May 6, 2013 – Queens of the Stone Age have shared another 30 seconds of music from the band's upcoming album, and once again, it's as impressive as a 30-second snippet can be. Late last night, or early this morning if you want to be technical about it, a video teaser for June 4 album ...Like Clockwork aired on Adult Swim. The song, the new record's "I Appear Missing," sounds from this clip to be shadowy, lurching rock, played with expert precision. (The fan-posted capture of the video is a bit laggy, but you can hear the music loud and clear; find a clip with worse sound but better visuals here.)The video teaser is the latest move in QOTSA's ...Like Clockwork rollout, which has neared Boards of Canada or Daft Punk levels of viral mysteriousness. The band has previously shared the ferocious first single "My God Is the Sun," ;which they originally debuted live.

May 6, 2013 – Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has weighed in on Beyoncé's battle to limit what photographs we see of the pop queen. In a Facebook post over the weekend, Manson righteously blasted the sexism of the notion that a woman should look a certain way at all times.

May 3, 2013 – Tame Impala are masters at taking personal, introspective feelings and blasting them into outer space. The Australian psych-rockers' decision to cover OutKast's "Prototype" in a recent performance for their country's Triple J Radio, then, was an inspired one. From 2003's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, the André 3000-sung track is at once romantic and dazed, and it's built around smoky electric guitar. The Kevin Parker-led crew's cover lives up to their choice, emulating not just the guitar but also the squelchy bass and, through backing vocalist Nick Allbrook (also of Pond), Three Stacks' oddball second vocal track.

May 3, 2013 – Black Sabbath have been debuting new songs recently in live shows Down Under, but the latest Australia clip suggests the reunited metal gods might need a little more rehearsal. We've previously heard the riff-heavy "Methademic," the bluesy mammoth "End of the Beginning" (officially premiering on May 15 via CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), and the full studio recording of "God Is Dead?," the first single from upcoming album 13. The other night in Melbourne they played a song called "Loner," as Blabbermouth points out, and unfortunately for frontman Ozzy Osbourne, the audio quality above is much better than the video. The frontman sounds lethargic and off-key, and at times it's hard to tell if he remembers the words. Sabbath worshipers will have to hope the lads get the kinks worked out by the time their tour comes to North America.

May 3, 2013 – George Jones was laid to rest yesterday the way he lived his life, surrounded by music. A nearly three-hour public funeral yesterday at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, featured live performances by Kid Rock, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, and more. The audience included former First Lady Laura Bush, along with Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, and of course Nancy Jones, the wife of the country legend, who died last week at age 81.George Jones, R.I.P.: The Legacy of Country's Greatest Voice in 15 TracksThe Grand Ole Opry has pulled most of the performances from the Web, but the whole event was broadcast live on cable and on local TV, satellite and terrestrial radio, and online.

May 3, 2013 – UPDATE: AraabMUZIK has sent SPIN a simple but sweet statement meant for his followers. "I want to thank my Family, Friends, especially my Fans for the blessings n prayers for my speedy recovery."AraabMuzik is known for his speed with the MPC sampler. Now let's hope his recovery is just as quick. As Billboard reports, a rep for the hip-hop producer has confirmed that AraabMuzik, born Abraham Orellana, was shot last night in what a musical collaborator described on Twitter as an attempted robbery."Rumors have begun to circulate and first and foremost, we want to let everyone know that AraabMUZIK is currently alive and well," AraabMUZIK's rep said in the statement to Billboard. "He was out in his neighborhood last night with friends and unfortunately the victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is recovering now and police are investigating the crime.

May 3, 2013 – What began as a dumb commercial meant to be funny has turned into the latest Tyler, the Creator-spawned debate about media portrayals of race and gender.On Wednesday, PepsiCo took down an online ad that rapper Tyler, the Creator, had made for Mountain Dew, after criticisms that it depicted racial stereotypes and found humor in violence against women. Now, Tyler has defended the ad in an interview with Billboard. His harshest critic, Syracuse University professor and social commentator Boyce Watkins, has responded with a 22-minute video in which he suggests his criticisms might have been over-the-top and calls Tyler "brilliant," but still maintains Tyler could do better when it comes to race.In the Billboard interview, Tyler brushed off Watkins' concerns as generational and said the controversy won't affect his work.

May 3, 2013 – Details are beginning to emerge in the death of Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, who with Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith made up early-'90s rap group Kris Kross, and they only get more heartbreaking.Kelly was found dead in his Atlanta home on Wednesday, May 1, at the age of 34. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, a police report says Kelly had taken a mix of cocaine and heroin the night before his passing and had drug abuse in his past. Investigators' sources for the information were Kelly's mother and uncle, as toxicology results won't be ready for a few weeks.

May 2, 2013 – TLC's first album since 2002's 3D is really happening, and some big-name guests are on board. According to Rolling Stone, Drake and Ne-Yo collaborated with the Atlanta group's two surviving members, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, for the still-untitled album, which is reportedly being finished. Drake, in particular, is a logical but likely polarizing choice, considering his posthumous track with Aaliyah and his recent, Destiny's Child-quoting "Girls Love Beyoncé."T-Boz and Chilli are also set to give their first U.S. performance since a brief 2009 reunion. They're on the bill for Mixtape Fest, which goes down July 26 and 27 at Hersheypark Stadum in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

May 2, 2013 – "Executive produced" by Jay-Z, the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann and Leonardo DiCaprio's upcoming The Great Gatsby has an artist roster gaudily ambitious enough to make up the Great American Soundtrack. New songs from Jay, Florence + the Machine, Lana Del Rey, Gotye, and the xx. André 3000 and Beyoncé covering the late Amy Winehouse. There's even Jack White, admittedly contributing a previously released U2 cover. And Bryan Ferry leading an orchestra through flapperish covers of Bey's "Crazy in Love" and his own Roxy Music's "Love Is the Drug"? Why not! Will.i.am and Fergie would have to be here, too, naturally, for a true representation of 21st-century excess. It's almost no surprise, then, that White's Third Man Records would be putting the thing out on vinyl.