St. Vincent, Passion Pit on new "Twilight" soundtrack - 10.05.2012


Next month, the fourth installment of the Twilight film series, Breaking Dawn: Part 2, will be in theaters. And its soundtrack, much like its predecessors, features a long list of buzzworthy acts, from Passion Pit and St. Vincent to Ellie Goulding (produced by Skrillex). The soundtrack album is out Nov. 13 via Atlantic.

Tracklist:

1 Passion Pit - "Where I Come From"
2 Ellie Goulding - "Bittersweet"
3 Green Day - "The Forgotten"
4 Feist: "Fire in the Water"
5 The Boom Circuits - "Everything and Nothing"
6 St. Vincent - "The Antidote"
7 Pop ETC - "Speak Up"
8 Iko - "Heart of Tone"
9 A Boy and His Kite - "Cover Your Tracks"
10 James Vincent McMorrow - "Ghosts"
11 Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed - "All I've Ever Needed"
12 Reeve Carney - "New For You"
13 Christina Perri - "A Thousand Years (Part Two)"
14 Carter Burwell - "Plus Que Ma Prope Vie"

Mogwai announces new remix album - 10.05.2012


Mogwai have announced the details of a new remix album titled A Wretched Virile Lore, which will be released Nov. 23 on vinyl, and Dec. 4 on CD, via Sub Pop. The album contains reworked versions of songs from their Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will album, as remixed by the likes of Justin Broadrick of Jesu/Pale Sketcher, Tim Hecker, and the Soft Moon.

Tracklist:

1 Justin K. Broadrick: "George Square Thatcher Death Party"
2 Klad Hest: "Rano Pano"
3 Cyclob: "White Noise"
4 Xander Harris: "How to Be a Werewolf"
5 Zombi: "Letters to the Metro"
6 RM Hubbert: "Mexican Grand Prix"
7 Tim Hecker: "Rano Pano"
8 The Soft Moon: "San Pedro"
9 Umberto: "Too Raging to Cheers"
10 Robert Hampson: "La Mort Blanche"

Video: Perfume Genius - "Take Me Home" - 10.05.2012
Perfume Genius' video for "Take Me Home," from the excellent new album Put Your Back N 2 It, is a gorgeous clip that puts gritty cityscapes behind a sports-jersey-drag clad Mike Hadreas giving an emotional, choreographic performance. Watch the Patrick Sher-directed clip below.

The Dismemberment Plan confirm recording of new album - 10.05.2012


After a series of reunion tour dates and a reissue of their landmark 1999 album Emergency & I, The Dismemberment Plan are finally heading back to the studio to record their first new music in 11 years, according to Exclaim!.

Additionally, on Twitter, Travis Morrison has announced a few details about the album, first and foremost that it's "80% done." He also tweeted:

-just comped new Plan lyrics into one book. I do this when our albums are 80% done or so. A little amped, I can't lie. #nowbacktowork

-Yes the Plan is working on a new album! Sorry thought this was somewhat public knowledge

-Current front runner for album title is "The Adventures of Bobby Beverage And Two Shoe Lou." BIG Jim Croce influence on this one.

-PREVIOUS TWEET NOT TRUE

-Plan currently tracking demos of a song that sounds like R2D2 doing "low rider" at karaoke