[Watch] Patti Smith - "Banga" Live on Letterman

Last night Patti Smith made her return to the late night TV circuit with a visit to David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater. The reason she was there was to play her new track "Banga" from her latest release of the same name. Check out the performance at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv and let us know what you think.

[News] The Strokes Working On New Album

The making of The Strokes' last album Angles was a struggle in every sense of the word. Not only did it take five years to record, but the recording process itself was fraught with setbacks, Julian Casablancas recording separate from the rest of the band, and an overall sense of disparity within the band. It's good to hear, though, that the band is back in the studio working on their fifth album, and they're all together recording as a band. According to Billboard, The Strokes are hard at work in New York's Electric Lady Studios on their as-of-yet-untitled fifth studio album. The album is being mixed by Gus Oberg, who helped mix both Angles and Albert Hammond Jr.'s 2008 solo effort Como Te Llama?, and is the band's final album under their contract with RCA. Let's all hope that the recording of this album will go over much more smoothly than Angles, and hopefully the band can recapture the fantastic sound and energy they put forth in their debut album Is This It over a decade ago.

[News] No Doubt Titles Reunion Album 'Push and Shove'

According to an issued press release, the Gwen Stefani-led ska outfit No Doubt will be returning on September 25th with their first album in over a decade. The album is titled Push and Shove and the first single, "Settle Down," will be released on July 16th. As well, the accompanying video for the lead single will be directed by Sophie Muller and will also be released next month.

For more details regarding Push and Shove, head over to the band's official website.

[Watch] Metric - "Youth Without Youth" (Official Video)

Metric's fifth studio album Synthetica dropped today, and to celebrate the band has given fans a brand new video to go along with the release. The video for the album's lead single, "Youth Without Youth," is described by director Justin Broadbent as one that "blends the old with the new through imagery of themes present throughout Synthetica while simultaneously and subtly referencing moments throughout Metric’s career." Watch it above.

[Listen] Azealia Banks - "Aquababe"

Azealia Banks has dropped "Aquababe," yet another track off her forthcoming Fantasea mixtape, formerly known as FANTASTIC. The song, which was produced by Machinedrum, sees Banks sticking to the undersea motif of her mixtape, and while it takes a while to get going, it's definitely another gem from the rising Harlem rapper. The Fantasea mixtape is set for release on July 4th.

In more Azealia Banks news, the official video for her song "Liquorice," directed by Rankin, is due out later today.

[Listen] The Alchemist feat. Danny Brown & ScHoolboy Q - "Flight Confirmation"

Despite being only two-minutes long, "Flight Confirmation" is fucking fantastic. With Danny Brown and ScHoolboy Q rapping over an amazing beat courtesy of The Alchemist, there is no way you can go wrong here.

(via Most-Blunted).

[Watch] Bobby Womack - "Whatever Happened To The Times" (Official Video)

Coinciding with the release of his new LP The Bravest Man In The Universe, which was produced by Damon Albarn and XL Recordings boss Richard Russell, Bobby Womack has put out the official video for the song "Whatever Happened To The Times." The video, directed by Jamie-James Medina and Yusuf Pirhasan, is as eerie and mysterious as the sounds Womack has created for this album, with the imagery of interstellar travel evoking the search for the intricacies of the human soul. Watch it above.

The Bravest Man In The Universe is out now via XL Recordings.

[Listen] Smashing Pumpkins - 'Oceania' (Full Album Stream)

One week before its release date next week, the Smashing Pumpkins' new "album within an album" Oceania has been made available to stream in its entirety exclusively through iTunes. The 13-track effort was devoid of any singles because, as frontman Billy Corgan explains, the band wanted "the album to be heard as it was meant to be. The only way to make the case that every song on Oceania is worth hearing is to put your heart into the sequence as a cohesive whole."

Oceania is out on June 19th via EMI and the band's own Martha's Music imprint. Check out the full tracklisting after the jump.

Oceania Tracklist:
01. Quasar
02. Panopticon
03. The Celestials
04. Violet Rays
05. My Love Is Winter
06. One Diamond, One Heart
07. Pinwheels
08. Oceania
09. Pale Horse
10. The Chimera
11. Glissandra
12. Inkless
13. Wildflower