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Thursday’s Music Roundup

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[Updated: 3:18 P.M.]

NEWS:

    RADIOHEAD’s THOM YORKE Releases 2 Solo Songs
    WATCH: The Brit frontman plays new tune “FeelingPulledApartbyHorses”! [SPIN]
    MICHAEL JACKSON‘s Funeral Set for Tonight in Los Angeles
    More than two months after his death, the King of Pop will be laid to rest. [MTV]
    MASTODON Score New MEGAN FOX Movie
    Atlanta band join effort for Jonah Hex, upcoming comic book flick also starring Josh Brolin. [Paste]
    JAY-Z at Work on “Experimental” Album
    Blueprint 3 isn’t even out yet, but he’s already looking ahead to his next project.[SPIN]
    TRAVIS BARKER, GOOD CHARLOTTE Members Attend Private DJ AM Funeral
    Adam Goldstein was laid to rest Wednesday at a Los Angeles cemetery. [Gigwise]
    WALE to Perform as House Band at MTV VMAs
    Breakout rapper and go-go group UCB will entertain at the Sept. 13 ceremony.[Billboard]
    RYAN ADAMS to Show Paintings at New York Art Gallery
    Rocker’s artwork will go on auction to benefit AIDS/homeless charity. [NME]
    REPORT: DJ AM “Wanted to Die”
    Plus: His memorial service Thursday will be in the anonymous style of a 12-step addiction meeting. [SPIN]
    JACK WHITE Working with KEITH RICHARDS
    The Rolling Stone is also writing an autobiography. [Pitchfork]

MP3s & VIDEOS:

    WATCH: NIN Joined by GARY NUMAN at L.A. Gig!
    Trent Reznor and the Brit synth-pop icon perform the 1979 hit “Cars” and more! [SPIN]
    LISTEN: MASSIVE ATTACK Collaborate with TVOTR‘s Tunde Adebimpe
    Check out the dark, sinister, and nearly seven-minute-long “Pray for Rain.” [Pitchfork]
    LISTEN: ANDREW W.K.‘s Jazzy Tribute to Cars
    Hard partying rocker switches to piano for his upcoming album, 55 Cadillac. [Billboard]
    LISTEN: AIR‘s Groovy ‘Love’ Song
    “Sing Sang Sung” is a soft, buoyant track off the duo’s upcoming album, Love 2. [Stereogum]
    DOWNLOAD: ROYAL BANGS‘ Haunting New Song
    Get “My Car is Haunted,” the latest from this Knoxville, TN, fivesome. [Spinner]
    DOWNLOAD: Hot Rap Duo DAS RACIST
    This Brooklyn group fuse high and low brow on their fall release, Shut Up, Dude. [SPIN]
    DOWNLOAD: TV ON THE RADIO Guitarist Kyp Malone’s Solo Song
    Hirsute axeman leaks a tune from his new Rain Machine side project. [Stereogum]
    WATCH: PANIC! AT THE DISCO‘s New Music Video
    The clip from the Jennifer’s Body soundtrack is full of blood, gratuitous Megan Fox lesbian action. [SPIN]
    WATCH: RADIOHEAD Cover YEAH YEAH YEAHS … Sort Of
    Thom Yorke drops a few verses of Karen O and Co.’s “Maps” at Reading gig. [Music Slut]
    WATCH: NOISETTES Go Unplugged at SPIN Office
    The lovely Shingai Shoniwa leads her trio through three tunes off their killer new album. [SPIN]
    WATCH: GIRL TALK Recommends Albums to ‘Twilight”s Bella and Edward
    Gregg Gillis — a Twilight fan — suggests Morrissey and The Crow soundtrack. [Buzznet]
    WATCH: THEM CROOKED VULTURES Post New Song Teaser
    Grohl / Homme / Jones supergroup preview “Scumbag Blues” with new video. [YouTube]