[Updated: 6:43 P.M.]
NEWS:
- JAY-Z Meets, Chats with WARREN BUFFETT
The billionaire investor and enterprising rapper talk success and wealth. [Forbes]
- Inside YEAH YEAH YEAHS‘ Exclusive Brooklyn Bash
Videos, photos, and a report from the band’s intimate 10th anniversary show. [SPIN]
- DJ SHADOW Announces North American Tour
The six-date run kicks offin Vancouver, BC, on October 25. [NME]
- 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]
- WEEZER Set First “Blue Album,” ‘Pinkerton’ Tour Dates
For now, only Los Angeles and San Francisco will host the retro-leaning Memories Tour. [SPIN]
- MAN MAN Finish New Album
“I think it’s really beautiful. There’s some chaotic songs, there’s just some downright depressing songs,” says singer Honus Honus. [Spinner]
- MY CHEM Announce ‘Danger Days’ Release Date
Band will release Danger Days on November 22. [SPIN]
- KAREN O Contributes to Soundtrack for ‘JACKASS 3D’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs siren covers Roger Allan Wade’s country song “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough.” [Pitchfork]
- STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Suspend Tour
Announcement comes days after Weiland’s bizarre on-stage rant: “I started drinking again,” he said. [SPIN]
- KID ROCK Talks About His New Album, ‘Born Free’
Rock recruited Tom Petty’s keyboardist Benmont Tench, Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and Chavez guitarist Matt Sweeney for studio band. [MTV]
- DRAKE Says New Tour Inspired by JIMI HENDRIX“
Rapper also calls his Light Dreams and Nightmares show, which kicked off this week, “very psychedelic.” [MTV]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- LISTEN: HOLD STEADY Frontman CRAIG FINN‘s Minnesota Twins Baseball Anthem
Minnesota native teams with members of R.E.M. and the Dream Syndicate to record “Don’t Call Them Twinkies.” [Minnesota Public Radio]
- WATCH: JAY ELECTRONICA on ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’
The rapper is profiled in the late-night TV show’s “Spotlight” segment. [Nah Right]
- LISTEN: Unreleased M.I.A. Track!
“It has sick lyrics and a classic M.I.A. vibe,” the producer Tweeted. [SPIN]
- WATCH: ALBERTA CROSS Rock ‘Carson Daly’
New York-based quintet perform “ATX” — short of Austin, TX, where the band recorded their latest album, Broken Side of Time. [YouTube]
- WATCH: ALICE IN CHAINS‘ Dark New Video
Clip features torture (and hot make-outs) in industrial warehouse. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: YEASAYER Remix FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
Brooklyn psych-rock trio put their touch on Florence’s massive hit “Dog Days Are Over.” [Pitchfork]
- WATCH: JOAQUIN PHOENIX Returns to ‘Letterman,’ Talks Hip-Hop Doc
“I was looking for a beat down, and I got one,” he says of last appearance on the late-night show.[CBS]
