[News] Muse Announce European Tour

Following the news of a new Muse album yesterday, the three piece from Devon have now followed it up with a tour announcement.Scheduled for later in 2012 the band will play dates around Europe including the UK. The internet kind of blew up yesterday when the band posted the new teaser mainly because of the dubstep vibe it gave of. I'm still kind of waiting for them to say "ahhh, joke's on you" as these guys are a funny bunch... Or that the snippet we heard is the only dub aspect the album will contain and they've just managed to create a whole lot of buzz with the use of it. You can't judge an album from a 30 second clip so for now we wait to see what the future holds but if you're interested in checking out these guys live you can register interest in the tickets here, which is not on a first come, first served basis. 

Tour dates are as follows:

16.10 Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier, France
18.10 Bercy, Paris, France
20.10 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain
22.10 Zenith, Nantes, France
24.10 SECC, Glasgow, UK
26.10 O2 Arena, London, UK
27.10 O2 Arena, London, UK
30.10 LG Arena, Birmingham, UK
01.11 MEN Arena, Manchester, UK
12.11 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
14.11 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
16.11 Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
17.11 Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, Italy
19.11 Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria
20.11 Arena, Budapest, Hungary
22.11 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
23.11 Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
05.12 Spektrum Arena, Oslo, Norway
06.12 Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
07.12 Arena, Malmo, Sweden
10.12 Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
11.12 Saku Arena, Talinn, Estonia
13.12 Arena, Riga, Latvia
15.12 O2 World, Hamburg, Germany
17.12 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18.12 Sportspaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

[Listen] Kanye West - "Mercy" Feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz (Official Video)

As we await the release of the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation, Kanye's camp has let loose the visual accompaniment for "Mercy", the Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz featuring track we first got to listen to not that long ago. Director Nabil Elderkin keeps the video simple which works surprisingly well. You can check pout the black and white clip at the top of the page. Excited for the release?

[Watch] Sigur Rós - "Varúð" (Video)

Today another video from Sigur Rós' Mystery Film Experiment for their recent release Valtari has been unveiled. The video "Varúð" was directed by Inga Birgisdóttir and is nothing short of breathtaking. This is the second in the series of videos in the Mystery Film Experiment with more videos coming every couple of weeks. There are a number of remarkable filmmakers and directors signed up for the experiment, including Nick Abrahams, Arni & Kinski, Melika Bass, Henry Jun Wah Lee, and many more. 

In case you missed out on the first video, you can watch "Eg anda" over on Vevo.

Make sure you grab Valtari if you haven't already.

[Listen] Four Tet - "128 Harps"

Four Tet has offered up a pretty regular stream of music for fans over the past year or so and today he's offered up another new cut titled "128 Harps" via his Soundcloud page. It's pretty much a month to the day since we got to enjoy "Jupiters" and "Ocaras" so see what you make of this below.

[Listen] The-Dream - "Dope Bitch" Feat. Pusha T

The-Dream offers up a new cut featuring G.O.O.D. Music affiliate Pusha T. Entitled "Dope Bitch" the track the track is set to appear on Dream's  upcoming album LOVE IV MMVII. The album isn't set to drop until the 14th of August via Radio Killa/Def Jam but get your fix months in advance below via Hypetrak.

[Watch] Regina Spektor - "Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)" Live on Fallon

Earlier in the week while the UK celebrated the Queen's Jubilee, the rest of the world carried on as normal. Whatever normal may be for your part of the word I mean. Not that celebrating a woman born into millions and a monarchy is exactly normal but you know, we're British. Regina Spektor's normal was a visit to the studio of Jimmy Fallon and a performance of Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)" which features on her newly released album What We Saw From the Cheap Seats. Check it out at the top.

[Watch] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - "That's What's Up" x "Man On Fire" Live on Kimmel

Another note worthy performance from last night's TV came from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros who visited the stage of Jimmy Kimmel Live. They performed two tracks from their newly released album Here, "That's What's Up" and "Man on Fire". Check it out at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv.

[Watch] Muse Announce New Album: 'The 2nd Law'

Muse have announced that their new album is entitled The 2nd Law, and it will be released on the 16th of September, 2012. They've also posted up a trailer which features music from a track called "Entropy". The track is not what I expected and could be called dubstep after a big string arrangement. It sounds like Matt messing around with his Zvex Fuzz Factory and Kaoss Pad to an extreme which he often does in a life setting. Rumours have also started circling around about a tour announcement later this month.

Dom has also tweeted stating the abum is to feature "Fat beats and riffs..." so this may or may not be a good representation of what's to come.

@Dominic_Howard playing the new Muse tracks.Sounding f-ing awesome.Fat beats&riffs but not in the tired old rock format.Sick.

Watch this space for more info in the coming week.