[Updated: 6:52 P.M.]
NEWS:
- 11 Best Moments of BAMBOOZLE
We pick the New Jersey festival’s most awesome sets — MGMT, Ke$ha, Weezer, Against Me! and more. [SPIN]
- DEAD MEADOW Announce Tour Dates
The sludge-rock trio will hit the East Coast in June in support of their latest release, The Three Kings. [CMJ]
- DEAD WEATHER Announce Summer Tour
Nashville-based rock supergroup will hit the road in August behind their second album, Sea of Cowards. [SPIN]
- BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Launch Tour for New Album
The Canadian collective delivers “rock therapy” at the Fillmore in San Francisco. [SPIN]
- HANSON Play New Album in NYC
If you’re depressed, this band is for you — the Oklahoma bros’ upbeat pop-rock is like a warm, fuzzy bear hug. [SPIN]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- LISTEN: TRENT REZNOR‘s New Band Debuts First Song
How to Destroy Angels — featuring Reznor’s wife Mariqueen Maandig on vocals — unveil the seven-minute slow-burner “A Drowning.” [SPIN]
- LISTEN: DEFTONES Cover DRIVE LIKE JEHU
California alt-metal band make Jehu’s 1991 track “Caress” even heavier. [Buzznet]
- WATCH: BEYONCÉ Debuts New Video
Pop diva dressez as ’50s-era icon B.B. Homemaker in her “Why Don’t You Love Me” clip. [Vimeo]
- WATCH: NEON INDIAN Interviews PETER GABRIEL
The up-and-coming electro musician questions his hero about digital instruments. [Stereogum]
- LISTEN: BEST COAST Releases Two New Songs
Singer/guitarist Bethany Cosentino posts “Everyone’s Gone” and “Far Away.”[Eskucheme]
- LISTEN: MY MORNING JACKET Play Two New Songs Live
Southern rockers unveil “Friends Again” and “Carried Away” on their recent tour. [You Ain’t No Picasso]
- WATCH: TRAVIE MCCOY & BRUNO MARS Play Acoustic
Duo strip down for “Billionaire,” a track off the Gym Class Hero frontman’s upcoming solo debut, Lazarus. [YouTube]
- WATCH: COHEED & CAMBRIA‘s New Video
Alt-metal and emo band rock out on a New York City rooftop in clip for “Here We Are Juggernaut.”[Vevo]
- LISTEN: REGINA SPEKTOR CoversRADIOHEAD
Piano songstress records a version of Ok Computer‘s “No Surprises” for charity. [Stereogum]
- DOWNLOAD: JOHN FRUSCIANTE & OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Release Collabo Album
Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and Mars Volta axeman team up for epic, six-minute rock jam-outs. [Exclaim]
- WATCH: New SILVERSUN PICKUPS Video
Los Angeles rockers tap 1990s video mastermind Matt Mahurin for trippy “The Royal We” clip. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: New EMINEM Song Leaks Online
Detroit rapper spits rhymes about NFL star Ben Roethlisberger in “Despicable.” [NME]
- WATCH: KANYE WEST Raps in ‘THE CLEVELAND SHOW’
‘Ye plays Kenny West, a cocky hip-hop star who loses in a rap battle. [2 Dope Boyz]