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Flaming Lips detail Ender's Game EP

As previously mentioned merry pranksters the Flaming Lips will be releasing an EP based on the upcoming Ender's Game film (out 11/1). Entitled Peace Sword, the six-track EP will drop digitally October 29 and then make a CD/Vinyl run for Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday celebration. That's the album artwork above and below you can find the tracklist along with the cult-like clip for The Terror cut "Turning Violent".

Tracklist:
1. "Peace Sword ("Open Your Heart")"
2. "If They Move, Shoot 'Em"
3. "Is The Black At The End Good"
4. "Think Like A Machine, Not A Boy"
5. "Wolf Children"
6. "Assassin Beetle - The Dream Is Ending"

"Turning Violent"

  

Drake allegedly kicks Future off tour

 

Apparently "just being honest" has gotten interplanetary R&B artist Future this time around. Page Six is reporting that Future Hendrix made "off-the-record" remarks to Billboard reporter Erika Ramirez saying of his tourmate's new album Nothing Was the Same, "Drake made an album that is full of hits but it doesn't grab you...They're not possessive; they don't make you feel the way I do." 

Upon hearing the news, Drake is reported to have told his agent "either Future gets fired, or he'll fire him." A back-and-forth began and ended with Future's getting the boot from the tour. For the loss, Future is allegedly making plans to sue Drizzy for lost wages amounting to $1.5 million. 

If nothing else, this story provides yet another example of why you should never assumed anything is really off the record. Below you can listen to "Tony Montana" featuring the two former tourmates in action.

Check back in tomorrow for more of the newest in new(s).

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Flaming Lips and Tame Impala cover each other

The sonic minds behind the Flaming Lips and Australian-band Tame Impala, will soon be doing a psychedelic swap and covering each other for a forthcoming EP release. According to Flips fansite Future Heart, the vinyl EP will feature two covers from each band and be sold at their upcoming tour run together in October and November. For their part, Wayne Coyne and crew will cover Tame Impala's "Runaway, House, City, Clouds" and "Elephant", while Impala will take to "Are You A Hypnotist" and "Silver Trembling Hands", the later of which you can see a live performance of below.

In other Flaming Lips news, Wayne Coyne has announced the band is recording for the Ender's Game soundtrack and dropping an additional 6 song-EP entitled Peace Sword for a Record Store Day Black Friday event.

"Silver Trembling Hands" (Cover)- Tame Impala

David Bowie announces The Next Day Expanded Edition

David Bowie's comeback year will continue with the re-release of his gripping 24th album The Next Day. Out November 5 through Columbia, The Next Day: Expanded Edition features the original album on Disc 1, a 10-track blend of remixes and unreleased items on Disc 2, and a DVD featuring the album's four accompanying videos on Disc 3. Including unheard offerings named "Atomica" and "Like A Rocket Man", the second disc also contains a remix of Next Day track "Love is Lost" produced by LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy. The second disc tracklist is listed below, along with the video for "Valentine's Day". 

The Next Day: Expanded Edition

1. "Atomica"

2. "Love is Lost" (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy)
3. "Plan"

4. "The Informer"
5. "Like a Rocket Man"
6. "Born in a UFO"
7. "I'd Rather Be High" (Venetian Mix)
8. "I'll Take You There"

9. "God Bless the Girl"
10. "So She"

"Valentine's Day"

Don Trip & Starlito debut new video

 

Don Trip and Starlito's original Step Brothers mixtape was flat-out one of the best rap release of 2011. For nearly an hour plus, the pair barreled through: fistpumpers, gutbusters, and "tearjerkers" with equal aplomb. Couched inregional affectations, trap rap drums and bucolic soul samples, the Tennessee natives transcended any area code for something more relatable and impossibly enjoyable. 

A large part of that enjoyment stemmed from Trip and 'Lito's camaraderie, they traded lines like a rap tag-team of 20 years, though they'd only known each other for a year at that point. If new cut "Caesar and Brutus" (from Step Brothers 2) is any indication, the ensuing two years has only strengthened that camaraderie. Starlito continues his emotive mumble while Trip's affective snarls croaks over a brooding string section and crisp snaps. They don't tinker with the original recipe one bit, they just "leave it be and be quiet". 

Step Brothers 2 is out October 17 and you can expect a review of it here on AllFreshSounds after it drops.