Joy Formidable - Whirring

Another gem in the lower-card of the Lollapalooza lineup, check out the Joy Formidable's version of "Whirring" from the group's March performance at SXSW.

Joy Formidable - Whirring (Live)

Skrillex - The Disco Rangers Bus (Know How to Rock and Roll)

Skrillex premiered his new track "The Disco Rangers Bus (Know How to Rock and Roll), a title that's about a as long as the song, a little more than a month ago, but I only caught it today. The story behind it, according to NJ Underground, is that a group of Norwegian grad students paid him $15,000 to write a song for the yearly graduation celebration. The festivities include building a bus, and then partying in it.

Skrillex - The Disco Rangers Bus (Know How to Rock and Roll)

Tuesday Bears: Lollapalooza 2011 schedule released

As it is with all things Lollapalooza, the release of the festival's three day schedule holds some importance at Bears and Bullets. So, take a looky below by clicking on the days.

Friday, August 5

Saturday, August 6

Sunday, August 7

First, some thoughts:

Sunday, as previously speculated, is the weakest day on the schedule with large gaps of "who gives a crap" throughout the day. Considering I always have a scheduling conflict no matter what day it is, the fact that I only have one (Modeselektor or Explosions in the Sky) that day is either a relief or a bad sign.

The first two days look to have their fair share of unfortunate casualties, which sadly include Beirut, Ratatat, and more.

Thoughts?

Monday Bears: New Beirut - East Harlem

Beirut debuted "East Harlem" late last week, the A-side for the 7" made available via Zach Condon's own Pompeii record label today. The sound, if you haven't heard it yet, is unmistakably Beirut - a subtle coalition of Eastern bravado with Condon's simple melody. Listen to the stream below, via We All Want Someone To Shout For.

The group will be at Bonnaroo later this week, then will take a lengthy trip outside the states before their August return to Lollapalooza.

Friday Bears: Another NSFW video from The Weeknd

This morning, The Weeknd released another one of his incredibly NSFW videos from his House of Balloons mixtape (still available for free download from his website). The new video for "Wicked Games" has a ton of blow a tits. Booooring.

The Weeknd - Wicked Games

Thursday Bears: Battles on Take Away Show

There's few better treats in the music world than seeing someone you adore performing on Vincent Moon's "Take Away Show" on La Blogotheque.

Battles, whose continually hyped sophomore album Gloss Drop is set for release next Tuesday, June 7, premiered a pair of new songs from the album via Moon's show a little more than a week ago. With former singer/guitarist Tyondai Braxton out of the mix this time around, Gloss Drop will appear more on the minimalist instrumental side, easily seen in "Futura."

Battles - Wall Street (Live on A Take Away Show)



Battles - Futura (Live on A Take Away Show)

Wednesday Bears: Stream Arctic Monkey's 'Suck It and See'

A few days ago, fans got their first listen to the Arctic Monkey's fourth studio album, Suck It and See, via the band's website.

After bit by bit (which could be a considered a play on words here) release of the album in the previous weeks, you can listen to the entire new album stream, thanks to We All Want Someone to Shout For.

The album will available June 6 and 7 stateside via Domino Records. Listen to it here.