[Listen] Future Unlimited - "Lightweight Eyes"

Future Unlimited have a little gift "for your summer." On their official website, the Nashville synthpop duo released a  new single titled "Lightweight Eyes." The song is pure synthpop bliss, with sweeping synths drifting you along an array reverbed vocals, pulsating synthesizers, and weighty, pounding bass drums and snares. Highly recommended listen "for your summer." Grab the song for the cost of a tweet over at the band's website.

[Watch] Purity Ring - "Fineshrine" (Official Video)

Purity Ring's "Fineshrine" is a masterpiece, brilliantly paced and encapsulating your senses with driving percussion, chiming synths, and spine-tingling vocals. The video for the song was released by the duo a couple of days ago, and it contains as much depth and captivating beauty as the song itself. Watch it above.

Purity Ring's debut album Shrines is out on July 24th via 4AD.

[Watch & Listen] Matt Mahaffey (of sElf) - Lightning 100 615 Day session

Nashville's independent radio station Lightning 100 recently did a session with sElf lead singer Matt Mahaffey for their 615 Day Session series. In addition to doing some old fan favorites, Mahaffey surprised everyone by showcasing his ability to sing backwards as he did for the "Could You Love Me Now?" video he released back in September of 2010 (wow, it's really been THAT long since that single came out?). For only knowing his recorded music, this session is a pleasant little glimpse of the playfully quirkiness of one of my all time favorite songwriters/producers.

You can also check out him singing the song regularly during that session in the below video.

According to a string of posts on his Facebook page, Matt Mahaffey has been slowly chugging away towards making another sElf album in between doing a handful of solo shows, writing hundreds of songs for the new Disney show "Hugglemonsters", recording Kylie Minogue, and plenty of other projects in his Nashville-based studio Fresh Imperial.

[Watch] Kendrick Lamar and Best Coast's Bethany Cosantino Perform "No Make-Up (Her Vice)"

During his performance in Portland on Wednesday night, Kendrick Lamar was joined onstage by a rather unlikely guest. Providing the chorus vocals on the song "No Make-Up (Her Vice)," originally sung by Colin Munroe and featured on last year's Section.80, was Best Coast's Bethany Cosantino. This was the first time Lamar has performed the song in a live setting, and the combination of him and Cosantino was surprisingly good. Watch the replay above.

[News] Jay-Z Announces a Slew of Shows at Brooklyn's Barclays Center

Earlier this week, Jay-Z announced that he would be the first to perform at Brooklyn's new Barclays Center, the official hometown arena of the New York Nets, which Jay-Z is the co-owner of. Now, Jay-Z has announced another five shows at the venue, bringing his total to eight shows in nine days. Tickets for the shows, which run from September 28th to October 6th, go on sale today through Ticketmaster.

Jay-Z 2012 Tour Dates:
09/01-02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Made in America
09/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
09/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
09/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/01 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/04 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/05 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

[News] Tame Impala Reveal 'Lonerism' Release Date, Artwork, and Tracklist

Australian psych rock outfit Tame Impala have announced that their sophomore LP Lonerism will be released on October 9th via Modular Records, going further to reveal both the artwork and tracklisting for the album. The artwork is pictured above, while the tracklisting can be seen after the jump. As well, if you've yet to hear the first single from the album, "Apocalypse Dreams," you can download and stream it below.

Lonerism Tracklist:
01. Be Above It
02. Endors Toi
03. Apocalypse Dreams
04. Mind Mischief
05. Music to Walk Home By
06. Why Won’t They Talk to Me?
07. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
08. Keep on Lying
09. Elephant
10. She Just Won’t Believe Me
11. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
12. Sun’s Coming Up

[Watch] The Shins - "It's Only Life" (Official Video)

The Shins have been consistently releasing music videos for songs from their latest LP Port of Morrow, with the highlight being "The Rifle's Spiral." In their newest visual for album standout "It's Only Life," many moods are captured and combined into quite a powerful video. Focusing on a kid and his dog, both of whom have antlers strapped to their heads, the video captures the simplistic joy you find in childhood, where every moment allows the imagination to run wild. Couple that with the seemingly post-apocalyptic world around him, though, and things get much more disturbing. Watch it above.

[Download] The Helio Sequence - "October"

Portland alt-rock duo The Helio Sequence nonchalantly announced their fifth studio album Negotiations last month, and now you can hear the first track from the forthcoming effort. "October" is a sprawling myriad of rythmic guitars, bellowing vocals, and crashing percussion, a good sign of what is to come from their fifth LP. Stream and download the song below.

Negotiations is out on September 11th via Sub Pop, and check out the album's full tracklisting after the jump.

Negotiations Tracklist:
01. One More Time
02. October
03. Downward Spiral
04. The Measure
05. Hall of Mirrors
06. Harvester of Souls
07. Open Letter
08. When the Shadow Falls
09. Silence on Silence
10. December
11. Negotiations