The super DJ combo of Diplo and Switch, AKA Major Lazer, are going to release another collection of tracks with Lazers Never Die. The EP will have 2 new songs and 3 remixes. Notable guests include M.I.A. and Thom Yorke. Lazers Never Die will be released through Mad Decent/Downtown/Interscope on July 20th.

Lazers Never Die

1. Sound of Siren (featuring M.I.A. and Busy Signal)
2. Good Enough (featuring Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega)
3. Bruk Out (Buraka Som Sistema Mix)
4. Can’t Stop Now (K.L.A.M. Remix feat. Miss Banks)
5. Jump Up (Thom Yorke Remix)

Here’s video fresh from the show last night at the Fox Theatre in Oakland. The band had been sound-checking the song at other cities but it finally saw its premiere last night.

Atoms For Peace are finishing off their brief United States tour this weekend at Coachella. Be sure to check them out if at the show.

Here’s the new track that Thom played at the Monday night Atoms For Peace show (more media and a live review to follow). The track has been called “Let Me Take Control” by fans, but allegedly the name on the setlist read “Chris Hodge.”

Will we be seeing this track on the upcoming Radiohead album? We’ll see…

MP3: Thom Yorke – “Chris Hodge”

UPDATE: According to a setlist from the band’s rep the track is titled “A Walk Down the Staircase.”
Thanks Simon.

UPDATE 2: We have reason to believe that the band are referring to the track as “Chris Hodge.” The name was spotted by several concert-goers on Thom’s setlist, and some even overheard Nigel referring to the track as “Chris Hodge.”

You probably knew this already, but Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has another band. That band was just enigmatically known as Thom Yorke ????–until today. Now, we can finally start ascribing a name to Yorke’s side project, which is officially Atoms for Peace, named after a track on The Eraser, his solo album from 2006.

Turns out, with a new band name comes a few U.S. tour dates in/around major cities, along with their Coachella date in April. Instrumental hip-hop artist Flying Lotus will be opening for the band on all non-Coachella dates.

Atoms for Peace:

04-05 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom *
04-06 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom *
04-08 Boston, MA – Citi Wang Theatre *
04-10 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom *
04-11 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom *
04-14 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
04-15 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
04-17 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
04-18 Indio, CA – Coachella

* with Flying Lotus

(P4K)

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It’s no secret that most of the band members in Radiohead are vocal fans of hip-hop. Check the “Office Chart” playlists that they occasionally post on Dead Air Space, and it’s easy to see their affinity for the genre. Likewise, respectable members of the hip-hop community reciprocate the love. We can’t say that without mentioning the Thom Yorke remix of the song “Gazzillion Ear” from the masked emcee’s most recent LP, Born Like This.

Oh, but Yorke is not stopping with DOOM. Yorke recently co-hosted Gilles Peterson’s BBC radio show and dropped hints that he’s been in talks to collaborate with influential hip-hop producer and Stones Throw Records resident Madlib. Details on the project were fuzzy, with Yorke citing time and schedule constraints as reasons why the project has not come together sooner. Reportedly, he already has some Madlib beats, and he told the radio host that a Madvillain remix can be expected soon (Madvillain is the collaboration between DOOM and Madlib).

This is exciting news for both hip-hop heads and Radiohead heads.

(Via Hip-Hop DX)

Liars must have earned the respect of nearly every important figure in the music industry. On their upcoming album, Sisterworld (due March 9) they have recruited some major names in music to do remixes for each of the 11 tracks. They have not leaked the names of everyone involved, but so far, we can expect remixes or reinterpretations from Thom Yorke, Blonde Redhead, Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio), Melvins, Bradford Cox (Deerhunter/Atlas Sound), synth punk pioneer Alan Vega (Suicide), and legendary provocateurs Chris & Cosey (Throbbing Gristle).

Liars frontman Angus Andrew talked to Prefix Magazine a bit about the project. “[The collaborators] were asked to ‘re-interpret’ the song by any means necessary and the result is definitely the most exciting collaborative effort we’ve been involved in,” he said.

The remix album will be part of an expanded edition of Sisterworld, which is a two-disc set (disc one will be the main Sisterworld album, and disc two will be the remix disc). They will release a single on February 16 called “Scissor,” which you can download here from the Liars website.

The band has announced the North American Sisterworld tour, and more dates will be announced later. Check out the dates that have been given so far:

04.10 El Rey Theatre: Los Angeles, CA
04.14 Rock & Roll Hotel: Washington, DC
04.15 Bowery Ballroom: New York, NY
04.16 First Unitarian Church: Philadelphia, PA
04.17 Paradise: Boston, MA
04.18 Music Hall of Williamsburg: Brooklyn, NY
04.27 Slim’s: San Francisco, CA
04.29 Hawthorne Theatre: Portland, OR
04.30 Venue: Vancouver, BC
05.01 Neumos: Seattle, WA

(Via Prefix)

Various Artists

The Twilight Saga:
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[Chop Shop/Atlantic; 2009]

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