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Thursday, May 30, 2013

News Roundup: Kanye West Premieres ‘New Slaves,’ FYF Fest 2013 Lineup Announced, and More

Kanye West is going the extra mile to make sure that his forthcoming album has a special release. Tonight the rapper debuted a brand new song, and he did so by projecting his face on 66 different buildings around the world. We’ve got a video of that below. Also FYF Fest revealed its lineup. The roster includes bands like My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MGMT. All that and more below.

Robin Finck To Replace Eric Avery In Nine Inch Nails: Earlier this week, Nine Inch Nails‘ newest bassist Eric Avery announced that he was quitting the band. He was suppose to tour with NIN during their 2013-2014 tour, but revealed that he just wasn’t up for it. Now it seems that the band has found a replacement for Avery, a longtime collaborator of theirs – guitarist Robin Finck. According to COS, Fink has toured off and on with NIN since the mid-90s, and appears on five studio album.

My Morning Jacket Announces New Music: After Jim James is done touring, he’ll rejoin his Morning Jacket bandmates to produce new music. According to Rolling Stone, James said the band is “in the process of nailing down a studio.” He added, “We always try to do something a little different each time and we did that last time… we have a couple top-of-the-heap places we’re in the process of deciding what will work best.” James said he already has ideas for new songs, but added: “I don’t know if anything’s come together yet. I’ve got a lot of starting places, I guess you could say.”Source: Rolling Stone

FYF Fest Announces Lineup: This year’s FYF Fest is going to be good. Headliners include My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and MGMT. Also on the bill: TV on the Radio, Deerhunter, Beach House, The Breeders, Death Grips, Solange, CHVRCHES, FLAG, Yo La Tengo, Kurt Vile and the Violators, The Melvins, and Toro Y Moi. Also playing are Devendra Banhart, Roky Erickson, Simian Mobile Disco, Omar Souleyman, Baroness, Dan Deacon, Holy Ghost!, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Les Savy Fav, Mac DeMarco, Mikal Cronin, METZ, Chelsea Wolfe, How to Dress Well, Shlohmo, !!!, Horse Meat Disco, Foxygen, Delorean, Guards, The Orwells, and more. The festival takes place August 24th and 25th at L.A. State Historic Park. Single-day and weekend passes go on sale Thursday, May 16th through the festival’s website. Source: COS

Kanye West’s Debuts New Song: Here’s the best video we could find of Kanye’s new song “New Slaves.” The tune was projected against buildings around the world, accompanied by a black and white image of Kanye’s face. Take a look:

[via Slate]

Hope you’re all caught up now. Check in next week for another music news roundup, and don’t forget to keep coming back to BeatCrave for more industry news, and details on the latest bands.

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