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Drake was all over "Saturday Night Live" tonight, appearing in two sketches and performing two tracks. He teamed up with Andy Samberg for a Digital Short and guested on "Weekend Update" with Jay Pharoah; for the latter, he dressed up like a teenage werewolf and rapped about stealing little kids' Halloween candy. Amazing.
For his musical segments, Drake performed "Headlines" surrounded by digital projections of the song's lyrics, and "Make Me Proud" with Nicki Minaj (who wore an eye-popping bodysuit). Both tracks are from Take Care, out November 15.
Watch video of both sketches and both performances below. Drake and host Anna Faris also shot a couple of humorous promos for the show with "SNL" cast member Jason Sudeikis; watch that below as well.
On a pause in their fall tour, Beirut appeared on "The Late Show With David Letterman" last night, performing "East Harlem" from their latest album, The Rip Tide, and discussing various types of horns with Dave.
It's not the first time band has visited the show-- they hit "Letterman" in 2009 to perform "A Sunday Smile". Check out video below, via Consequence of Sound.
Photo by Michael Schmelling
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore have separated. The First Couple of indie rock had been married since 1984; they have a 17-year-old daughter, Coco.
Photo by Erez Avissar
Lana Del Rey has recorded a track with Blur/Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn, XL Recordings owner Richard Russell, and esteemed soul artist Bobby Womack, as she has announced on Twitter. Womack has worked with Gorillaz in the past, and Russell and Albarn recently teamed up on the DRC Music project.
The Laneway Festival will hit seven cities across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore January 28-February 12. Pitchfork will serve as the media partner for the event, with more updates on that to come. Performers will include M83, Feist, EMA, Girls, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Toro Y Moi, WU LYF, SBTRKT, Cults, Glasser, Twin Shadow, Washed Out, Yuck, Active Child, Austra, the Horrors, Laura Marling, and many more.
Photo by Will Deitz
UPDATE: The version of "You've Passed" is an unreleased alternate take; the original appeared on 1996's On Avery Island.
Another previously unreleased song has been posted to Neutral Milk Hotel's website. The track in question is called "You've Passed"; it was recorded in 1994 and is from the vinyl-only compendium box set that will be released on November 22. Hear it here.
NMH's Jeff Mangum has announced another performance, too: he'll play Jersey City, New Jersey's Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre on November 5.
-- Jagjaguwar will reissue the entire catalog from Western Mass. 80s weirdos Supreme Dicks on October 18 in the U.S. and October 17 in the U.K. The four CD box set is called Breathing and Not Breathing. Listen to "Jack-O-Lantern" at Altered Zones.
-- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin's new double album rarities collection, Tape Club, drops October 18 via Polyvinyl. Stream the album in full at the group's Bandcamp.
-- Richard Swift's Walt Wolfman 12" EP is out October 18 on Secretly Canadian. Check out a cut from the EP, "Whitman", here.
--The Halifax Pop Explosion festival hits Halifax, Nova Scotia October 18-22. This year's lineup includes Fucked Up, Twin Shadow, Titus Andronicus, JEFF the Brotherhood, the Juan Maclean, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Thermals, Stars, Thee Oh Sees, Braids, No Joy, P.S. I Love You, and more.
TMZ reports that Rick Ross suffered a seizure on an airplane flight today, and is currently unconscious. The rapper was on a flight between Ft. Lauderdale and Memphis when the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. EMT workers are administering CPR at the moment, reports TMZ.
Various people, including Wale and Meek Mill, have Tweeted that Ross is OK.
UPDATE (1:05pm): TMZ reports that Ross is now in the hospital. According to a family member, he's "doing fine."
UPDATE (1:30pm): Ross Tweeted at journalist Elliott Wilson.
UPDATE (8:15pm): TMZ reports that Ross suffered a second seizure this evening, during a flight on a private plane. The flight made an emergency landing in Birmingham, Alabama. He's currently in the hospital in stable condition.
UPDATE (12:20pm 10/15): TMZ reports that Ross will perform tonight at North Carolina A&T State University's homecoming at Greensboro Coliseum, as scheduled.
UPDATE (10pm 10/15): TMZ reports that Ross did not perform at the North Carolina concert.
Artist: Grimes
Album: Visions
Release Date: January 31
Label: Arbutus Records
Photo by Francis Chung
OneThirtyBPM points out that EMA has been covering the Violent Femmes' "Add It Up" on her current tour. They've posted video of the cover from a show in Belgium earlier this month; watch it below:
Photo by BJ Warshaw
MP3: Parts & Labor: "No Nostalgia"
After 10 years, Brooklyn DIY stalwarts Parts & Labor are going on an indefinite hiatus starting in February 2012. But first, they'll play a string of New York shows that will each focus on one of their albums, leading up to a final blow-out gig with Oneida and Talk Normal at Williamsburg venue 285 Kent on February 24.
