Tuesday Music News

05/05/2015

Britta Plyler

Karen O teamed up with Google to create a new original song to celebrate groundbreaking female journalist, Nellie Bly's 151st birthday. Karen O's short track is accompanied by an adorable and educational Google doodle. [Pitchfork]

The video for Giorgio Moroder and Sia's infectious disco track "Déjà Vu" has arrived. A handsome young man visits a hotel on several occasions and every time he runs into a different woman with a platinum blonde Sia-esque wig. Moroder himself makes a cameo. His album Déjà Vu will be available on June 12. [SPIN]

Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile, better known as his stage name Ducktails, has shared "Headbanging in the Mirror," the second track from his upcoming album. St. Cathedral, his fifth studio album, drops on July 24. [CoS]

Son Lux, aka Ryan Lott, will release his latest album, Bones on June 23. The album's first single "Change is Everything" now has an intricate stop-animation visual to go along with it. According to director Nathan Johnson, it took two weeks to film the 4,000 frame video. [NPR]

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Toronto trio METZ return with a blistering new album, METZ II, out tomorrow on Sub Pop Records. Today, they share the clip for the track "The Swimmer," a glitchy, gritty video directed by Michael LeBlanc and Scott Cudmore. METZ will be in Seattle on Tuesday, August 4th at Neumos. [Spin]