Anna Calvi â€' Blackout
20 Cults â€' Go Outside
21 Wilco â€' One Sunday Morning
22 Junior Boys â€' Banana Ripple
23 Lykke Li â€' Sadness Is a Blessing
24 Drake ft Rihanna â€' Take Care
25 Metronomy â€' The Look
26 Willy Moon â€' I Wanna Be Your Man
27 Rustie â€' Ultra Thizz
28 James Blake â€' The Wilhelm Scream
29 The Horrors â€' Still Life
30 Beyonce â€' 1+1
31 Jamie xx and Gil Scott Heron â€' I'm New Here
32 lll Blu â€' Meltdown
33 Cloud Nothings â€' Heartbeat
34 Maria Minerva â€' A Little...
Singer wants to be free from 'smog and pollution'
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The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people naA¯ve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody. "
With labels scared to sign an artist that might not sell, no wonder this was the year the free hip-hop mixtape flourished
The free mixtape has long been a platform for emerging artists to get themselves noticed, but in 2011 the format came into its own. In fact, some of this year's best-loved music â€' from the Weeknd to A$AP Rocky â€' were released as online mixtapes, while "proper" albums by high-profile artists such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Jay-Z and Kanye West seemed underwhelming in comparison.
This change is partly down to economics. With the music industry squeezed tighter than ever, the cost of failure is massive for record labels. One of the unfortunate consequences of this is albums become compromised in a desperate attempt to shift units. So we have a singing hip-hop princess version of Nicki Minaj, because no major label is willing to take a chance on a female rapper. A sadly faltering Jay-Z is thrown together with Kanye West, neither of which manages to shine. And finally we get heavyweight releases from Cash Money's Lil' Wayne and Drake, both bloated with guests and ideas in the hope that if the record is long enough, something's going to stick. These records aren't all terrible â€' and certainly sold plenty of copies â€' but neither seemed to excite as much as, say, A$AP Rocky.
Thankfully, this year's mixtapes have shown that without pressure to shift units, hip-hop is at its healthiest in...
You've seen our top 50 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?
Here's the full list of votes from our critics. We asked them for their top 10 albums and tracks of 2011. Then we tallied up their votes, awarding 10 points for first place, nine points for second place and so on, ending with a solitary point for any albums in 10th place. The total number of points were counted and any ties were decided by who got the most first-place votes.
Albums
1. Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings
2. Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells - Everything's Getting Older
3. Yuck - Yuck
4. Metronomy - The English Riviera
5. Johnny Foreigner vs Everything
6. Teeth - Whatever
7. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
8. Mogwai - Harcore Will Never Die, But You Will
9. Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
10. Jay Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
Songs
1. Cloud Nothings - Heartbeats
2. Nicola Roberts - Dance to the Beat of My Drum
3. Azealia Banks - 212
4. Johann Johannsson - The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World
5. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
6. Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
7. Matt & Kim - Cameras
8. Go Team - Apollo Throwdown (Star slinger mix)
9. Summer Camp - Better Off Without You
10. Katy B - Lights On
Albums
1. Beyonce - 4
2. PJ Harvey - Let...
'It feels really good,' says Ed O'Brien of the band's new material
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Axeman insists fans will love the rapper's new rock edge
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Hear the influential musician read a chapter about the death of John Lennon now.
'The Last Holiday: A Memoir' comes out on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Photo by Mischa Richter
A memoir by the late Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Holiday, will be issued January 16 by the publishing house Canongate, as Wire reports.
New GOLFWANG Site. One Side Is The Lookbook For The New Items, The Other Side Is The Regular Site With Photos. Most Of The Items In The Look Book Are Store Release Only! But Who Knows, Maybe We'll Be Nice An Do A Secret Online Release....Shot By Wolf Haley And Sagan Lockhart.....Click De Phota
The year's most recognizable pop divas remained the fan favorites in the Billboard.com 2011 Readers' Poll, with Adele, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj scoring the most votes the poll's major categories.
Feist: "How Come You Never Go There" (Beck Remix):
Here's a Feist pairing that's a little more expected than the last collaboration she announced: her Metals standout "How Come You Never Go There", remixed by Beck. The two previously worked together on Beck's Record Club cover of Skip Spence's Oar.
Guitarist Ed O'Brien hints they'll do indoor gigs - but not British festivals
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Radiohead will put out a new single featuring "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase" on December 19, both of which were recorded as part of The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement session earlier this year.
This report, just in from 17 year old Msonda Chibwana, on how climate change is affecting his life and family in Zambia.
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Titus Andronicus: "In My Place [Coldplay cover]":
Titus Andronicus frontman and prolific Tweeter Patrick Stickles posted two "#RARE" covers on Twitter last night: Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days", which you can stream here, and Coldplay's "In My Place".
The two cuts from the 'King Of Limbs' sessions, both played live throught 2011, will be available online to close out the year.
As previously reported, Radiohead will release The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement digitally on December 19, and on DVD/Blu-Ray on January 23 in the UK and January 31 in the U.S, via independent record stores. They'll also release two new tracks-- "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase"-- as a single on December 19.
'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase' will be available next week
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Trevor Powers chats about his real life inspired songs and how writing them helped him get through a tough year
“Sadness is a blessing,” sang Lykke Li, on her superlative sophomore album, ‘Wounded Rhymes’. And indeed a look at the music charts today puts paid to the notion of pop music being a shiny, happy beast. Two of the biggest hits of the year so far have been heartbroken odes to past loves (Adele’s “Someone Like You” and Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games”). A worthy addition to the lexicon of ecstatically sad albums (see also Perfume Genius and Coma Cinema) is the debut album from Boise, Idaho native, Youth Lagoon AKA 22-year old Trevor Powers. Preceded by the viral hit, ‘July’, ‘Year of Hibernation’ is an intimate ... article continues »
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The Saturdays, Dionne Bromfield and Kanye West also among the winners
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