Los Angeles’ The Deadly Syndrome are returning with their third full-length album on August 7th, titled All In Time. The album will once again be self-released (as was their previous record, 2010′s Nolens Volens) and features a jammy first tasted in the form of “Spirit Of The Stairs.” Check out the tune below.
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If I’d ever sat down and thought about what sites I’d never expect to link to for BeatsPerMinute, well, Ryan Seacrest’s website would certainly have ranked highly. For Whitney Houston’s last recorded song, I’ll go ahead and make an exception. Produced by none other than R. Kelly, this duet with Jordan Sparks will feature on the soundtrack to the film Sparkle. Listen now over at Ryan Seacrest’s site.

Think of Sigur Rós videos, and you think of wonderfully beautiful pieces of visual art. What you don’t tend to think of is an instruction video on how to help someone who is chocking. And yet, that’s what we’ve got with the band’s latest video for “Ég Anda,” the opening track from their soon to be released album Valtari. Strangely, watching it makes me rather hungry. The video is part “Mystery Film Experiment” by the band, where over the course of the the next few weeks, twelve different directors will release various videos. So who knows, you might well learn how to perform CPR come the next release. What the video for “Ég Anda” below:

I don’t know about you, but Hot Chip’s video for their 2010 hit “I Feel Better” is probably my favourite of theirs, due to how it delivers in being equally hilarious and perplexing. And I put my fondness of it down the the video’s director, British comedian Peter Serafinowicz, who is taking another go in the director’s chair for the band’s song “Night & Day,” from their forthcoming album In Our Heads.

The video follows suit from Serafinowicz’s previous outing, in being plain old strange; full of funky monks, supermodel Lara Stone and comedian Reggie Watts flying sleek spaceships, a seemingly irrelevant ghost, and plenty of choreography, there’s a feast for you eyes, which may well be explained best by YouTube commenter “toypadlock”: “I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON BUT I LIKE IT.” According to the director, “Many animals were harmed during the making of this video. Regrettably, none of them made the final edit.” Go figure. Watch it below:

Kendrick is back with a new track to promote Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Stream or download the track — entitled “War Is My Love” — below.

MP3: Kendrick Lamar – “War Is My Love”

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is out tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22nd.

Our good friend Will from WAWSTSF dug this new Yeasayer track from the band’s mailing list. The track popped online after being mailed out on CD to fans. Check it out below.

Could a new Yeasayer album be on the way? Let’s hope.

The Philadelphia-based indie act White Birds released their debut LP When Women Played Drums, a fine piece of lo-fi indie folk pop, earlier this year on their own but it’s now seeing a physical release as well via Grizzly Records. When Women Played Drums will be released on July 10 on super limited cassette – only 50 copies will be released – and it’ll also feature a brand new track called “Waters”, which will also be included with the cassette as a flexi disc single.

“Waters” is an excellent piece of lo-fi indie and it’s yours for the price of a click, using the Soundcloud player below.

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Now that 2 Chainz is the go to feature rapper, it was only a matter of time before he hooked up with hip hop’s most prolific stoner. Check out the latest track from Curren$y’s latest album, The Stoned Immaculate, and look out for the record on June 5th. The beat is nice on this one, to say the least. 2 Chainzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Diplo’s been having quite the year. His work on Usher’s “Climax” alone gained him a place among every indie kid’s favorite producers of the year, and he’s not slowing down. On June 12th, the DJ will release the Express Yourself EP, and this track will be among its tracklist.

As we previously reported, The xx have finally returned, announcing a string of European shows earlier this month, giving fans reason to begin the hype process for album no. 2.

Now that tour has begun, and fans impatiently waiting on information and material from the new album have reason to rejoice: the band debuted a new song Tuesday night at Chats Palace in London. Check it out below.