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A week ago today, Twin Shadow released his new single "Five Seconds" (which is awesome btw) and now we get tour dates. We're super excited as always that Austin is on the schedule! Mark your calendars for Friday, Septemeber 14th at Mohawk . Tickets go sale this Friday @ 10am. However, if you must get your tickets now, the Twin Shadow site is offering advanced tickets through the Ton Up Tour page that also entitles you to an exclusive Twin Shadow t-shirt illustrated (the artwork is shown up above) by Gianmarco Magnani [...]

It's been far too long since we've heard anything new from Passion Pit. Well scratch that. Towards the end of July the five-piece will release their sophomore effort entitled Gossamer . The first single "Take a Walk" puts the lyrics in a more noticeable role in the mix, but still manages to sound just as catchy as everything else they've recorded. Passion Pit | [ Official Site ] [ Facebook ] [ Twitter ] 2012 Summer Tour Dates : 06/02 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Meltdown [...]

More Beastie Boys, yeah why not? Here's a video of them performing at a concert in Glasgow from back in the day when MTV still played music. ( via ) The second video is from an intimate show filmed during 2006 in NYC at Hiro Ballroom. The show was called "Gimme Shelter" and was put on by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Rational Animal ( www.rational-animal.org ). I really admire the trio for their [...]

Animal Collective just released a couple of new songs, the upbeat "Honeycomb" and the more mellow "Gotham" as part of a new 7" ( pre-order here ). Listen to both down below. ( via )

Beach House's new album Bloom isn't due out until next Tuesday but the fine folks at NPR have it streaming in its entirety right now. Listen here .

Just yesterday comedian and co-creator of the "Chappelle Show" Neal Brennan paid tribute to the passing of MCA by sharing an unreleased Beastie Boys musical performance of "The New Style" for the aborted 3rd season of the show in late fall 2004. It was on a boat in East River, NYC. I love the fact that you can tell Dave Chappelle is genuinely having an awesome time. ( via )

Adam Yauch, better known to music fans as MCA of the legendary hip hop triumvirate Beastie Boys, passed away today at the age of 47 following a hard-fought battle with cancer. Obit via Nasty Little Man: It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam “MCA” Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer. [...]

A few weeks back Metric announced details for their new album Synthetica . The first single "Youth Without Youth" was promised at the beginning of May and here we are. Take a listen down below. Metric | [ Official Site ] [ Twitter ] [ Facebook ] [ Tour Dates ]

Twin Shadow, the creative moniker of George Lewis Jr., will release his second album, Confess, on July 10th. You can download the first track taken from the album "5 Seconds"today. Twin Shadow - Confess tracklisting: 1. Golden Light 2. You Call Me On 3. Five Seconds 4. Run My Hear 5. The One 6. Beg For The Night 7. Patient 8. When The Movie's Over 9. I Don't Care 10. Be Mine Tonight (hidden track Mirror In The Dark) [...]

Being a Texas State student I feel obligated to write about MR Fest. The lineup also has some solid bands (more on that in a sec) and my friend Kaitlyn interns at KTSW, so there's that too. While I was walking around the Quad the other day on my way to class, a girl passed me a flyer informing of the San Marcos music/comedy festival. This year will mark the 5th incarnation of MR Fest, a three day event sponsored by Texas State radio station KTSW 89.9 and features over 100 artists in 13 different locations [...]

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Record Store was this past Saturday. In celebration and as we alluded to last week, Beach House released a limited-edition blue vinyl copy of a new song entitled "Lazuli". Here's the B-side to that song. It's called "Equal Mind". ( via ) ( via ) Beach House | [ Official Site ] [ Twitter ]

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