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Tame Impala cover Michael Jackson

Odds are if you have any idea who Tame Impala are, you wouldn't peg them to cover a Michael Jackson. The mind-traveling psych-rock they release is incredibly insular, a far-cry from the larger-than-life spectacle Jackson's work often created.

But you also probably wouldn't have seen the Australian group as the type to partner with a rapper, yet there they were last week undergirding Kendrick Lamar's firebreathing in "Backwards". While covering "Stranger in Moscow" is a headscratcher, like the Lamar work once you hear it, it makes all the sense in the world. Kevin Parker's voice floats over beds of rippling guitars and synthesizers, so high off the ground you couldn't possibly reach out to touch it. When he repeatedly asks "how does it feel?" it's a miracle he can feel anything at all with the walls he's constructed. On their Facebook page, they wrote "MJ 4eva", and hearing the way the group treats the source material you understand the timelessness of it.







DOOM remixes himself

"On the low-key," masked-rapper DOOM spits amidst a barrage of a liquid non sequiturs in his clattering remix of "Bookhead", 2012 collabo with Jneiro Jarel as JJ DOOM. But even when he's obscured by masks or hoodies, he can't help but drawing attention to himself. 

This non spotlight-seeking cut comes his recent partnership with Clarks, who he designed a Wallabee with. The steel clangs and twitters in the track are samples DOOM culled from time spent at the Clark's factory in Somerset, England. That sort-of blue-collar incorporation seems counter-intuitive for Mr. Metal-Face who's always sounded like the smartest dude in the room, even when he's talking nonsense. No matter what he's aiming for though, it's an effort well worth watching.

Clarks will be releasing the track tomorrow through their site and you can hear it now through FACT.



Drake/House of Cards Tumblr stays schemin

First the weird, wonderful world of "Drakeing Bad" and now this. Some enterprising Drake/House of Cards fan with more than enough time on there hands has overlaid brooding scenes from the Netflix show with quotables from the Toronto MC. The account, appropriately called "House of Drake" ends up working because like Drizzy Drake, Congressmen Frank Underwood can go from powerhungry paranoiac to tender romantic when the moment calls for it. Now if we could just get a Drake/True Detective account, my life would be complete.

"Worst Behavior"

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Flying Lotus drops outtakes comp

It's the season of giving and it seems electronic-producer Flying Lotus is finally getting in on the festivities. Taking to Twitter this morning, FlyLo announced he'd be dropping a ZIP File. That file is out now, in the form of an outtakes mix entitled Ideas+drafts+loops. Featuring 24 tracks, the mix incorporates collaborations with: Earl Sweatshirt, MF Doom, Shabazz Palaces, Captain Murphy, The Underachievers, Baths, and more. Also included is a remix of Kanye West's bracing Yeezus cut "Black Skinhead", which includes an appearance by frequent partner-in-crime Thundercat. 

"Some be like "aww flylo why don't u make stuff like ur old stuff'..thats what this moment is for," the producer wrote in speaking to his motivations for the release. You can download the release here, and if you're one of those people who prefers the "old stuff" enjoy the blissful 2010 cut "Mmmhmm" featuring the aforementioned Thundercat. 

 

"Lost" Johnny Cash album out next year

This coming March, an album of "lost" Johnny Cash recordings will be released through Columbia/Legacy. Entitled Out Among the Stars, the LP features 12 tracks discovered by Cash's song John Carter Cash in 2012. Among the work included here are two duets with wife June Carter Cash and an additional duet with fellow Highwaymen Waylon Jennings. Additionally, the album includes two self-penned Cash tracks entitled "Call Your Mother" and "I Came To Believe". 

Produced by frequent Tammy Wynette and George Jones Billy Sherrill, Out Among the Stars was recorded between 1981 and 1984 at Nashville's Columbia Studios and 1111 Sound Studios. The restorative efforts were undertaken by John Carter Cash, along with co-producer Steve Berkowitz, and Cash collaborators like Marty Stuart. Out Among the Stars is available for pre-order here, and while you wait for the release date to arrive, enjoy a clip of Cash performing the iconic "Folsom Prison Blues".

 



St. Vincent announces North American tour

St. Vincent just announced a new self-titled album yesterday and today that news is followed up with the announcement of a 2014 North American tour. Starting February 26th, the after St. Vincent drops, Annie Clark and company will debut in New York City before weaving across the country and wrapping up in Buffalo in mid-April.

Check out the tour dates below and hear the excellent "Birth in Reverse", our first taste of St. Vincent, out February 25th through Republic/Loma Vista.

Tour Dates:
2/26 New York, NY - Terminal 5
2/27 Boston, MA - House of Blues
2/28 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
3/1 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
3/4 Saxapahaw, NC - The Haw River Ballroom
3/5 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
3/7 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
3/8 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
3/10 Houston, TX - House of Blues
3/14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
3/18 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre
3/19 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
3/21 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
3/22 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
3/24 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
3/25 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore Ballroom
3/26 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
3/28 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
3/29 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
3/31 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
4/1 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
4/3 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
4/4 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
4/5 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
4/6 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
4/8 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
4/9 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
4/10 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
4/11 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
4/12 Buffalo, NY - Ashbury Hall

 

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"Banished"- JJ Doom

 What can you say about MF Doom that hasn't already been said? Mad genius? Wizard of whacked-out wordplay? Rap's ultimate supervillain? On this track from JJ DOOM,  the zillionth MF Doom collaboration project, we hear DOOM going all-out over an eerily dense track. The plodding thud of the drums is the only thing that snaps us out of the dark world DOOM inhabits here. It's three minutes of DOOM in his natural environment, gleefully laughing at the mayhem all-around him. If this track is any indication of the rest of Key to the Kuffs, the album slated for a May release, it's only a matter of time before DOOM takes over the rap world again.