INTERVIEWSKanye Plays SXSW, Arcade Fire & Spike Jonze + More

Kanye West will perform at this year's SXSW. The rapper will play the Vevo PowerStation in Austin, TX, on March 19.

Arcade Fire have released a trailer to promote the DVD of their Spike Jonze-directed short movie Scenes from the Subrubs. The film, which premiered last month at the Berlin Film Festival, features footage from the group's "The Suburbs" video and a voiceover by frontman Win Butler.

Beastie Boys have announced their comeback album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two will be released on May 3. "Hold fast ye heathens," Adam Yauch wrote in a post on the band's site. [Beastie Boys Official Site]

French disco-funk act Justice will return with a new single titled "Civilization" on April 4. The duo -- Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay -- posted the artwork on their Facebook page along with cryptic lyrics: "The beating of a million drums / The fire of a million guns / The mother of a million sons."

Electro-rockers Does It Offend You, Yeah? are offering a free stream of their new album Don't Say We Didn't Warn You via their MySpace page. The record will be released tomorrow in the U.S.