God, we’ve got a lot of weird news for you this week. Lady Gaga makes a few appearances, as usual; Robert Pattinson (Edward from Twilight) wants to record an album; and Adele‘s ex-boyfriend wants royalties merely because he inspired her hit album 21 – but we’ve also got a few free MP3 downloads as well!
As usual, we also inform you of the latest on the Billboard charts in our “CHARTWATCH” section, as well as noting the FAILs and WINs of the week, and letting you know about newly-announced upcoming release dates at the end of the news survey. And since there’s so much to get to, without further ado, we present…the news survey:
- CHARTWATCH: Adele has held off the new Beastie Boys album (#2), the new Fleet Foxes album (#4), the new J-Lo album (#5), and the new Stevie Nicks album (#6) for the top spot on the Billboard 200 — yet again.
- FAIL: Speaking of Adele, evidently her ex-boyfriend wants royalties from 21 because many of the songs are inspired by their relationship…
- FAIL: Robert Pattinson wants to record music? STOP IT WITH THE FAILS.
- FAIL: But they just keep coming: Lady Gaga is going to debut some new songs through the Facebook application FarmVille.
- 30 Seconds to Mars might be breaking up, and Your Best Friend are (who cares?). But Rory are getting back together, so…yeah.
- FAIL: Facebook’s running a smear campaign on Google? Don’t know how this is music news, but thought you might be interested anyway.
- WIN: Pink Floyd has new remasters and box sets coming out later this year!
- WIN: Sooooo…Steven Tyler has a gigantic penis. That explains a lot.
- And the weird news just keeps coming: evidently, Quentin Tarantino wants Lady Gaga to make an appearance in one of his upcoming films.
- Sufjan Stevens suffered a breakdown while watching Fantastic Mr. Fox that delayed his last album. Seriously. We’re not making this shit up. Poor Sufjan.
- FAIL: Tyler, the Creator was detained by police for no reason recently.
- Music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6% this year, thanks to The Beatles being on iTunes.
- LimeWire has settled with record companies for $105 million for copyright infringement.
- Popular pop-punk band Bayside may record some songs in Spanish.
- WIN: Want all the details for the upcoming Arcade Fire re-release of The Suburbs, containing two new songs (one with David Byrne)? Go here.
- Listen to the new Danger Mouse/Danielle Luppi album, the new EMA album, the new Africa Hitech album, the new Man Man album, the new Friendly Fires album, and more; and download the new The Very Best mixtape for free. MP3
- Beyoncé’s new album will be titled 4 and New Found Glory’s will be titled Radiosurgery; the Lostprophets and Coheed & Cambria are working on new material, as are Grizzly Bear and Def Leppard — although the latter’s new release will be lullaby versions of their famous songs, recorded for children.
- Iconic hardcore band Glassjaw may never release a third album.
New Release Dates
- Alkaline Trio – Damnesia – July 11 (old tracks + 2 new ones)
- There For Tomorrow – The Verge – June 28
- Pictureplane – Thee Physical – July 19
- DJ Shadow – The Less You Know The Better – September 5
- Scattered Trees – Sympathy - August 8 (physical release)
- Strung Out – Top Contenders: The Best Of Strung Out - July 19
- Seapony – Go With Me - May 31
- Gardens & Villa – Gardens & Villa – July 5
- Dead And Divine – Antimacy – August 2
- Release The Sunbird – Come Back To Us – July 26
- Foster The People – Torches – June 27
- Is Tropical – Native To – June 14
- Gomez – Whatever’s On Your Mind – June 21
- Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground – Introducing… – July 26 (physical release)
- Unearth – Darkness In The Light – July 5
- Set It Off – Horrible Kids EP – June 14
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