Music

This Week In New Music - May 10-14, 2010

by Ciaran Thompson

In case you’re tuning in for the first time this week, every Friday we’ll give you a roundup of our top music news stories:

Regina pop band Library Voices have lost all their equipment in a flood, but have said they will still tour Canada next month “in the name of rock ‘n’ roll.”

An exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum entitled Kurt has opened that celebrates Kurt Cobain’s influence and effect he has had on on the creative lives and thought processes of artists.

Metric have collaborated with film composer Howard Shore to write the theme song for the last scene in the upcoming Twilight movie, Eclipse.

Ahead of their recent show in Toronto, we sat down with MGMT’s Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden for another installment of What You See Is What You Get.

“The best rock band in the world working today,” according to Craig Ferguson, Wilco performed the track “Deeper Down” off their latest album Wilco (The Album) on the Late Late Show.

M.I.A. released the first official single called “XXXO” off her forthcoming album / \ / \ / \ Y / \ set for release on July 13.

Check out the week’s best new music releases including albums from The National, The Dead Weather and Holy Fuck.

Betty White became Death Metal’s next star with her heavy version of “Thank You For Being A Friend” as part of her appearance on Saturday Night Live.