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Miley Cyrus covers the Smiths 

No one will ever confuse pop megastar Miley Cyrus with indie pop pioneers the Smiths. At their best the Morrissey-fronted quartet cracked Number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and continues to exist as one of music's most adored cult acts. Cyrus meanwhile can lay claim to two of 2013's largest chart smashes and is currently in the midst of one the most written about tours since U2's Popmart Tour. 

Despite the ocean of difference between the two artists, Cyrus wasn't kept away from covering one of the band's all-time greats during the European-leg of the Bangerz Tour. At Belfast's Odyssey Arena on Monday night, the pop megastar offered up her reworking of 1986 Queen Is Dead cut "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out". Though it starts off with a bit of hesitant pop wavering, the end of the clip finds Cyrus fully committed to the chorus' doomed romance.

The cover comes on the heels of her performance of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" with the Flaming Lips, which will appear on the Flips' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album.

 

Morrissey streams new song "Istanbul"

Speaking of the former Smiths lead singer, Morrissey has a new record entitled World Peace Is None Of Your Business out July 15 Harvest/Capitol and to promote the LP Moz is now streaming audio of album track "Istanbul". Spotify users can listen to the song below, but if not a member of the site, you can enjoy Morrissey's spoken word performance of "Istanbul".

RiFF RAFF has at last unveiled the tracklist for debut album NEON iCON

A release for rap weirdo RiFF RAFF's debut album NEON iCON has been promised for a while now, but now that promise has materialized with the announcement that the LP will drop June 24 on the Mad Decent label. And if the incredibly garish album cover weren't enough to lure you in, the exhaustive guest list may. Mac Miller, the Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman, Mike Posner, and Childish Gambino will all appear, along with fellow Houston natives Slim Thug and Paul Wall.

To complement the overstuffed guest lineup, NEON iCON will feature production from DJ Mustard, Diplo, Harry Fraud, and DJA. The tracklist for NEON iCON is included below and apparently if you pre-order the album through RiFF RAFF's site you get a pair of exclusive tracks ("2 GiRLS ONE PiPE" and "TROPiCAL VACATiON"). In addition, RiFF RAFF's dropped the unsurprisingly bizzaro video for "How to Be Man “which is also viewable below.

 

Tracklist:

1. "iNTRODUCING THE iCON"
2. "KOKAYNE"
3. "WETTER THAN TSUNAMi"
4. "JODY 3 MOONS (SKIT)"
5. "VERSACE PYTHON"
6. "LAVA GLACiERS (ft. Childish Gambino)"
7. "TiP TOE WiNG iN MY JAWWWDiNZ"
8. "MAYBE YOU LOVE ME (ft. Mike Posner)"
9. "AQUABERRY DOLPHiN (ft. Mac Miller)"
10. "THE BLOOMiNGDALES AT WiNDSHiRE PALACE (SKIT)"
11. "TiME"
12. "HOW TO BE THE MAN"
13. "COOL iT DOWN (ft. Amber Coffman)"
14. "ViP PASS TO MY HEART"
15. "HOW TO BE THE MAN (ft. Slim Thug and Paul Wall) (Houston Remix)"

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