MUSIC: Come A Little Closer by Cage The Elephant

Cage The Elephant has released the first single from their new album, titled 'Come A Little Closer". It's pretty damn good in my opinion. The album, Melophobia, will be release on RCA in the fall.

NEWS/VIDEO: Daft Punk on Colbert Report....NOT!

Like many people, I was watching the Colbert Report because I was looking forward to Daft Punk playing 'Get Lucky' on the show. Stephen then came on and said that Daft Punk had been cancelled because they couldn't appear on TV before the VMAs (which means they're at least playing that at least!) for some legal reasons. In consolation we were offered an amazing video of Stephen dancing to 'Get Lucky' with Jeff Bridges, Hugh Laurie, Matt Damon, John Stewart and others and a fun performance of Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'.  Those might not add up to a performance from the French duo, but it ended up being a fun show. I'll update this with video when it's been uploaded. UPDATE: We have video! Click here for the full episode, which I recommend doing.

VIDEO: Lollapalooza Livestream

The lucky ones are already in Chicago experiencing was is sure to be a fantastic weekend, while the rest of us have to suffer watching the concert from the comfort of our homes without crowds or heat. Actually, watching the livestream doesn't seem too bad after all! So for the ones like me who can't make it to the festival, what are your livestream schedules?  And if you're actually at the festival, what bands are you going to see? Comment below with your line-up! I put mine under the videos (in EST). Happy watching!

Friday:

5:15 p.m. - Crystal Castles 

7:15 p.m. - Queens of the Stone Age 

11:00 p.m. - Nine Inch Nails 

Saturday:

6:00 p.m. - Ellie Goulding

Sunday:

6:30 p.m. - Alt-J 

8:00 p.m. - Vampire Weekend 

9:15 p.m. - The Cure

OPINION: Best Albums of 2013 So Far and the Albums I'm Most Excited About Coming Out Later In The Year

Well, better late than never. Here's my top ten albums of the year so far and the top ten albums I'm most anticipating later this year. The list is in no particular order. Enjoy

TOP ALBUMS SO FAR:

1. Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels
2. m b v by My Bloody Valentine
3. Yeezus by Kanye West
4. Obsidian by Baths
5. Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend
6. Acid Rap by Chance The Rapper
7. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
8. Silence Yourself by Savages
9. The Next Day by David Bowie
10. ...Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age


RUNNER UPS:

1. True Romance by Charli XCX
2. MCII by Mikal Cronin
3. New Moon by The Men
4. Settle by Disclosure
5. Chelsea Light Moving by Chelsea Light Moving
6. You're Nothing by iceage
7. FIDLAR by FIDLAR

MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS SO FAR:

1. Disillusion by O'Brother
2. An Object by No Age
3. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action by Franz Ferdinand
4. Sleeper by Ty Segall
5. Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails
6. AM by Arctic Monkeys
7. MGMT by MGMT
8. Uncanney Valley by The Dismemberment Plan
9. (TBA) by Arcade Fire
10. I Hate Music by Superchunk

MUSIC: Run The Jewels

Underground favorites, EL-P and Killer Mike, have released a free download of their joint album under the name of Run The Jewels. Download it below.

NEWS: MGMT Announces New album

MGMT have announced the release date and title of their new album. It will be called MGMT and released September 17th from Columbia Records. The album will be recorded as a duo, unlike the recording of Congratulations.

MGMT Tracklist:
1. Alien Days
2. Cool Song No 2
3. Mystery Disease
4. Introspection
5. Your Life Is a Lie
6. A Good Sadness
7. Astro-Mancy
8. I Love You to Death
9. Plenty Of Girls in the Sea
10. An Orphan of Fortune 

NEWS: Arctic Monkeys Announce New Album

The Arctic Monkeys have announced their fifth studio album will come out September 10th through Domino Records. The title of the record is AM and  Josh Homme, Pete Thomas, and Bill Ryder-Jone are all contributing to the album. 

AM Tracklist:
1. Do I Wanna Know?
2. R U Mine?
3. One For The Road
4. Arabella
5. I Want It All
6. No. 1 Party Anthem
7. Mad Sounds
8. Fireside
9. Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
10. Snap Out Of It
11. Knee Socks
12. I Wanna Be Yours