September 6, 2011 – While Durham, North Carolina-based trio Megafaun - featuring brothers Brad and Phil Cook and Joe Westerlund - are sometimes referred to as "the guys who used to be in a band with Justin Vernon, before he was Bon Iver," they won't be in their old friend's shadow much longer. The proof: Their forthcoming self-titled album, due out September 20 on Hometapes. SPIN has a premiere of the track "Get Right," which you can hear below. Recorded in Vernon's own April Base studio, Megafaun's third album dips into all sorts of styles, from cacophonous free-jazz to stunning piano balladry, but "Get Right" is the sort of tune that could prove to be their big breakthrough: It's a sprawling, eight-and-a-half minute jam, with the sort of atmospheric, carefree improvisation that calls to mind the Grateful Dead during their peak. The band will promote their new album with a 16-date U.S.

September 2, 2011 – The Black Keys may may have finished recording their seventh studio album, but Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have more music coming down the pike. The Ohio rockers have announced a new album from their bluesy hip-hop project BlakRoc, their follow-up to the 2009 debut album. Check out a trailer below. While the record does not have a release date, Auerbach and Carney - along with hip-hop mogul Damon Dash - have tapped an A-List roster of MCs. Talib Kweli, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, the Cool Kids, Jim Jones, and more are slated to contribute rhymes to BlakRoc 2. The clip gives a sense of what to expect: it includes an awesomely druggy, blues-rock vamp over footage of guests laying down rhymes and (duh) smoking boatloads of grass. As SPIN previously reported, Auerbach and Carney recently completed the next Keys record.

September 1, 2011 – He's back — and sicker than ever. Marilyn Manson has returned with new music and a video for a track titled "Born Villain" — and the clip proves the shock-rocker has not lost his ability to freak fans out. Watch the very-not-safe-for-work clip below. Directed by actor Shia LaBeouf, Manson has crafted a nightmarish clip inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth and the video features the goth-rocker engaging in all sorts of torture. Warning: the 4:17 mark, where Manson pokes a needle into a woman's cheek, might be the sickest thing ever captured in a music video. And the execution at the end is just plain terrifying. LaBeouf explained that the surprising collaboration came about when he showed Manson a video he directed for Kid Cudi collaborator Cage. "I played 'Maniac' for [Manson], and he freaked the fuck out," LaBeouf told MTV. "Manson goes crazy.

September 1, 2011 – In the midst of recording Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania album and prepping for a fall tour, Billy Corgan has another project in the works: a record club, dubbed SPRC, which will roll out Pumpkins' rarities online. Corgan announced the project in a video posted on the band's YouTube channel, which you can watch below. He's kicked off the service with an early version of their 1992 track "Drown" and a two-track demo of "Geek U.S.A.", which are available in exchange for an email (via Hipsters United). Corgan promises "so much free stuff" to be uploaded soon. He recently discovered more than two hours of demos from their 1991 debut Gish and about six hours of Siamese Dream-related material.

August 31, 2011 – R&B crooner The-Dream revealed earlier this month that his fourth studio album has been delayed by his label due to "contract negotiations." But the songwriting pro (who's penned hits like Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Beyoncé's "Single Ladies") has offered up the next best thing: a free 10-track album, released under his real name Terius Nash. The set, titled 1977, is available for free download over at his official site. Nash tapped Big Sean and Pharrell to guest on a few of the tracks and 1977 is an awesome set of futuristic R&B, with glossy synths, programmed beats, and wonky production over Nash's soulful croon and emo confessionals.

August 31, 2011 – Last month, Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn headed to the Democratic Republic of Congo with Richard Russell of indie label XL, Dan the Automator, and others to record an album with more than 50 local musicians. The set was produced during 5 marathon days in the capital Kinshasa, with the goal of creating a record to raise awareness for the politically ravaged nation. Now, Albarn has announced the release date for the set, which will raise money forOxfam, the international aid organization. Kinshasa One Two will hit digitally on October 4 and physically on November 8. In advance of the release, Albarn has posted three tracks from those sessions, which you can hear below.

August 30, 2011 – The Foo Fighters are the kings of the comic music video, from classic clips like "Learn to Fly" to their VMA-winning one for "Walk," a spoof of the Michael Douglas flick Falling Down. But Dave Grohl and Co. may have revealed their most insane clip yet. Ever want to see the guys drop trou and lather each other up with soap in a rest stop shower? Today's your lucky day. The "Hot Buns" video isn't a music video per se - it's an announcement for the group's North American tour this fall. But they've created a short that is sure to grab attention and hopefully sell some tickets: The guys hang out in a truck stop sporting white trash wigs and trucker hats, before heading to the shower for some R-rated action. Guitarist Pat Smear looks horrified by what he discovers. If you can't bring yourself to watch the clip for the tour announcement, those dates are posted below.

August 26, 2011 – Woody Guthrie, one of music's most important songwriters who inspired everyone from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger to any aspiring musician who picked up a guitar, would've turned 100 next July. Now, his estate is planning plenty of tributes to mark the centennial occasion in 2012. Lou Reed, Tom Morello, Jackson Browne, Ani DiFranco, Nellie McKay, and more will pay tribute to Guthrie, who died in 1967, on an all-star tribute album, set to be released next year. Wilco, Billy Bragg, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, and others are also planning tributes (via TwentyFourBit). Note of Hope: A Celebration of Woody Guthrie is the first to mark the occasion, and will be released on September 27 by 429 Records.

August 26, 2011 – To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind on September 24, the band's two surviving members -- Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic -- and the album's producer, Butch Vig, will sit down with The Daily Show's Jon Stewart for a two-hour interview, where they'll look back on the making of the classic album. The "Town Hall"-style interview — where questions will be fielded by a live studio audience and phone call-ins — will be broadcast at 8:00 P.M./ET on Sirius XM's Lithium channel. FREE ALBUM: Download SPIN's Tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind The event comes on the heels of the satellite radio company's launch of an all-Nirvana music channel, which launches on September 23 and goes dark on September 28. Lithium — broadcast on channel 34 — will air music from Nirvana's entire career, including B-sides, rarities, and live cuts.

August 25, 2011 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O is taking a break from her band to tackle a "psycho opera" for Vice and Intel's multimedia Creators Project, which will take place at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY, from October 12-22. The singer announced her plans last month, but now reveals some details - and it looks to be her most ambitious undertaking yet. O is teaming up with bandmate Nick Zinner and producer Sam Spiegel (director Spike Jonze's brother) to compose music for the opera, titled Stop the Virgens, which will feature performances by members of the Greenhornes and Raconteurs, along with YYY's drummer Brian Chase and actress Lili Taylor. Longtime designer Christian Joy is creating costumes, while novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Adam Rapp is producing. O is still working out details, but she's confident about overall direction.