August 11, 2011 – Trent Reznor revealed in January that he was teaming up with collaborator Atticus Ross to score director David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, set to hit theaters on December 21. The official website for the movie has just launched with trailers and character outlines - but perhaps the biggest asset on the site is a seven-minute preview of Reznor and Ross' contributions.

August 10, 2011 – Over the past few months, Radiohead have released various artist remixes of tracks from their latest LP The King of Limbs through a 12-inch singles series. On October 11, the British art-rockers will collect those re-worked versions on a 2-CD collection titled TKOL RMX 1234567, which will be released on the band's own tbd records imprint. So far, remixes by Lone, Pearson Sound Scavenger, and Four Tet have hit the web — stream them below - but the final collection will also feature top electronic acts like Caribou, Modeselektor, the xx's Jamie xx, SBTRK, and 12 more. Check out the full tracklisting below. Radiohead, TKOL RMX 1234567 Tracklisting Disc 11. Caribou, "Little By Little Rmx"?2. Jacques Greene, "Lotus Flower Rmx"?3. Nathan Fake, "Morning Mr Magpie Rmx"?4. Harmonic 313, "Bloom Rmx"?5. Mark Pritchard, "Bloom Rmx"6. Lone, "Feral Rmx"7.

August 10, 2011 – The Kills just wrapped up the U.S. leg of their tour in New York City, and popped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform their single "Future Starts Slow," from their latest album Blood Pressures. Watch it here (via The Audio Perv). While they've been in non-stop promo mode since the album hit in April, Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart look no worse for the wear on Fallon. In fact, they prove they're easily one of rock's hottest duos going - just watch Mosshart swivel her hips and toss her jet-black hair like a maniac at the 3:12 mark for proof. The Kills head to Europe this month for a string of festival dates, but return to the U.S. on September 4 for a slot at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle. Watch It: The Kills, "Future Starts Slow"

August 10, 2011 – James Mercer has revived the Shins with a new touring line-up - featuring Crystal Skulls' Yuuki Matthews, Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer, songwriter Richard Swift, and singer-songwriter Jessica Dobson - and the indie-pop group kicked off an eight-date tour in Eugene, OR on Monday. One highlight from the show: The group tore through a cover of David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes," from his 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). Check out fan-shot footage below (via Pitchfork). The Shins pretty much nail Bowie's original, from the slap-funk bass riff and tinkling piano melody to Mercer's dead-on replication of the Thin White Duke's hiccupy yelp. Mercer has made no secret about his love of Bowie. In an interview with the L.A. Record in 2009, he admitted that if he could play his material for any artist, Bowie would be one.

August 9, 2011 – On the epic track "Vomit," from their September album Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Girls' frontman Christopher Owens croons "I'm looking love, looking for love." Looks like he's found it — in the form of a lipstick red 1966 Ford Mustang, which is the centerpiece of their gorgeously shot new video for the song. Watch it here. Directed by Austin Rhodes, the clip offers slow-pan views of the American sports car: chrome fenders, white leather seats, glistening hubcaps and all. It's a subtle nod to classic horror movies Christine, particularly at the 1:10 mark when the headlights blast on and it takes off for a joyride in the streets of San Francisco, seemingly without the aid of a driver. "Vomit" isn't total auto fetish, however: Owens deigns to make a few cameos near the end of the video's almost seven-minute video. Turns out he's the dude behind the wheel.

August 9, 2011 – With their new single "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala," the Arctic Monkeys included a B-side titled "Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)." But it's not a hard-and-fast Monkeys tune: Alex Turner and Co. have dropped the cut under their alias The Death Ramps, a pseudonym they've used since 2007. Hear it here (via Arctic Monkeys' Facebook). "Little Illusion Machine" features lead vocals from Miles Kane, who Turner collaborated with on the Last Shadow Puppets' spaghetti western-themed debut The Age of the Understatement. It's a blast of crunchy guitars, headbang-worthy drums, swaggering bass, and Kane's sneering croon. Josh Homme, who produced the Monkeys' 2009 effort Humbug, also looms large: That stinging guitar solo is straight out of the desert rock playbook. Hear It: The Arctic Monkeys, "Little Illusion Machine"

August 8, 2011 – Bjork's ambitious iPad album Biophilia arrives September 27, but the Icelandic singer has already been releasing tunes, along with a series of apps. The latest is "Virus," which you can hear below. Compared to the previously leaked "Crystalline" and "Cosmogony," this is the most intimate song yet. As lyrics like "I see protein transmutate / I knock on your skin / And I am in" suggest, Bjork compares her quest for love to a virus' search for a host (um, ok!). But never has a song about human ailment sounded so seductive or beautiful. Hear It: Björk, "Virus"

August 8, 2011 – John Martyn was a pioneering British singer-guitarist who released 20 albums and worked with everyone from Eric Clapton to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour before passing away in 2009 from pneumonia. On a new album Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute to John Martyn (out August 16), the late musician will get the full-blown tribute treatment: The Cure's Robert Smith, Snow Patrol, Vetiver, and his one-time musical partner Phil Collins (among others) will offer covers to the two-disc set. There's also a contribution from Beck, who takes on Martyn's 1970 ballad "Stormbringer." Hear it here. Beck wisely doesn't fuss too much with Martyn's original, adding some reedy Mellotron keyboards to the tune's low-key guitar-and-piano.

August 5, 2011 – Jens Lekman broke out four years ago with his swoon-worthy debut album Night Falls Over Kotedala. He'll return on September 19 with a five-track EP titled An Argument With Myself and the Swedish singer-songwriter has shared the lead title track. Grab it over at his official site or hear it here. Lekman doesn't mess much with the quirky pop sound of his debut. Over punchy, polyrhythmic drums, funk bass, and Afropop-style guitars, he lets listeners inside his head as he has a hilarious conversation with himself. "Fuck you? No, you fuck you!" he croons with the rapid-fire pace of a rapper. "You didn't come here for nothing, did you?" Lekman will return to the U.S. with a short nine-date tour this fall. The trek kicks off September 28 in Los Angeles and wraps up on October 9 in Brooklyn, New York. Check out dates here. Hear It: Jens Lekman, "An Argument With Myself"

August 5, 2011 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers will return with their 10th album I'm With You on August 30, and the funk-rock icons are planning a huge celebration for its release. The band will perform the record straight through - followed by a set of select hits - at a live show in Cologne, Germany, and the performance will be broadcast in high-definition in theaters globally. Screening information is available at their official site, and tickets are on-sale today. Watch the trailer for the gig below. As SPIN previously reported, RHCP warmed up for their show with an intimate gig in Big Sur, CA, on July 27. Anthony Kiedis and Co. debuted five new songs, including the high-energy pop tune "Monarchy of Roses" and the fittingly titled "Ethiopia," which was inspired by a trip Flea and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer took to Africa. Expect I'm With You to be one of the group's most diverse albums yet.