They're also offering up an MP3 of a track called "No Nostalgia", recorded during the sessions for their 2008 album Receivers. Check out the dates below:
During the Iceland Airwaves festival last night in Reykjavík, Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band surprised the crowd by inviting tUnE-yArDs on stage, who performed a cover of Yoko Ono's "We're All Water". They were joined by Ono at the end of the performance, who turned to the crowd to praise frontwoman Merrill Garbus. "She's great, right?" Ono asked.
Below, watch video footage from the performance.
Here's one you probably weren't expecting: The new video for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' "Senator", off the recent Beck-produced album Mirror Traffic, stars Jack Black as the titular corrupt and incompetent senator. He sniffs coke, holds babies, and takes what appears to be a cattle prod to his genitals. Office Space's Gary Cole also plays a role.
Below, watch the clip, which was directed by "Daily Show" writer Scott Jacobsen, via Grantland.
One hundred artists have teamed with Taco Bell for their sixth annual Feed the Beat campaign, which gives bands $500 in Taco Bell bucks, as well as marketing and sponsorship support. This year, Feed the Beat has added a charitable component, supporting World Hunger Relief.
Photo by Loren Wohl
Wilco have added yet another leg to their current tour in support of their most recent album, The Whole Love. In January and February, after trekking around Europe and the Midwest, they'll hit Western North America.
Tonight, Drake stopped by Funkmaster Flex's show on New York radio station Hot 97, premiering the new track "Make Me Proud", which features Nicki Minaj. Hear it at Flex's site.
"Make Me Proud" will be on Drake's new album Take Care, out November 15. Drake will also be the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" this Saturday, with host Anna Faris.
Big Boi will not go to jail following his arrest in August in Miami on drug charges, the Associated Press reports (via MTV). Today, he agreed to a plea deal that includes three months of drug testing, community service, and a $2,000 donation to charity.
Photo by Erez Avissar
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Radiohead's Thom Yorke said that the band will be returning to their studio space in England in December and January to make new music. "We can get things together quite rapidly at the moment," Yorke told Rolling Stone, adding that a rough version of a new song called "Come to Your Senses" has already been put down.
Erykah Badu has posted the second of multiple videos for "Out My Mind Just in Time", the epic 10-minute closing track off her excellent 2010 album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). The first video, "Movement I", was posted back in May, and was built around a nightgown-clad Badu and her interpretive dance routine. "Movement II", is similarly themed. Both were directed by Badu, with Coodie & Chike serving as Directors of Photography.
The Playlist reports that Canadian indie rockers Metric have been commissioned to score David Cronenberg's adaptation of Don DeLillo's 2003 book Cosmopolis. The band announced on their website that they're working with Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore on the soundtrack. Metric previously collaborated with Shore last year on a song for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Artist: Trailer Trash Tracys
Album: Ester
Release Date: January 16 (UK), January 17 (U.S.)
Label: Double Six/Domino
The Horrors performed on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge today, and as Cover Me points out, they covered Beyoncé's "Best Thing I Never Had" from her most recent album, 4. Hear the British group's gothy take on her epic pop ballad at Cover Me.
Also, check out the Horrors' new video for "I Can See Through You" from Skying below:
Last month, we heard "The View", a track from the eyebrow-raising Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration album Lulu, out November 1 in North America through Warner Bros. and October 31 elsewhere through Universal Music. Now, a trailer for the album has been released, and it sums up the collaboration in dramatic fashion. Flashing text: "Sex ... Greed ... Love ... Violence ...", et cetera.
-- Adult Swim is throwing a series of free block parties at colleges across America from October 16 to November 13. Twin Shadow, Freddie Gibbs, Kylesa, Dâm-Funk, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Kendrick Lamar, the Sword, Tennis, and Main Attrakionz will perform.
-- Rob Crow of Pinback will release his next solo album, He Thinks He's People, on October 18 via Temporary Residence. The album is now streaming at the AV Club.
-- The second record from Forest Fire, Staring at the X, is out October 18 on FatCat. Stream or download "Future Shadow" here.
-- SONiC: Sounds of a New Century is a new music festival in New York from October 14-22. It features the U.S. premiere of "smear" by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood as well as the world premiere of "St. Carolyn by the Sea" by the National's Bryce Dessner, as well as works by Aphex Twin and Rufus Wainwright.
You can now download and re-watch Thom Yorke's 30-minute DJ set from Radiohead's remix album release party, which was webcast live from London on Tuesday night. Boiler Room's website has the whole set streaming, available for download, and on video. The video is embedded below.