Replacements reunite for covers EP - 10.03.2012


Rolling Stone reports that Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson have recorded a four-song EP of covers, which will be released later this year. The band will auction off all 250 copies online to help pay for the medical bills of former Mats guitarist Slim Dunlap, who had a stroke earlier this year.

The duo recorded the EP with drummer Peter Anderson and Westerberg's touring guitarist Kevin Bowe. Drummer Chris Mars "didn't want any part of this," per Westerberg.

The EP features covers of Dunlap's "Busted Up," "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from the Broadway musical Gypsy, Gordon Lightfoot's 1965 song "I'm Not Sayin'", and "Lost Highway" by Hank Williams.

Stream the new Converge album - 10.03.2012


On Oct. 9, Converge will release All We Love We Leave Behind, their follow-up to 2009's Axe to Fall, via Epitaph. Today, you can stream the album in full, via YouTube. And it's pretty incredible, so you're going to want to do that. Listen below.

Video: Killer Mike - "Reagan" - 10.03.2012
The third video from Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music is for the angry, politically charged "Reagan," and it's probably not a coincidence that it arrives on the day of the first presidential debate of 2012. The animated clip is an incredible sequence through conspiracy theory imagery, from robot Reagans to a rapping Illuminati pyramid. Suffice it to say, it's pretty damn cool. Watch it below.

Death Grips announce tour dates - 10.03.2012


Sacramento hip-hop destroyers Death Grips canceled tour dates earlier this year in order to finish NO LOVE DEEP WEB, their sort of controversial, free-for-the-time-being follow-up to April's The Money Store. Well, tour's back on! Check out the dates below.

Tour:

10/27 Asheville, NC - Moogfest
11/1 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg
11/2 Brussels, Belgium - Magasin 4
11/3 Paris, France - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
11/5 Bristol, England - The Fleece
11/6 Manchester, England - Sound Control
11/7 London, England - Electric Ballroom
11/8 Amsterdam, Holland - Bitterzoet
11/10 Lyon, France - Riddim Collision Festival
11/13 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
11/14 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
11/16 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
11/18 Toronto, Ontario - Wrong Bar
11/19 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
11/20 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
11/21 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
1/18 Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out Festival, Sydney Showgrounds
1/20 Southport, Australia - Big Day Out Festival, Parklands
1/25 Adelaide, Australia - Big Day Out Festival, Adelaide Convention Centre
1/26 Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out Festival, Flemington Racecourse
1/28 Perth, Australia - Big Day Out Festival, McCallum Park

Willis Earl Beal releases free EP via BitTorrent - 10.03.2012


Willis Earl Beal released his debut album Acousmatic Sorcery earlier this year, but before signing with XL, the singer-songwriter gave away a lot of free music, often in the form of CD-Rs strategically placed in various locations. His new free EP, Principles of a Protagonist, isn't quite as old-fashioned in its distribution channel, but still released in a fashion generally not taken by signed artists. Beal is offering the EP via BitTorrent, in partnership with XL/Hot Charity.

Download it here

Tracklist:

1 Away My Silent Lover
2 Sambo Joe From the Rainbow
3 Evening's Kiss
4 Swing on Low
5 Cosmic Queries