Tony Allen has revealed details of his new album, Film Of Life.
He has shared a track from the album, "Go Back", which features Damon Albarn on guest vocals.
You can listen to the song below.
Film Of Life is Allen's fifth solo album. Allen, who played with Albarn in The Good, The Bad, & The Queen, made his name as the drummer for Fela Kuti's band Africa 70. He also worked alongside Albarn in the 2012 project, Rocketjuice and The Moon.
Film Of Life is set for release in October. You can watch a trailer for the album below.
Scott Walker and Sunn O))) are set to collaborate on a Scott O))) project.
Details of the project are scant, but a source at 4AD, the label which is releasing the collaboration told The Quietus: "They're working together and there is a record coming later in the year."
A website, scott-o.com has been set up, but currently just consists of a holding page.
Walker, who is 71, signed to 4AD in 2004 and released The Drift in 2006 and his most recent album, Bish Bosh, in 2012.
Shellac have announced their first new album in seven years, Dude Incredible.
The LP is the band's first since 2007's Excellent Italian Greyhound and will be released on September 16. According to a press release: "There is no comma in Dude Incredible; like Sir Duke or King Friday, for example."
149 Bob Dylan acetates have been discovered in boxes in a Greenwich Village apartment.
The recordings consists of in-progress versions of songs made as he was recording his 1969 LP Nashville Skyline and his two 1970 albums, Self Portrait and New Morning.
The records previously belonged to the woman who owned the Greenwich Village building where Dylan had rented a room to use as a studio.
Beck has covered Prince's classic song "1999" during a live performance.
Beck played a portion of the track during his show at last month's Montreal International Jazz Fest, reports Consequence Of Sound . Click below to watch fan-shot footage of the rendition, which follows the singer's cover of Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)" at Coachella Festival in April.
Nile Rodgers has unveiled a new song, entitled "Do What You Want To Do".
The song was recorded last summer in Ibiza and, reports Rolling Stone, was auctioned off by Rodgers to raise money for his We Are Family Foundation. Cr2 Records won the auction and are releasing it to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Click below to listen to the track, which will be officially released on August 10.
Bon Iver has revealed new song "Heavenly Father", taken from the soundtrack to Zach Braff film Wish I Was Here.
"Heavenly Father" is the first new material from Justin Vernon since his self-titled 2011 album. It will appear on Braff's Garden State follow-up alongside songs by The Shins plus Cat Power & Coldplay, who have collaborated on the title track, "Wish I Was Here".
Click here to listen to the song now.
Ryan Adams has confirmed details of his new album.
The self-titled record will be released on September 8 on Pax-Am / Columbia Records.
Produced by Adams himself at his own Pax Am Studios in Los Angeles, the eponymous new record is his first full length album since 2011’s Ashes & Fire.
Now available for pre-order, Ryan Adams is preceded by the debut instalment of the Pax Am 7” vinyl single series, “Gimme Something Good.”
A stamp bearing the likeness of Janis Joplin has been released as part of The United States Postal Service's Music Icons series.
According to Linns Stamp News via Rolling Stone, the Joplin stamp will enter circulation in August.
Lou Reed has left a total of $30 million (£17.5m) in his will - including $20.4m (£12m) in royalties earned since his death in October 2013.
According to documents lodged with Manhattan Surrogate Court by Reed's manager Robert Gotterer, the singer's estate totals $30m (£17.5m), with two-thirds of that having been gathered by Gotterer since Reed's death at the age of 71 last year.
