Flying Lotus reveals Kendrick Lamar collaboration 'Never Catch Me' – listen

By NME News Desk , September 3, 2014 10:22

Track will appear on producer's forthcoming new album 'You're Dead!'

Flying Lotus has revealed his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar – scroll down and click to watch.

The track, titled 'Never Catch Me', will feature on the producer's forthcoming new album 'You're Dead!', which will be released in the UK on October 6.

The LP will also feature guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, jazz musician Herbie Hancock and Flying Lotus' alter-ego Captain Murphy.

It is Flying Lotus' first release since 2012 LP 'Du?lity', a mixtape that was put out under Ellison's animated Captain Murphy guise.

The tracklisting for 'You're Dead!' is:

Theme?
Tesla [ft. Herbie Hancock]?
Cold Dead?
Fkn Dead?
Never Catch Me [ft. Kendrick Lamar]?
Dead Man’s Tetris [ft. Snoop Dogg and Captain Murphy]?
Turkey Dog Coma

Recently, Flying Lotus was named by Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno as one of the artists he would want to work with. Also naming Kanye West and Sky Ferreira in that number, Pizzorno added, "How our music sounds is as important as the song itself, and if I ever get time I'd love to see what I could do with other musicians. Flying Lotus and Sky Ferreira aren’t massively known, but I'd love to do something with them."

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Arcade Fire's Win Butler sings with Future Islands in Montreal – watch

By NME News Desk , September 3, 2014 10:07

Butler joined band to perform 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler joined Future Islands onstage in Montreal yesterday evening (September 2) – scroll down and click to watch.

The Canadian band wrapped up their 'Reflektor' world tour earlier this month but, as Pitchfork reports, Butler appeared as a special guest at Future Islands' gig at Montreal's Metropolis to perform their track 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'.

Earlier this summer, frontman Win Butler hinted that the band in the near future.

Speaking before their Hyde Park headline show in July, Butler stated: "We're in a position now where we can have an idea and the people around us to make it happen. It starts when you get off the road. If I ever feel bored now, it's the best feeling in the world, because I know that's when the next idea is going to come into my brain and it will start again."

Meanwhile, Win and brother Will Butler have been lined up alongside members of The Strokes to play in an annual charity basketball match. The Pop vs Jock III game, which will take place during this month's Pop Montreal festival, is organised by the Butler brothers and will see them play for a team of musicians also comprising Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and The Strokes' bassist Nikolai Fraiture.

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Cee Lo Green issues apology for rape comments and returns to Twitter

September 3, 2014 9:51

Singer says his remarks were 'idiotic' and 'untrue'

Cee Lo Green has apologised for controversial remarks he made about rape on Twitter earlier this week.

The singer deleted his account on the social networking site on September 2 after posting a series of tweets relating to a recent court case in which he pleaded no contest to supplying ecstasy to a woman.

Green escaped jail time last month after pleading no contest to drugs charges. The singer was accused of secretly slipping ecstasy into the drink of his dinner date at a sushi restaurant in July 2012, and was sentenced to three years of formal probation and ordered to complete 360 hours of community service.

An earlier rape charge relating to the same alleged incident was dropped due to insufficient evidence. Writing on Twitter, Green had remarked: "People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!" and "If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent."

Although Green removed his profile from Twitter after receiving criticism for his remarks, he has now reactivated his account and has issued an apology. "I truly and deeply apologize for the comments attributed to me on Twitter," he wrote. "Those comments were idiotic, untrue and not what I believe."

Earlier today, meanwhile, it was revealed that Green's reality TV show The Good Life has been cancelled. MTV reports that US cable network TBS decided not to renew the programme for a second season after it returned disappointing viewing figures for its first six-episode run.

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