[Updated: 5:19 P.M.]
NEWS:
- THE NATIONAL Announce New Album
High Violet, the Brooklyn band’s fifth LP, drops on May 11. [Pitchfork]
- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Debut Art Installation in NYC
It’s like that creepy bunny from Donnie Darko trapped in a giant kaleidoscope… but weirder! [SPIN]
- FLAMING LIPS, ALICE IN CHAINS, LIMP BIZKIT to Play Memphis Fest
Earth Wind & Fire, Jeff Beck, and more will also perform at the Beale Street Music Festival April 30-May 2. [Memphis in May]
- JANELLE MONAE‘s Freaky Album Listening Party
Diddy via webcam! Masked undertakers! Psychedelic visuals and futuristic R&B! [SPIN]
- ROOTS Album Gets Release Date, Band Starts Recording with BOOKER T
Long-delayed How I Got Over drops June 8; Philly band join music legend in the studio for upcoming record. [Billboard]
- Best STRIP CLUB Music: WEEZER, MUSE
Strippers reveals what music works while shedding their clothes: “[I] always have thought [Muse] were a Styx for our time.” [Village Voice]
- PORTISHEAD and GOLDFRAPP Members Collaborate on Film Score
Adrian Utley and Will Gregory compose music for the classic 1928 silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. [Exclaim.ca]
- New LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Album Due in May
James Murphy tells SPIN.com about pulling double duty with his record and score for Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg. [SPIN]
- MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Split With Drummer BOB BRYAR
Plus: Band’s remaining members head back to the studio to resume work on their fourth album. [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: VAMPIRE WEEKEND Rock a House Party!
Barcelona fans convince the NYC band to perform “A Punk” and more at a late-night birthday fiesta! [SPIN]
- WATCH: New RUNAWAYS Trailer
Clip focuses on the relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. [Yahoo]
- LISTEN: DRAKE‘s Hot New Track
SPIN’s 2009 Rapper of the Year drops “Over,” the first proper single from his forthcoming debut album, Thank Me Later. [SPIN]
- WATCH: ERYKAH BADU Debuts New Song on ‘Fallon’
The soul diva performs “Window Seat,” off her upcoming album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh.[YouTube]
