David Bowie has contributed "brief backing vocals" to Arcade Fire's new single, "Reflektor".
The news was confirmed on Bowie's Facebook page:
"As 9 o'clock pm creeps around the globe on the 9th day of the 9th month, Reflektor, (the latest offering from Arcade Fire) becomes available from participating stores across the planet.
As he begins work on his new album, Duets due for release next year, Smokey Robinson is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.
So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the legendary singer?
What does he remember about living next door to Diana Ross as a child?
Who are his favourite Motown artists?
What are his memories of writing "Tears Of A Clown" with Stevie Wonder?
Arcade Fire are to unveil their new single, "Reflektor", tonight [September 9].
The single appeared to leak over the weekend, with Tumblr site Onmimusic posting on Saturday [September 7] what was claimed to be "Reflektor". Since then, all working links to the leak have been taken down.
The video for "Reflektor" has been directed by Anton Corbijn.
The track is taken from the band's fourth album, which has been produced by James Murphy.
The Pixies debuted a number of new songs at a surprise show at the Echo in Los Angeles on Friday [September 6].
The band are due to begin their world tour tonight [September 9].
According to Slicing Up Eyeballs, the band played six new songs, among them "Bagboy" and three songs - "Another Toe", "What Goes Boom" and "Indie Cindy" - from EP-1, which the band released last week.
Neil Young is to release the latest instalment of his Archives series before the end of this year.
According to a report on Vintage Vinyl News, Young will release Live At the Cellar Door 1970.
The recording is taken from six shows Young played at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC on November 30, and December 1 and 2, 1970.
Kurt Vile has announced a new EP in collaboration with Sore Eros, Pitchfork reports.
The three-track record - called Jamaica Plain - will feature material recorded in the early 2000s, when Vile was still working as a forklift truck driver before he signed a record deal with the Matador label.
Created in collaboration with Sore Eros - aka Robert Robinson, who was once a member of Vile's band The Violators - the tracks were recorded in Vile's hometown of Philadelphia and in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Stephen Stills has confirmed that CSNY will perform at this year's Bridge School Benefit concerts.
In an interview in the Boston Globe, Stills says, "We’re doing the Bridge School Benefit with Neil at the end of October so I will see everybody then. But we were on the road for 18 months, me and David and Graham, so we’re having a little vacation."
As he releases his new album The Coincidentalist, the legendary Howe Gelb is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.
So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the alt.country guru?
How did Calexico end up becoming his backing band?
What does he remember about working with PJ Harvey on Giant Sand's Cover Magazine album?
What are his memories of the music scene in Tuscon in the late 1970s?
Neil Young has confirmed that Pono - his audio service which will provide listeners with downloads of high-resolution songs made to sound like their initial recordings - will finally launch next year.
In a post on his Facebook page yesterday [September 5], Young wrote, "I’m very happy to bring you some good news. All of us at Team PONO have been focused on getting everything right for our early 2014 launch of Pono.
