Red Hot Chili Peppers announced their upcoming eleventh studio album titled The Getaway, which will be available on June 17th. The production aspect of this project was handled by Danger Mouse, while Radiohead‘s producer, Nigel Goodrich, did all the magical mixing. The music production will be released by Warner Bros., and features 13-tracks for fans to rock out to.

The alternative rock veterans shared their soulful new single “Dark Necessities,” with music lovers on May 5th. Not to mention, it was worth the wait indeed!  Red Hot Chili Peppers’ released their previous chart-topping album, I’m With You, back in 2011. It’s been a while (exactly five years) since fans held a current album in their hands. As a fan, it’s f**king awesome to hear Anthony Kiedis‘ voice again, Josh Klinghoffer‘s guitar action, Chad Smith‘s drumstick work, and Flea‘s overall musical instrument skills. Let this song fulfill all your “Dark Necessities,” at any given time.

Consider the lyrics:

“Coming out to the light of day/ We got many moons than a deeper place/ So I keep an eye on the shadow’s smile/ To see what it has to say/ You and I both know/ Everything must go away/ Ah, what do you say?/ Spinning off, head is on my heart/ It’s like a bit of light  and a touch of dark,” he sings.

Listen to the new single “Dark Necessities” below.

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Seems like there’s more than one tie to Gnarls Barkley this month when it comes to that Pretty Motherfucker. After A$AP Rocky dropped his recent debut LP, which also features production from Danger Mouse, he gets together with BBC Radio 1 Xtra’s Live Lounge to do a live rendition of the group’s popular hit “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul.” If you haven’t already, go ahead and pick up the A$AP general’s album Long.Live.A$AP in stores now and listen below.

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Jay-Z’s swan song, as short-lived as it was, spawned a myriad of remixes. None of which were more celebrated than Danger Mouse’s Grey Album, which paired the The Beatles’s White Album alongside Hov’s Black Album vocals.

Now, John Stewart has remastered the whole thing for your listening pleasure. Stream the continuous play below or download the tracked-out version here.

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In one of the more intriguing and anticipated mash-ups since Danger Mouse brought us The Grey Album, Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy have finally released Wugazi, the fusion of the Wu-Tang Clan and rock band Fugazi. Listeners have gotten a taste of the album’s sound with “Forensic Shimmy”, a mix of Fugazi’s “Forensic Scene” and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard‘s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”.

This is certainly a completely different and intriguing way to experience the Wu, and with no cost attached it’s definitely worth a listen or two. The fact remains, however, that the production from the original tracks is so ingrained in the hip-hop conscious that there’s a certain discomfort that comes with listening to the re-worked songs. So where does this rank within the great tradition of mash-up albums?

Wugazi • 13 Chambers by WUGAZI

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After more than five years in the making, Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniele Luppi present their collaborative project Rome in its full glory. The ambitious album assembles many of the performers of classic ’60s and ’70s Italian cinema scores – most notably Ennio Morricone – and combines them with modern day vocals by the likes of Norah Jones and Jack White. NPR serves the full album stream for your listening pleasure until its official release on May 16, 2011.

Click HERE to listen now.

via Hypebeast

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The Morrison Hotel Gallery is a music photography gem. Founded in 2001 by Peter Blachley a former record company executive and music producer, Rich Horowitz a former independent record store owner and, perhaps most importantly, Henry Diltz a famed music photographer, The Morrison Hotel Gallery remains a must see for all music photography aficionados.

The gallery prides itself on focusing on the people behind the camera almost as much as those in front, “They most likely had no idea what they were creating or how timeless the image would become. Music photography elicits an emotional reaction that is unique to all of us. It is no more than one-second of life at the time it takes to click the shutter. But what is forever frozen is timeless, and that’s what draws us to the photographs. We as people can’t live forever, but it seems as though the images do.” The Morrison Gallery embodies the true spirit of music photography and gives us a closer, more meaningful look at the lives of artists we’ve come to revere.

The gallery has five locations, three in downtown NYC and one in California. Current exhibitions include: Dark Night of the Soul: An exhibit consisting of 50 photographs by David Lynch Music by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse; Curt Gunther, Beatles First North American Tour ’64, What’s up in The Bowery? and many more. You can look at photographs and buy prints from the gallery’s website.

Select pictures from the gallery can be found below.

Michael Jackson

Nelly

Run DMC and friends

U2

John Lee Hooker

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