Watch Flaming Lips Video For Embryonic Cut, “Watching the Planets,” In Which Wayne Coyne Gets Completely Naked, and a Giant Fur Monster Gives Birth to a Ton of Naked Adults…Flaming Lips, You’ve Gotten So Predictable (Uh, this is Most NSFW Thing Since This) [NME]

Stream Joy Orbison’s Remix of Four Tet’s Single “Love Cry” (Which Sounds Almost Nothing Like the Original Track…Which May or May Not Be a Good Thing); Elsewhere, the Original Version “Love Cry” is On the Upcoming There Is Love In You, Due Out January 26 [Gorilla vs. Bear]

Watch Trailer for Mogwai’s Live Documentary, Burning; Sadly, Trailer Contains No Fire, Just Dramatic Black and White Shots and Post-Rock; Burning Released 2010 [NME]

Lil Wayne Finally Gives Rebirth a Release Date (December 15); 2010 High School Grads Dread Possibly Being Named “Prom Queen” For Fear of Tiresome Chanting, Weezy Mimicry [Tiny Mix Tapes]

Hey, You Like the Hold Steady? (Yes, You Do). Then You Should Probably Be Psyched For Craig Finn’s Former Band, Lifter Puller, Re-releasing All Their Music, Along With a Commemorative Lifter Puller Book. (You Will Be Excited, Or I’ll Make You Excited); Elsewhere, I Am Unhealthily In Love With the Hold Steady [Pitchfork]

Stream Hot Chip’s “Take It In” off the Upcoming (And Announced Yesterday) One Life Stand; Elsewhere, I Beg the Question: Who Likes Hot Chip? I Have Heard They Are Huge, But Have Never Met a Single Person Who Would Call Themselves a Hot Chip Fan. Prove Me Wrong, Readers [Prefix]

Watch Brooklyn’s Merrill Garbus, Better Known as Tune-Yards (Even More Better Known as tUnE-YaRdS) Perform “Real Live Flesh” in the 4AD Studios. It’s Good and Local…Just Like Us [Prefix]

Stream New Atlas Sound, “The Screens,” Which May Be the Most Stripped Bare, Fragile (And Possibly Best) Song Bradford Cox Has Ever Recorded – Download the New Virtual 7 Inch Here [Gorilla vs. Bear]

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TOP DOG
In his ongoing mission to confuse the hell out of everyone, Lil Wayne has decided to follow his arrival to the top of hip hop with leaving the genre, picking up his guitar, and setting his sights on rock stardom. Rappers flirting with rock is nothing new, but Wayne’s plans are more than just a rap/rock collaboration for a single or two. On April 7th he’s going the full nine yards and releasing an entire album, titled Rebirth, of Weezy performed and penned rock songs with a score of head scratching and line drawing sure to follow. It’s pretty fearless on Wayne’s part, but then again, an album that sold as much as Tha Carter III would give most people some extra cohones. The question is whether said cohones are being put to any good use (try not to think about that too much).
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