[Updated: 3:18 P.M.]
NEWS:
- RADIOHEAD’s THOM YORKE Releases 2 Solo Songs
WATCH: The Brit frontman plays new tune “FeelingPulledApartbyHorses”! [SPIN]
- TV ON THE RADIO Taking a Break
Members using newfound free time to go solo and work with Massive Attack. [MTV]
- MICHAEL JACKSON‘s Funeral Set for Tonight in Los Angeles
More than two months after his death, the King of Pop will be laid to rest. [MTV]
- MASTODON Score New MEGAN FOX Movie
Atlanta band join effort for Jonah Hex, upcoming comic book flick also starring Josh Brolin. [Paste]
- JAY-Z at Work on “Experimental” Album
Blueprint 3 isn’t even out yet, but he’s already looking ahead to his next project.[SPIN]
- TRAVIS BARKER, GOOD CHARLOTTE Members Attend Private DJ AM Funeral
Adam Goldstein was laid to rest Wednesday at a Los Angeles cemetery. [Gigwise]
- WALE to Perform as House Band at MTV VMAs
Breakout rapper and go-go group UCB will entertain at the Sept. 13 ceremony.[Billboard]
- RYAN ADAMS to Show Paintings at New York Art Gallery
Rocker’s artwork will go on auction to benefit AIDS/homeless charity. [NME]
- REPORT: DJ AM “Wanted to Die”
Plus: His memorial service Thursday will be in the anonymous style of a 12-step addiction meeting. [SPIN]
- JACK WHITE Working with KEITH RICHARDS
The Rolling Stone is also writing an autobiography. [Pitchfork]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: NIN Joined by GARY NUMAN at L.A. Gig!
Trent Reznor and the Brit synth-pop icon perform the 1979 hit “Cars” and more! [SPIN]
- LISTEN: MASSIVE ATTACK Collaborate with TVOTR‘s Tunde Adebimpe
Check out the dark, sinister, and nearly seven-minute-long “Pray for Rain.” [Pitchfork]
- LISTEN: ANDREW W.K.‘s Jazzy Tribute to Cars
Hard partying rocker switches to piano for his upcoming album, 55 Cadillac. [Billboard]
- LISTEN: AIR‘s Groovy ‘Love’ Song
“Sing Sang Sung” is a soft, buoyant track off the duo’s upcoming album, Love 2. [Stereogum]
- DOWNLOAD: ROYAL BANGS‘ Haunting New Song
Get “My Car is Haunted,” the latest from this Knoxville, TN, fivesome. [Spinner]
- DOWNLOAD: Hot Rap Duo DAS RACIST
This Brooklyn group fuse high and low brow on their fall release, Shut Up, Dude. [SPIN]
- DOWNLOAD: TV ON THE RADIO Guitarist Kyp Malone’s Solo Song
Hirsute axeman leaks a tune from his new Rain Machine side project. [Stereogum]
- WATCH: PANIC! AT THE DISCO‘s New Music Video
The clip from the Jennifer’s Body soundtrack is full of blood, gratuitous Megan Fox lesbian action. [SPIN]
- WATCH: RADIOHEAD Cover YEAH YEAH YEAHS … Sort Of
Thom Yorke drops a few verses of Karen O and Co.’s “Maps” at Reading gig. [Music Slut]
- WATCH: NOISETTES Go Unplugged at SPIN Office
The lovely Shingai Shoniwa leads her trio through three tunes off their killer new album. [SPIN]
- WATCH: GIRL TALK Recommends Albums to ‘Twilight”s Bella and Edward
Gregg Gillis — a Twilight fan — suggests Morrissey and The Crow soundtrack. [Buzznet]
- WATCH: THEM CROOKED VULTURES Post New Song Teaser
Grohl / Homme / Jones supergroup preview “Scumbag Blues” with new video. [YouTube]