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Mutual Benefit Covers Vashti Bunyan’s “J...

Mutual Benefit has announced a full-length cover album of Vashti Bunyan’s 1970 debut Just Another Diamond Day. It’s out June 23 via Turntable Kitchen. The album is part of Sounds Delicious—the label’s monthly vinyl subscription series in which artists cover their favorite albums in full. Mutual Benefit’s Jordan Lee discussed his decision to cover Bunyan’s debut in a statement. “Since my school days, it’s been one of those pieces of music that has been able to transport me to a calmer, more magical...
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Drake Beats Lawsuit Over “Pound Cake/Par...

Back in 2014, Drake was sued for copyright infringement over the spoken word sample that opens his Jay Z-featuring Nothing Was the Same track “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2.” The lawsuit was brought by the estate of jazz musician Jimmy Smith, whose 1982 song “Jimmy Smith Rap” gets prominently sampled on Drake’s track. Yesterday, a judge determined that the sample is fair use and therefore, there’s no liability for copyright infringement, THR reports. In his opinion, U.S. District Court judge William H. Pauley III broke down how the use of the sample constitutes fair...
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Arcade Fire Sign to Columbia

Arcade Fire have signed to Columbia, Variety reports. Their next two albums will reportedly be released by the label. The terms of the deal are currently unknown; Pitchfork has reached out to Arcade Fire’s representatives for more information. Arcade Fire has a long-standing relationship with Merge Records, which released all of the band’s previous albums including their last one, 2013’s Reflektor. Earlier today, Arcade Fire began selling 12″ vinyl copies of their new song “Everything Now” at Primavera Sound. Audio of the song surfaced today. Arcade Fire also...
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Prophets of Rage Tease Project With Mich...

Prophets of Rage (the supergroup with members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill) have shared a teaser video for their song “Unfuck the World.” They debuted the track at a recent show in Chile. It’s their first new single since they released The Party’s Over EP last year. The clip features the names of each Prophets of Rage member one by one, except for one very unlikely name at the end: Michael Moore. It’s not clear what Moore’s role will be in the upcoming release, but Pitchfork has reached out to Prophets of Rage’s representatives for more...
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Eagles of Death Metal Recorded 2 Songs W...

Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Dave Catching released his debut solo album Shared Hallucinations Pt. 1 earlier this month. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Catching discussed his new album and gave an update on what’s going on with Eagles of Death Metal. At one point, he revealed that the whole band recorded two songs with Kesha for her forthcoming album. “She used to come to Eagles shows when she was 16,” Catching said. “She was always a big fan. Then I remember we got back from Europe … and she was on every magazine cover when we landed from a tour. It was...