[Updated: 5:38 P.M.]
NEWS:
- First Listen: PARAMORE‘s New Album
Get the scoop on six new tracks from the band’s September release! [SPIN]
- DAVE GROHL, JOHN PAUL JONES, JOSH HOMME Form Supergroup
Them Crooked Vultures will perform at a post-Lollapalooza party this Sunday. [SPIN]
- BEYONCÉ, LADY GAGA Lead MTV’s VMA Noms
Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye also receive nods for September ceremony. [SPIN]
- MOUNTAIN GOATS Announce Tour with FINAL FANTASY
19-date outing kicks off November 4 in Grand Rapids, MI. [Mountain-Goats]
- New TIËSTO Album Features NELLY FURTADO, TEGAN AND SARA
The DJ’s guest-a-palooza Kaleidiscope drops October 20. [Pitchfork]
- LIL WAYNE Explains Surprise Performance with Chris Brown
“U kno I had to show him sum luv,” Weezy wrote of the Virginia gig. [MTV]
- MASTODON, DETHKLOK to Headline Tour with CONVERGE, HIGH ON FIRE
Pop quiz: Which band gets animated on Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse? [SPIN]
- THE WHO‘s ROGER DALTREY Announces Solo Tour
29-stop Use It Or Lose It tour opens Oct. 10 in Vancouver, BC. [Billboard]
- AUTOLUX Announces First U.S. Tour in Four Years
The trio will preview new music from their upcoming album, Transit Transit! [SPIN]
- GHOSTFACE Taps BEYONCE, MARIAH CAREY for New Mixtape
Mary J. Blige also appears on The Wizard Is Coming, out in September. [MTV]
- JARVIS COCKER Writes Songs for Russell Brand, Jonah Hill Film
Get Him To The Greek will be a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. [NME]
- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS to Return to Studio in October
“We’re ready,” says drummer Chad Smith of RHCP’s first reunion in two years. [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: Heath Ledger-Directed Video Released by MODEST MOUSE
The gory clip speaks out against illegal commercial whale hunting. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: MUSE Release First Resistance Single
Frontman Matthew Bellamy calls “Uprising” a “heavy-rock take on Goldfrapp.” [Stereogum]
- WATCH: JAY REATARD‘s “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me” Video
All hell breaks loose when the garage punk crashes a birthday party! [Myspace]
- LISTEN: MATISYAHU‘s Anthemic New Track
Hasidic-Jewish preaches against violence on his new single “Escape.” [EW]
- LISTEN: SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO with BETH DITTO
The Gossip singer morphs into a disco queen on “Cruel Intentions” [Pretty Much Amazing]
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