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Beck has unveiled a brand new, stand-alone single called "Defriended". Click below to listen to track, which Spin reports will not feature on either of the artist's forthcoming two albums. They also state that there will be another stand-alone single release ahead of his next studio album and the acoustic LP which is also in the works.

David Lynch has announced details of his second album, The Big Dream. The album is the director's follow-up to his 2011 debut, Crazy Clown Time. It features a cover of Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" and also includes a collaboration with Lykke Li called "I'm Waiting Here".

Jack White and T Bone Burnett are producing a documentary about the American recording industry during the 1920s and 1930s. The film, which Burnett says is co-produced by Robert Redford and the BBC, will be called American Epic.

Black Sabbath are currently streaming their new album 13 online. Visit the band's iTunes artist page, click on 'View in iTunes' to hear the album in full. 13, which will be officially released on June 10, is the first album Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler have recorded together since 1978's Never Say Die!. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and features Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk, who replaces original drummer Bill Ward.

Bob Dylan has been nominated for France's Légion d'Honneur. Dylan had his first nomination reportedly thrown out by the deciding council over his marijuana use and his opposition to the Vietnam War, reports Reuters. The approval by the Légion d'Honneur council means France's minister of culture may soon decorate Dylan with the honour, which is the country's highest distinction. Previous performers awarded the honour include Paul McCartney and Charles Aznavour.

Boards Of Canada's live album playback crashed their official website tonight (June 3). The live album transmission of Tomorrow's Harvest, their first full-length record in eight years, was greeted with phenomenal demand, causing an error message to appear on boardsofcanada.com. However, fans could still hear the album via the live YouTube feed, which was posted on their official Facebook.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse kicked off the European leg of their Alchemy tour last night (June 2). The band played in Waldbühne, Berlin, an outdoor arena with a capacity of 22,000. According to reports, the stage sets that the band had used on the previous legs of the tour were absent.

Atoms For Peace have revealed more footage of themselves rehearsing ahead of their forthcoming tour. This morning (June 3), Nigel Godrich tweeted a YouTube clip of the band performing "Rabbit In Your Headlights" – Yorke's 1998 collaboration with electronic duo UNKLE – scroll down to watch it.

Brian May led thousands on a march through London yesterday (June 1) to protest the UK Government's planned badger cull. The guitarist opposes the culling of badgers, which authorities say is necessary to combat bovine tuberculosis (TB), and submitted a petition with 234,000 signatures to Downing Street demanding the scheme be axed. Speaking at the demonstration, organised for the day before culling is due to start in west Gloucestershire and West Somerset, Brian May told reporters: "If the Government don't listen to us today the pressure will still be there.

Lou Reed has said he is "feeling better and stronger than ever" following a life-saving liver transplant last month. On Saturday (June 1), Reed's wife Laurie Anderson revealed that her husband had been recovering since his operation but suggested that he might not "ever totally recover" from the surgery. However, Reed has since posted a message to fans on Facebook, where he described himself as a "triumph of modern medicine" and announced that he is looking forward to returning to the stage.