Friday Music News

12/26/2014

Britta Plyler

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has shared his latest single, a pulsating electric number called "Youwouldn'tlikemewheni'mangry." It's available for download over at Bandcamp along with his new solo album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes. [CoS]

Since concluding their tour for 2012's Synthetica, Metric have been relatively quiet. Well according to Emily Haines the band has been in the studio "fully immersed in fresh music and somewhat amazed that we’ve managed to keep on loving what we do for this long." Today they've unveiled an unfinished song titled "The Fatal Gift." [Stereogum]

Pharrell Williams has reunited with his old group N.E.R.D. to record a song for the upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants movie. As one would expect, "Squeeze Me" is a youthful track with bright, tropical vibes. [Stereogum]

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