[Updated: 6:28 P.M.]
NEWS:
- EMINEM Talks LIL WAYNE, KANYE Dis Track
“They would have murdered me,” Em tells SPIN of the scathing song he nearly released. Get details here! [SPIN]
- RYAN ADAMS to Release Archived Albums
Singer-songwriter preps a 2005 solo effort called Blackhole, plus the double LP III/IV from the Cardinals. [Facebook]
- KLAXONS Announce New Album Details
Surfing the Void, their 10-song follow-up to 2007’s Myths Of The Near Future, drops August 23. [NME]
- BRANDON FLOWERS Talks ‘Lonely’ Solo Album
The Killers frontman muses on recording without the “brotherhood” of his chart-topping band. [SPIN]
- BLUR: Reunion “Healed a Very Deep Wound”
But Damon Albarn quashed rumors of more new material: “That’s that for the moment.” [BBC]
- TRAVIE MCCOY Joins RIHANNA‘s Summer Tour
The Gym Class Heroes rapper replaces Nicki Minaj on the “Last Girl on Earth” tour, also featuring Ke$ha. [SOHH]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: OK GO Premiere New Music Video
The ever-clever L.A.-based rockers deliver another colorful, creative video, this time for “End Love.” Check it out! [SPIN]
- WATCH: GORILLAZ Debut Epic Underwater Video
Animated versions of Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, the Clash, and De La Soul star in the “On Melancholy Hill” clip. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: New BLACK LIPS Song
Stream the Atlanta punk-rockers’ newest fuzzy, grungy track “Before You Judge Me.” [Adult Swim]
- WATCH: SUPERGRASS Play Final Show
The Brit band rock Paris with four songs from each of their six albums. [Stereogum]
- LISTEN: Two New ARCADE FIRE Songs!
Hear “We Used to Wait” and “Ready to Start,” the first single off the Montreal band’s August release The Suburbs. [Consequence of Sound]
- LISTEN: KILLERS Singer BRANDON FLOWERS Releases Solo Song
Check out “Crossfire,” the glossy first taste of the Las Vegas rocker’s debut solo album, Flamingo. [Stereogum]
- WATCH: MGMT Pracetices Weird Science In New Video
The indie-rockers can’t quite get their machine working in the psychedelic “It’s Working” clip. [SPIN]
- WATCH: B.O.B. Premieres New Video Featuring HAYLEY WILLIAMS
The two Southerners rap about their wishes coming true in the arty clip for “Airplanes,” off B.o.B.’s debut release. [Daily Motion]