What's New(s)?

Phoenix debut Sofia Coppola directed "Chloroform"

Phoenix's quietly insecure cut "Chloroform" was one of the unquestionable highlights of the French synth-rock band's fifth release Bankrupt!, and now the track has an accompanying video. Directed by Thomas Mars' wife Sofia Coppola, the video retains the late-night vibes of the album cut as Mars and company are bathed in shadows during a seemingly routine performance. Slowly the all-female audience is brought to tears, moved by the band's "cruel love" chorus and frantically attempting to grab hold before collapsing. Like the song itself nothing immediately grabs you, but after a few plays the evocative whispers waft into your brain. 

Watch the video here and if you missed the band's "Trying to Be Cool" collabo with R. Kelly, you can right that wrong now by heading here.




M83 sountracks You and the Night

Reeling from his less than stellar experience working on the Oblivion soundtrack, electronic-pop experimenter Anthony Gonzalez of M83 will be soon be releasing his second  soundtrack of the year. a score to brother Yann Gonzalez's film You and the Night. Concerning a young couple's preparation for an orgy, the film is out tomorrow in France. For his part, Anthony promises "the soundtrack pays tribute to French soundtracks form the 70s and is much more intimate than Hurry Up, We're Dreaming and the Oblivion soundtrack. This score is really for lovers and ghosts". 

The first offering from that "intimate" soundtrack is the softly strummed and wooden-flute riddled "Ali & Matthias" which uses reverberated vocals and precise mandolin picking to haunting effect. The soundtrack is out digitally November 19 through Mute/Naive and a physical is in the works for sometime next year. 








JT expands tour dates

Before he's even finished this year's exhaustive run of tour dates, Justin Timberlake's already plotting a course for next year. In a further expansion of his massive 20/20 Experience tour, the pop megastar has announced U.S. and European tour dates that will occupy his time until August 2014 when he wraps up in San Jose. I can't even see ahead to a month from now, so credit to Timberlake for planning entire seasons ahead (maybe 20/20 vision isn't the only thing he has). Check out the expanded tour schedule below, along with the crowd-sourced video for the effortless strut of "Take Back the Night".

Tour Dates

11/13 Raleigh, NC - PNC Arena
11/15 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
11/16 Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
11/18 Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum
11/19 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
11/21 Tulsa, OK - Bok Center
11/26 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
11/27 Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
11/29 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
11/30 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
12/2 Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
12/4 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
12/5 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
12/11 Indianapolis, IN - Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12/12 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
12/14 Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
12/15 Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
12/17 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
12/19 Orlando, FL - Amway Center

1/13 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place

1/14 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place

1/16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena

1/17 Seattle, WA - Key Arena

1/19 San Jose, CA - SAP Center

1/20 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
1/22 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
2/7 Fargo, ND - FargoDome
2/9 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
2/10 Omaha, NE - Centurylink Center
2/13 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
2/14 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
2/16 Chicago, IL - United Center
2/17 Chicago, IL - United Center
2/19 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
2/20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
2/22 Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center
2/24 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
2/25 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
2/27 Boston, MA - TD Garden
3/4 Fort Lauderdale, FL - BB&T Center

3/5 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
3/30 Sheffield, England - Motorpoint Arena
4/1 London, England - O2 Arena
4/2 London, England - O2 Arena
4/4 Glasgow, Scotland - The SSE Hydro
4/5 Glasgow, Scotland - The SSE Hydro
4/7 Manchester, England - Phones 4u Arena
4/8 Manchester, England - Phones 4u Arena
4/11 Birmingham, England - LG Arena
4/12 Birmingham, England - LG Arena
4/14 Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
4/16 Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
4/18 Arnhem, Netherlands - GelreDome
4/20 Koln, Germany - Lanxess Arena
4/22 Koln, Germany - Lanxess Arena
4/24 Berlin, Germany - O2 World
4/26 Paris, France - Stade de France
5/1 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis
5/2 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis
5/4 Hamburg, Germany - O2 World
5/6 Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken
5/8 Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena
5/10 Stockholm, Sweden - Tele2 Arena
5/12 Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Areena
7/12 Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
7/14 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Arena
7/16 Albany, NY - Times Union Center
7/18 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
7/19 Boston, MA - TD Garden
7/22 Ottawa, Ontario - Canadian Tire Centre
7/25 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
7/26 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
7/28 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
7/30 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
8/3 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
8/5 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
8/8 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
8/11 San Jose, CA - SAP Center 


 

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What's New(s)?

Sleigh Bells remix Phoenix's "Chloroform"

Following R. Kelly's silky croon remix of "Trying to Be Cool", Sleigh Bells have reconfigured the electronic-ballad "Chlorform" into a blaring bit of twitching synthesizers, cavernous drums, and saccharine vocals. In other words, they lay-waste to the original track and sift through the rubble for a Sleigh Bells track. Phoenix vocalist Thomas Mars makes an appearance amidst the carnage only to be swallowed up. It's less remix and more reclamation; one that could readily appear on their forthcoming Bitter Rivals release.

 




Kurt Cobain childhood home for sale

Kurt Cobain's childhood home will soon be up for auction according to the Guardian's reporting. The Aberdeen, Washington locale where Cobain lived for many of his early years is being put up for sale by Cobain's mother Wendy O'Connor and sister Kim Cobain. The two are currently asking $500,000 for the "bungalow" located at 1210 E. 1st St. in the hopes of connecting with someone interested in turning the home into a museum. Located two hours for the city of Seattle, the former Cobain residence still bears scrawls of Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin written in Kurt's room, along with an old mattress of his. Putting it all into perspective Kim Cobain had this to say, "We've decided to sell the home to create a legacy for Kurt, and yes, there are some mixed feelings since we have all loved the home and it carries so many great memories. But our family has moved on from Washington, and feel it's time to let go of the home."

The 20th Anniversary edition of Nirvana's final studio LP In Utero is out now and features a new 2013 remix of the album.

"Heart Shaped Box"

A$AP Rocky unveils "Fashion Killa" video

The floating synths and distended vocals of LongLiveA$AP cut "Fashion Killa" now have an equally airy video, featuring none other than Rihanna. The original track bore the line "Her attitude Rihanna, she get it from her mama," so it's only appropriate the muted, mostly white and black video spotlight the pop singer. The fashion conscious couple scour abandoned boutiques, as the tags they eyeball pop up on screen.  "Fashion Killa" detours briefly to spotlight A$AP Mob member A$AP Ferg performing an acapella version of the booming "Murda Something", from his excellent Trap Lord LP. Reflecting on the choice of Rihanna, Rocky told Park 106 "She's a fashion killa in my eyes. I respect her jiggyness. I respect her fashion sense."