Music

This week in new music: July 5 - 9, 2010

by Ciaran Thompson

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

For the next edition of What We See Is What You Get, Florence Welch sits down for tea to discuss songwriting, the music industry and her forthcoming album.

Record sales have been revealed for the first half of 2010 and the Christian/Gospel genre has taken the lightest hit in terms of sales.

Brandon Flowers released a new music video this week for his single “Crossfire” that features Charlize Theron as the yellow-headed warrior.

Check out the video interview with the Raveonettes’ Sune Rose during his visit to Toronto for NXNE where he praises the all-female band Warpaint.

English duo Monarchy have released a new music video for the track “Love Get Out Of My Way,” set to appear on their upcoming album.

New York City’s Ratatat have announced dates for their upcoming North American fall tour, which includes stops at three Canadian cities.

Great Lake Swimmers debuted their new music video for “River’s Edge” off the album Lost Channels.

Brazil’s CSS are currently in the studio recording the follow up to their 2008 sophomore album Donkey and they’ve posted some twitter updates and pictures to prove it.

Ahead of their recent show at the Horseshoe Tavern, AUX interviewed Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Smashing Pumpkins have released the fifth song entitled “Freak” off their 44-track album Teargarden by Kaleidoscope.

The heavily anticipated short list for this year’s Polaris Music Prize was announced, which includes albums from Broken Social Scene, The Besnard Lakes and Shad.

Zeus released their new Ninja-inspired music video for the song “How Does It Feel” off their debut LP Say Us.

Prince has spoken out about the internet calling it “completely over” and has revealed his forthcoming album 20Ten won’t be released online.

On this week’s Throwdown, Metric’s “Stadium Love” battles Kele’s “Tenderoni.” Vote for your pick now.

During a recent improv show in Montreal, Lou Reed was booed for shying away from his Velvet Underground material.