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Feist Announces Tour, ‘120 Minutes’ Returns + More

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  • Feist has announced the first dates of a fall tour behind her next album Metals. The trek kicks off November 4 in Chicago, and includes gigs in Seattle, WA, and Los Angeles, CA. The singer-songwriter has also been posting video teasers of the record on her official site and has kicked off a color-by-numbers contest asking fans to contribute their own version of the album cover on Facebook. The winner will “win something special.” In the meantime, SPIN caught a first listen of the Feist album; check out highlights from the record here.

  • MTV will celebrate its 30th anniversary next week, and the cable network is reviving its late-night alternative music show 120 Minutes for the occasion. Matt Pinfield will return as its host and the first episode, airing July 30 on MTV2 at 1 A.M./ET, will feature PJ Harvey, Dave Grohl, Cults, Das Racist, and others. [MTV]

  • SPIN premiered My Morning Jacket‘s cover of the Muppets song “Our World” earlier this month, and now NPR has a stream of Andrew Bird‘s gorgeous take on Kermit the Frog’s “Bein’ Green.'” Muppets: the Green Album will be released on August 23 and features covers by Evanescence‘s Amy Lee, Weezer, Paramore, and others.

  • Odd Future have announced a massive 27-date North American tour this Fall. Dubbed the Golf Wang Tour, the trek kicks off September 28 in San Francisco, CA and wraps up on November 8 in Tempe, AZ. Check out full dates at frontman Tyler, the Creator’s Twitter.

  • The city council of Kurt Cobain‘s childhood hometown of Aberdeen, WA has nixed plans to dedicate a bridge in his honor, after revealing plans to do so earlier this month. The board voted 10 to one against the idea after it drew a negative reaction from town residents. [Blabbermouth]

  • Indie record retailers have signed a petition letter slamming Jay-Z and Kanye West over plans to release their collaborative album Watch the Throne. Shop owners are upset that the pair’s label, Def Jam, is giving iTunes and Best Buy exclusive windows for sales. iTunes will have the album on August 8; Best Buy will have a two-week exclusive window for the deluxe edition until August 23. The set will be available to all stores on August 12. “This may work for Jay-Z, but he is hurting all the other retailers, and this will affect the entire industry,” an industry source told Billboard.