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Thursday’s Music Roundup

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[Updated: 6:06 P.M.]

NEWS:

    TV ON THE RADIO‘s DAVE SITEK Preps Solo Debut as MAXIMUM BALLOON
    The producer-guitarist’s album, out in August, will feature yet-to-be-revealed guest vocalists. [Pitchfork]
    SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Debut New Record Live
    The ethereal band learns the limits of a first performance — but their fans couldn’t be happier to have them back. [SPIN]
    ‘New York Times’ Issues Correction to Controversial M.I.A. Cover Story
    Editor says M.I.A.’s remarks were not made “in the order in which it was presented.” [NYTimes]
    BEASTIE BOY to Release WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Doc
    Guns! Heroin! Poems! Patti Smith and Sonic Youth pen the soundtrack to the fall film from Adam Yauch’s company. Watch the trailer. [SPIN]
    PIXIES Schedule U.S. ‘Doolittle’ Dates
    After a successful 2009 run, the Boston band return to play their influential 1989 album live. [SPIN]
    THE NATIONAL Announce Second Single and Fall U.S. Tour Dates
    “Anyone’s Ghost” is out June 28, and the trek kicks off September 24 in Montclair, NJ. [Spinner]
    RADIOHEAD, GORILLAZ, BETA BAND Members Remix London Orchestra
    Brit rockers reinterpret compositions by avant-garde composers Matthias & Ryan’s album Cortical Songs. [Fact Magazine]
    RADIOHEAD‘s PHIL SELWAY to Release Solo Album
    The drummer’s debut release, Familial, will drop on August 20. [NME]
    EMINEM Talks About Collaborating with LIL WAYNE, PINK, RIHANNA
    “Wayne, to me, is definitely one of the greatest in the game right now,” Em said of the jailbird rapper. [MTV]
    ANTHRAX, FALL OUT BOY Supergroup Debuts Live Show
    No, that isn’t a typo. Read our review of the hard rockin’ new band’s first-ever performance. [SPIN]

MP3s & VIDEOS:

    WATCH: DIRTY PROJECTORS Cover DYLAN, NAS Does SLICK RICK
    Download MP3s and watch these artists and others perform the tracks that influenced their music. [SPIN]
    WATCH: BUTCH WALKER Plays Acoustic at SPIN HQ
    The Fall Out Boy and Katy Perry hit-maker strips down his original ballads and covers Halls & Oates! [SPIN]
    WATCH: New BAND OF HORSES Video
    The alt-country band’s clip for “For Annabelle” features an elk walking in a pristine oceanside landscape. [OdetoBoh]
    LISTEN: SHERYL CROW Debuts New Single
    The singer-songwriter unveils “Summer Day,” the lead track off her July 20 release 100 Miles from Memphis. [YouTube]
    WATCH: Hot New Band NEON INDIAN Debuts Psychedelic Video
    The dreamy clip for “Sleep Paralysist,” filmed in Lexington KY, features wandering horses and a game of backgammon!?! [Spinner]
    WATCH: New STARS Video
    Canadian indie band’s clip for “Fixed” artfully layers performance footage with old, runny photos. [Stereogum]
    WATCH: NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Debut Creative New Video
    Blue dogs! Spinning umbrellas! Ballet dancers! Canadian power-poppers get arty in “The Crash Years” clip. [Pitchfork]
    LISTEN: Full ‘TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE’ Soundtrack
    Hear new music from the Dead Weather, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Metric, and more! [SPIN]
    WATCH: MODEST MOUSE‘s ISACC BROCK Debuts New Song from Side-Project
    Hear “Lay Me Down,” an Ugly Casanova track featured in the forthcoming documentary 180 South. [Pitchfork]
    WATCH: LADY GAGA Previews ‘Alejandro’ Video on ‘Larry King’
    The pop star dresses as the CNN hosts and talks about cocaine, lupus, and scrapped plans to open for Michael Jackson. [SPIN]