[Updated: 5:43 P.M.]
NEWS:
- CHRIS WALLA Talks New DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Album
Guitarist/producer says his band is treating their next album like a “construction project.” [SPIN]
- CALVIN JOHNSON Announces Album with THE HIVE DWELLERS
K Records honcho and his new band readies Get In for winter release. [Exclaim]
- BLACK FRANCIS Rock Opera to Premiere This Fall
Theater production based on Bluefinger, a concept album about Dutch artist Herman Brood, is scheduled for November 12 premiere. [Exclaim]
- RADIOHEAD Might “Throw Out” New Album
“It’s all up in the air,” said drummer Phil Selway. [SPIN]
- LADY GAGA‘s New ‘Born Free’ Is “Her Freedom Album,” Says Producer
“I think you’re gonna love it. But I think it’s too precious for me to talk about it,” he adds. [MTV]
- STEVEN TYLER: “AEROSMITH Jealous About ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ Job”
“But then I said to them, ‘Four months ago, you were looking for another lead singer,’ so…” [Gigwise]
- GREG DULLI Finishes New TWILIGHT SINGERS Album
“[It’s] a trippy record. It’s 43 minutes long and it’s pieced together very painstakingly,” he says of the album, out in early 2011. [Billboard]
- DANDY WARHOLS Announce North American Tour
The Portland, OR, band kick off a 23-date run on October 16. [NME]
- JAY-Z Meets, Chats with WARREN BUFFETT
The billionaire investor and enterprising rapper talk success and wealth. [Forbes]
- KATY PERRY: Too Sexy for ‘Sesame Street’?
The pop singer’s skit with Elmo is canceled after negative viewer feedback. But what do you think? [SPIN]
- MY CHEM Announce ‘Danger Days’ Release Date
Band will release Danger Days on November 22. [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM‘s Raging “Home” Video
Robot goes on epic all-night bender and parties with coke-snorting chicks. [SPIN]
- WATCH: JIMMY EAT WORLD‘s Cryptic New Video
Earnest emo rockers show dark side in “My Best Theory” clip. [SPIN]
- WATCH: GASLIGHT ANTHEM Cover Tour Mates FAKE PROBLEMS
New Jersey band release cover of “Songs For Teenagers,” a track from the Florida punk quartet’s latest album, Real Ghosts Caught On Tape. [A.V. Club]
- WATCH: NSFW: Freaky New FLAMING LIPS Video Stars Naked Girl!
A blindfolded naked girl shoots yellow rays from her vagina in “See the Leaves” clip. [Pitchfork]
- LISTEN: New NICKI MINAJ Song
Lil Wayne’s favorite female MC shows her vulnerable side on “Right Thru Me,” the first single from her debut album, Pink Friday. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: Stream New MARK RONSON Album
Record Collection features guest performances by Boy George, D’Angelo, and Ghostface Killah. [NME]
- LISTEN: KLAXONS Cover LADY GAGA
Brit nu-rave band play “Bad Romance” for an Australian radio station. [CoS]
- WATCH: PAVEMENT Play ‘Late Night’ with Guest Member
The reunited indie band play “Stereo” with “Play Guitar with Pavement” winner Steve Goss. [Jimmy Fallon]
- LISTEN: New Song from BRITISH SEA POWER
Hear “Zeus,” the title track of their upcoming EP, which precedes an upcoming full-length. [Stereogum]
- LISTEN: HOLD STEADY‘s CRAIG FINN‘s Writes Baseball Fight Song
R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey, Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn record “Don’t Call Them Twinkies.” [SPIN]
