Kanye ft. Beyonce & Charlie Wilson: See Me Now

I done TOLD YOU.

Listen to Kanye’s new single on his website right now until he takes it down.

Update: Yeeep, he took it down! Here it is at The Fader.

-Jack

No Age: Glitter, Inflorescence from Everything In Between

You guys, I love you all so much that I went to the store and picked this up for you. Do you like it? It’s new No Age, from their upcoming album Everything In Between.

Let this tide you over for now, but just know that we are thinking of you as we cook up some craziness behind the scenes. We’ll make you proud!

-Jack

Weezer’s New Album Art, Title and Lead Single

I’ve had a rocky ride with Weezer for the past 15 years or so. The thrilling highs, the befuddling lows, and their uncanny ability to do the very thing you least expect them to do at every turn.

Well, they have topped themselves AGAIN, which is staggering after the dog-jumping-across-the-living-room cover of Raditude, and the fact that Rainn Wilson named their last album, and that he named it Raditude, and that Lil Wayne was on the album in a song that Jermaine Dupri co-wrote. Forget all that. The new album is called Hurley (you know, the guy from LOST?), and the album cover is a big, glorious photo of actor Jorge Garcia’s face.

If that’s not mind-boggling enough for you, the lead single, “Memories”, is actually pretty satisfying. Loud, sloppy guitars, scratchy, shouted, emoted vocals, and a searing synthy hook that hearkens back to early b-side “You Gave Your Love to Me Softly.”

You never know what awaits you just around the corner with Weezer, but for now, rejoice in the fact that all the news is great news.

Listen to “Memories” at Stereogum

-Jack

Mad Decent: PO PO Summer 2010 Mix

Are you crying yourself to sleep because the summer is basically OVER? (Don’t feel bad, we are too)

Well, Diplo is trying to make you feel better. He just posted a link to this summerific mix at the Mad Decent bandcamp on his twitter. It’ll remind you that, hey, we’ve still got August. Let’s make it last!

Download or stream the PO PO Summer 2010 Mix

-Jack

Wale: More About Nothing Mixtape

Did you love Wale’s Seinfeld Themed Mixtape About Nothing? Well, whatever you thought about Wale’s official debut LP, Attention Deficit, DC’s own is giving the people what they want (Seinfeld mixtapes) on More About Nothing. The mixtape just dropped, and The Fader has the link. I haven’t given it a listen, so let’s explore it together, shall we?

Download More About Nothing via The Fader

-Jack

Cut Copy: Where I’m Going

RCRD LBL keeps the jams flowing with a brand new single from Cut Copy. Cut Copy are prepping their follow up to In Ghost Colours, which, in my opinion, is one of the best albums of this past decade, so in my book they pretty much have a “get out of jail free” card to do whatever the hell they want this time around. So what are they choosing to do with their well earned good will? If this track is any indication, apparently some 60s inspired psychadelic party music (in which case, the Keith Haring esque album art is a “red herring”, pun intended). Works for me.

Listen and Download @ RCRD LBL

The Happy Hollows: Big Bad Wolf

Like the song? The Happy Hollows have posted the track, along with “My Wet Tongue,” on their bandcamp as a digital EP called Spells B-Sides. Pay what you want (ie. between zero and infinity dollars) for the download.

Big Bad Wolf by The Happy Hollows

-Jack