Karen O’s Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack To Be Released In Late September, But You Can Get A Teeny Preview Here [The Tripwire]
Robert Zemeckis To Remake Yellow Submarine. Let’s Hope It’s Windy Enough for Yoko [The Tripwire]
Watch The Walkmen’s New Video, “On The Water” [Pitchfork]
Listen To New Atlas Sound Track, “Attic Lights” [Stereogum]
RJD2 Launches Own Label, Celebrates By Digitally Reissuing A Ton Of Rarities, Dropping Fatty Vinyl Compilation, And Finishing His Next Full-Length. Whew. [Pitchfork]
Uh Oh, UK’s Lovvers Are Comin’ Back For More Kissin’ At CMJ! [Brooklyn Vegan]
Deerhoof To Star In Art Film That Refashions Sympathy For The Devil. Too Bad It Ain’t Cocksucker Blues. [Pitchfork]
Phil Spector Would Like To Move To Better Prison With Fewer “Scumbags,” And More, Ahem, People Like Himself? [Prefix]
Download DJ Jazzy Jeff’s Remix of Peter, Bjorn, and John [SPIN]
Okay, I Won’t Wear The New “Kanye Is A Whiny Bitch” T-Shirt, But I Might Be Obligated To Buy A “Slow News Day” One [Idolator]
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Madonna’s Stage Collapses In Marseille; 1 Dead, 7 Injured [Billboard]
The Guggenheim Museum (This Big Twirly Building) Puts On “It Came From Brooklyn” Concert Series; First Show Features The Walkmen and High Places [Brooklyn Vegan]
Stream War On Drugs’ Frontman Kurt Vile’s New Single “Overnite Religion”; New LP Childish Prodigy Released October [Matador]
Paul McCartney Plays On Top of David Letterman’s Marquee – Forgive Him The Relationship With Starbucks, And Wings’ Whole Catalogue, Because This Is Pretty Cool [Idolator]
Gnarls Barkley’s Cee-Lo, Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, and Dudes From Panic! At the Disco and Gym Class Heroes Debut Coke Sponsored Video/Single That Looks Ripped From Shark Boy and Lava Girl [Idolator]
The Hills’ Spencer Pratt Announces Rap Career; Spin Conducts Interview That Simultaneously Enrages, Confuses, and Destroys Mind [Spin]
Nick Cave and Bad Seed Warren Ellis Release Two-Disc Anthology Of Their Film Scores [Pitchfork]
LA’s Spaz-Punks The Mae Shi Breaks Apart Into New Mae Shi And A New Band Called Signals [Pitchfork]
Stream Yet Another New Modest Mouse Song, “History Sticks to Your Feet” – This Time It’s Electro (And Boring) [Pitchfork]
Calvin Johnson’s K Records (Home of The Microphones & Mirah) Announces Sleepover At Helsing Junction in Washington…Which Again Proves K To Be Most Adorable Label Ever [Tiny Mix Tapes]
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Paul McCartney Scoring Soundtrack to Film Based on Children’s Book [NME]
New Air Album in October, Single Drops in July [SPIN]
Beck to Cover Classic Albums with “Record Club” [Rolling Stone]
New Concert Series at the Guggenheim featuring Grizzly Bear, High Places, The Walkmen [Brooklyn Vegan]
Watch New These Are Powers Video, “Easy Answers” [Stereogum]
Book About Merge Records to be Released September 15 [Tiny Mix Tapes]
Record Store Day Presents First Ever “Vinyl Saturday” this Weekend [Record Store Day]
Os Mutantes To Release First Album in 35 Years [NME]
Klaxons Album Now Due Next Decade [Prefix]
Woods To Tour With Dungen [Pitchfork]
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