Tom Krell, better known by his stage name How To Dress Well, will follow up to his much beloved 2010 album Love Remains this Fall with a new LP entitled Total Loss (a title which almost seems to contradict that of his debut album).

Details on the release are scarce, but we do know it will be coming out through Acephale in North America, while Weird World has the honor of releasing Total Loss internationally. No confirmed dates have been given, but we do have a brand new track to check out called “Ocean Floor For Everthing.” You can hear that below as well as see the handful of dates that HTDW has upcoming.
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Last week we received the sad news that Dan Boeckner’s band with his wife Alexei Perry had called it quits, seemingly leaving Boeckner at a loose end, but apparently this is not the case at all; it appears he was just getting the one project out of the way so that he could focus on his next: Divine Fits.

Divine Fits brings together Boeckner with Spoon’s front man Britt Daniel (who was seen joining Handsome Furs on stage in LA last year – perhaps then we should have suspected something) and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. There isn’t much information about Divine Fits yet, but we’re informed that they will be releasing their debut record, which was produced by Nick Launay, through Merge later in 2012.

Divine Fits have a website at divinefits.com, but there isn’t much on it yet except a place to sign up for their mailing list and the above picture. You can also follow the band here on Twitter.

Some exciting news for Yeasayer fans: following the relatively abrupt release of single “Henrietta” last week, Yeasayer has already followed up with the details of their third LP. The album is titled Fragrant World, and will release on August 21st.

Speaking to Under the Radar, band member Anand Wilder unveiled some of what to expect from the album, and it may surprise some fans. He explained, “I wanted to make a record that was legitimately, to use a bad word, funky. Listening to Teddy Pendergrass and then Aaliyah records. Something that legitimately has a sway to it, tempos I call mid-tempo come-ons, BPM ranges that you’re seeing in more R&B kind of stuff and some really sub-y bass tones.”

Intruiging, to say the least. Check out the tracklist below, and listen to “Henrietta”. Beneath that you can also see the dates of a small pre-album tour the band is heading out on.

Fragrant World track list:

01. Fingers Never Bleed
02. Longevity
03. Blue Paper
04. Henrietta
05. Devil and the Deed
06. No Bones
07. Reagan’s Skeleton
08. Demon Road
09. Damaged Goods
10. Folk Hero Shtick
11. Glass of the Microscope

Tour dates:

6/19: Richmond, VA @ National
6/20: Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
6/21: Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theater
6/22: Nashville, TN @ Cannery
6/23: Louisville, KY @ Headliners
6/24: Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theater
7/02: Vienna, Austria @ Szene
7/04: Gdynia, Poland @ Heineken Open’er Festival
7/07: Bruges, Belgium @ Cactus Festival
7/08: Lieges, Belgium @ Les Ardentes
7/09: Utrecht, Holland @ Tivoli De Heling
7/13: Norfolk, England @ Latitude
7/15: Grafenhainichen, Germany @ Melt Festival

When John Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers, many assumed he’d release a plethora of solo work – he had released ten solo albums while with them, after all – but nothing ever materialized. Finally, the guitarist has announced his next solo outing: an EP, releasing July 9th. Titled Letur Lefr, the EP will boast five tracks.

Remember when Kanye was talking about how he’d changed the way film could be viewed? As with many of Mr. West’s more bizarre ideas, the ones most assume will go nowhere, the “seven screen experience” (above) he bragged about has rapidly grown into reality, and a reality with a purpose.

Aside from the few tracks released, not much has been said about his approaching G.O.O.D. Music compilation. Until now, that is. When any other hip hop label releases a joint effort, it’s simplistic, only meant to help market the artists on that label. Of course, this wasn’t enough for Kanye West.

The album has been revealed to be called Cruel Summer – with a film of the same title to go along with it. The film, which makes use of the 7 screen contraption, is set to debut at Cannes no less, on May 23rd. No word as of yet on a release date for the album, but if the film is anything like West’s last, it will contain much of the music thus far unheard. Following the film’s debut, it will be open to the public for two days only, for which tickets can be purchased here.

Riding the high from yesterday’s release of “Like That” (listen here), T.I. has shared the release date for his 8th – and first since returning from his latest prison sentence – LP, Trouble Man. While the album’s lead single “Love This Life” is essentially a generic pop rap single, Tha King has stated his intentions to, as much as industry pressure will allow, to largely return to his trap roots with the album, a claim supported by both “Like That” and Fuck tha City Up, the mixtape the Atlanta rapper released earlier this year in support of the album.

As part of a marketing strategy, the rapper intends to release the album directly after his show, The Family Hustle, latest season’s premiere, explaining, “September 3 is the premiere of Season Two, and September 4 is the release of Trouble Man, the album. Coincidence? I think not.”

As we previously reported, Passion Pit is returning at last, offering up their sophomore album, Gossamer, on July 24th, as well as embarking on a supporting tour. Now they’ve revealed both the artwork (above) and the tracklist for the record. You can listen to the first track released from the project, “Take a Walk”, here.

01 Take a Walk
02 I’ll Be Alright
03 Carried Away
04 Constant Conversations
05 Mirrored Sea
06 Cry Like a Ghost
07 On My Way
08 Hideaway
09 Two Veils to Hide My Face
10 Love Is Greed
11 Its Not My Fault I’m Happy
12 Where We Belong

This Thursday, Icelandic post-rock kings Sigur Rós will debut their latest album, Valtari, to the entire music listening world during a massive listening party. Dubbed the “Valtari Hour”, at 7 PM on the 17th, fans everywhere will be able to tune in for the record. Just head over to the band’s website at the right time, which already has a neat little countdown going. Look our for Valtari on EMI/XL come May 29th.

Hot on the heels of their brand new 7″ single (hear it here), Animal Collective have announced the long-awaited follow up to their adored 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion. The album is called Centipede Hz. and is coming in September. They made the announcement via a trailer on their website myanimalhome.net, which smacks you in the face as soon as you enter and quickly locates the pleasure sensors of your brain.

All the info we have about the album is in the trailer so watch it below or over at their homepage.
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As we previously reported, two of hip hop’s most underrated voices are coming together to release an album. Southern legend Scarface and the less recognized former Roc Boy badass Beanie Sigel revealed plans to record a joint effort last month, tenatively titled Mac and Brad, but little was said about when to expect the album, or if they’d completed any of it.

Now we have a bigger reason to get excited. Scarface revealed to MTV that they’re already well into the project, with each artist recording their own songs as bases, with the other than adding verses, an interesting idea that will hopefully successfully combine both MC’s styles. Face explains, “We doin’ songs, I got six, he got six. It’s a process that we go through to do this album.”

Scarface then promptly called Beans right on the spot (the opposite of their initial announcement, when Beans called in Face), having him chime in, giving the final word to get fans going: “It’s a reality now; you know our word is our bond. We said we gonna do somethin’, we gonna do it.”

The pair said to look out for the album next year. Let’s hope the hype builds and grants them the ability to release it even sooner. The two MC’s may come from very different backgrounds, but have a history of collaboration; essentially, this could make for one of the most rewarding rap albums on the horizon.