Kyle McGovern
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Icona Pop Make Late-Night Debut With Color-Coded 'I Love It' on 'Fallon'
Icona Pop's irrepressible dance hit, the Charli XCX-penned "I Love It," has scored coke-fueled mania on HBO's Girls, been injected into ABC's Dancing With the Stars, and now the Swedish electro-pop duo's signature anthem has livened up Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Last night (May 2), while Too $hort sat in with house band the Roots, Icona Pop's Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo made their late-night television debut, jumping, singing, and screaming the ecstatic summer jam, all while decked out in complementary white and black outfits, respectively. Watch the pair's cleanly edited, back-and-forth-cutting performance up top; head over to Hulu to spot Too $hort and the Roots playing together throughout the entire episode.
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Austin City Limits Teases fun., Grouplove for 2013 Lineup Via Classified Ads
Muse already let slip that they'll be playing this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, and now word has trickled in that fun., Grouplove, Shovels & Rope, and True Believers will also be playing the annual showcase, which takes place across two weekends (October 4 to 6 and October 11 to 13) at Austin, Texas' Zilker Park. The reveal came via a crop of mysterious classified ads (a stunt similar to Vampire Weekend's LP3 album title reveal) placed in local newspaper the Austin Chronicle (via the Hollywood Reporter). "For a little Fun. Call 555-ACL-FEST," one listing reads, while another asks, "Looking for some Grouplove?" The other two clues go: "Seeking True Believers. Worship with us!
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Electric Daisy Carnival 2013 Lineup: Major Lazer, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Baauer, and More
Avicii, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Armin van Buuren, Dog Blood (Skrillex and Boys Noize), and more will take the stage at this year's Las Vegas edition of Electric Daisy Carnival, happening from June 21 to 23 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Other performers on the bill include: Baauer, Empire of the Sun, Major Lazer, La Roux, AraabMuzik, Afrojack, Rusko, Knife Party, Carl Cox & Friends, Boys Noize, Dillon Francis, Zeds Dead, R3hab, Sander van Doorn, Flosstradamus, Hardwell, Eric Prydz, Above & Beyond, Benny Benassi, Dash Berlin, and many more, including as-yet-unannounced acts. Check out the rest of the lineup by clicking here. Unfortunately, tickets are already sold out, but the ringleaders behind Electric Daisy Carnival have planned several other upcoming installments of the economy-boosting EDM fest.
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Hot 97 Summer Jam Lines Up Kendrick Lamar, Wu-Tang Clan, Miguel, and 2 Chainz
Kendrick Lamar, Wu-Tang Clan, Miguel, 2 Chainz, and more have been added to the list of talent for Hot 97's Summer Jam 2013 festival. The single-day event will take place on June 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.This year's installment, which marks the 20th anniversary of the annual showcase, will also feature performances from French Montana, A$AP Rocky, Fabolous, Wale, Joe Budden, and Chris Brown (ugh). These artists are joining Summer Jam 2013's previously announced performers: Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, A$AP Ferg, Smoke DZA, and more, all of whom are playing the smaller Festival Village stage.Last year's Summer Jam was famously disrupted when Nicki Minaj backed out of her scheduled set at the last minute after Hot 97 on-air personality Pete Rosenberg insulted the "High School" star in front of the audience.
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Satisfy Your Daft Punk Hunger by Streaming Justice's Live Album
Daft Punk's long-awaited, eternally teased Random Access Memories doesn't arrive until May 21, but fans dying for some fresh, French electro-house can ease their impatience with a new live album from France's other beloved electro-house duo, Justice. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay previewed their upcoming Access All Arenas LP (out May 7 via Ed Banger/Because/Vice/Elektra) earlier this year, but now the 14-track odyssey can be heard in its disco-informed, stadium rock-polished entirety on Spotify. As SPIN previously reported, the live album documents Justice's July 19, 2012 performance at the Arena of Nîmes, a Roman amphitheater located in France that was built sometime around 70 A.D.
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Watch Depeche Mode's Bluesy, In-Studio 'Goodbye' Video
Depeche Mode have shared black-and-white performance clips for several tracks off the recently released Delta Machine. Both "Angel" and "Heaven" have received somber in-studio treatments, and now Delta Machine closer "Goodbye" joins them in the series. The above video is no-frills-all-chills as overpaid stripper/frontman Dave Gahan aches over bluesy guitar, "Now I'm pure / Now I'm clean / I feel good / And serene." That old saying, "Cleanliness is next to godliness"? Not always the case.
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Brass Monkey Bars: Adam Yauch Honored With Brooklyn Playground
This Saturday, May 4, marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch, and as a tribute to the late rapper, Brooklyn Heights' Palmetto Playground will be officially renamed "Adam Yauch Park" tomorrow, May 3. Yauch grew up in the neighborhood and played in the park as a child; according to a press release, the Licensed to Ill MC learned how to ride a bicycle there. The renaming ceremony will take place tomorrow at 11 a.m. EST. Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz will be present, as will members of the Yauch family (including MCA's parents, Noel and Frances Yauch).
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Against Me! Bassist Andrew Seward Exits: 'No Drama Here'
Against Me! bassist Andrew Seward has parted ways with the band after more than 10 years of service. The announcement came via Seward's Twitter: "I've left AM!. No drama here. I reached a point where I need to focus on other things. Respect to Laura [Jane Grace] and James [Bowman]. The last 10 years ruled." That message also appears on Against Me!'s website, along with statements from guitarist James Bowman and lead singer/guitarist Laura Jane Grace. "It’s been an honor and privilege to stand on stage with Andrew for the past 10 years," Bowman is quoted as saying.
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George Jones Album Sales Jump 1,000 Percent After Icon's Death
The world lost country legend George Jones last week, but thousands of fans have added to their record collections.Billboard reports that Jones' catalog album sales saw an exponential surge last week, with a total of 35,000 units sold, a drastic increase from the 3,000 moved the previous week. That spike represents a 1,002-percent (!) jump in the Possum's bankability. (Worth noting: Neilsen SoundScan's tracking period ended on April 28, so these figures only reflect data from the three days after Jones' April 26 death; he's very likely moved more units since.) In terms of chart placement, Jones hit a new peak with 1998's 16 Biggest Hits collection, which landed at No. 42 on the Billboard 200 with a 441 percent gain in sales (9,000 copies sold, up from less than 1,000 the previous week). Prior to this, Jones' career high on the all-genre Top 200 was No.
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Watch Johnny Marr Solo 'How Soon Is Now?' for 'Fallon'
Johnny Marr just delivered his solo debut album, The Messenger, but the former Smiths guitarist keeps reviving songs from his '80s day job. The Manchester native recently played the classic "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" for the first time in 25 years, performed Meat Is Murder highlight "How Soon Is Now?" with the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood, and he even earned the "Best Morrissey Impression" distinction from SPIN on our 50 Best Things We Saw At Coachella 2013 feature. Marr kept up with his nostalgic streak last night (May 1), by playing "How Soon Is Now?" as a web exclusive for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Watch the living legend's Moz-less rendition, then treat yourself to Marr's "The Messenger" performance, which aired on the television broadcast.
