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MIA: ‘My new album will sound like Paul Simon on acid’

MIA has described her forthcoming new album as sounding like Paul Simon "on acid". The singer made the comment on Twitter, after telling fans she would answer 10 questions about the follow-up to 2010's Maya. She also explained that the record would be released in December, alongside a book, documentary and art exhibition. Some of the tweets have subsequently been deleted.

Cat Power announces north American tour dates

Cat Power has announced a north American tour to coincide with the September release of her new album, Sun. She plays: Thursday, October 11 – Miami, Florida – Grand Central Saturday, 13 – Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital Music Festival Friday, 19 – Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis Saturday, 20 – Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus Monday, 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club Tuesday, 23 – New York, New York – Hammerstein Ballroom Wednesday, 24 – Boston, Massachusetts – House Of Blues Thursday, 25 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Electric Factory

Kate Bush to play Olympic closing ceremony?

A remix of Kate Bush track "Running Up That Hill" which appeared on Amazon yesterday has sparked rumours that the singer may be performing at the Olympic closing ceremony. The page on Amazon, which has since been deleted, showed a 2012 remix of the track listed for Sunday [August 12] to coincide with the Olympic closing ceremony. You can see the artwork for the track above.

Bon Iver announce fan remix project

Bon Iver is releasing the stems of his songs for fans to remix, according to a report on music-news.com. The Bon Iver: Stems Project will see Justin Vernon release the original instrumental stems for all ten songs on his self-titled album. These will be available via http://www.indabamusic.com/. All you need to do is sign up to Indaba Music, download the stems, do your remix and upload them by August 29. The remixes will be voted on by members of the Indaba Music community and the winners will then be announced in the third week of September.

Beck and Philip Glass remix album due for October release

Composer Philip Glass - who turns 75 this year - is to be the subject of a remix album, inspired by a conversation between Glass and Beck. The album, called Rework: Philip Glass Remixed, is due for release in October. It includes reworks of original Glass compositions from Beck himself, Tyondai Braxton (ex-Battles), Amon Tobin, Memory Tapes, Dan Deacon, and more. Full tracklist for Rework: Disc One 1. My Great Ghost – "Music in Twelve Parts, Part 1" 2. Tyondai Braxton – "Rubric (Remix)" 3. Nosaj Thing – "Knee 1 (Remix)"

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion unveil trailer for new album ‘Meat And Bone’

Watch Tom Waits’ new video for “Hell Broke Luce”

After a week of speculation that he might be about to announce tour dates, Tom Waits has instead released a new video. It's for the track, "Hell Broke Luce", which appears on Waits' 2011 album, Bad As Me. It's been directed by Matt Mahurin. In a statement accompanying the announcement, Waits wrote: "As most of you guessed, it’s a tour…a tour de force!

Mike Oldfield: ‘I’d never heard of Arctic Monkeys before the Olympics’

"Tubular Bells" composer Mike Oldfield has admitted he had never heard of Arctic Monkeys or Dizzee Rascal before he performed with them at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in London last week (July 27). Speaking to NME, the musician, who performed 1973's "Tubular Bells" alongside a fantasy scene involving famous characters from cinema, confessed that he "doesn't know anything that's currently happening in the music scene".

R.E.M. announce release of Document 25th Anniversary Edition

R.E.M. has announced the September 24th release of an expanded 25th Anniversary Edition of the band’s 1987 album, Document. The new edition features the digitally remastered original album, plus a previously unreleased 1987 concert from R.E.M.’s “Work” tour. The commemorative release also adds new liner notes, with the 2CD package presented in a lift-top box with four postcards. On the same date, the remastered original album will be reissued by Mobile Fidelity on 180-gram vinyl. The tracklisting for R.E.M.: Document (25th Anniversary Edition) is:

The xx unveil new tracks ‘Sunset’ and ‘Reunion’ at Hollywood show

The xx have played two new tracks from their forthcoming second album – scroll down to listen. Titled "Sunset" and "Reunion", they are the latest songs the band have played live from their forthcoming album Coexist, which is due for release on September 10. You can hear them both below. Last week the band debuted a new dance-indebted track "Swept Away" at a show in LA. Previously, the band unveiled "Angels" – the first track from Coexist.
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