[Watch] The Lonely Island - "Spring Break Anthem" (Official Video)

They're back and as ridiculous as ever. The Lonely Island are preparing to release their new album The Wack Album, and what better way to get us all excited for the hilarity that awaits that a weekly video range called "Wack Wednesdays". Every Wednesday leading up to the album’s release, the guys will debut new music videos, tracks, and announcements via their YouTube channel. First up we get "Spring Break Anthem" in the shape of a video that starts off as an episode of Zach Galifianakis' brilliant show "Between Two Ferns". Zach is talking to James Franco before musical guest The Lonely Island take to the stage. Booze, boobs, drugs and gay marriage all feature in the video along with another special cameo from Edward Norton. Yup, this video has it all folks and it's great.

The Wack Album is officially released on the 11th of June via Republic Records with guest spots from Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, and Pharrell Williams.

[Watch] Deftones - "Swerve City" (Official Video)

Deftones' latest record  Koi No Yokan grabbed you by the neck right from the very start with it's huge sound. The album opening track that did just that, "Swerve City", has now been given the official video treatment with a western style clip. The beautifully shot clip even features a cameo from the band's own Chino Moreno right at the end so stay tuned.

The band will play extensive dates over the rest of 2013, all of which can be found over here.

[Watch] Biffy Clyro - "Different People" (Live in London)

Biffy Clyro this year launched themselves into the stratosphere of UK rock arena status with the release of their double album Opposites. They played their largest headline tour of the UK too playing the likes of Manchester's MEN Arena and London's O2 Arena. The latter of which seems to have been recorded. Stereogum have premiered a live video for my personal favourite track from the new record, "Different People". Rocking the 20,000 strong London arena like no other, they put on a fantastic show and the flashing imagery of the recording gives you a bit of feeling for what their recent tour was like.

If you're still not familiar with the band, we had an exclusive track-by-track chat with them through the release which can be seen over here.

The band will support Muse on some upcoming European Stadium dates along with headlining Reading and Leeds Festivals in August. 2013 is the year of the Bif!

[Watch] Queens of the Stone Age - "I Appear Missing" (Official Video)

So I'd firstly like to apologise for my lack of interaction recently. I've recently changed internet providers and apparently there's a "10 day period" in which you will have absolutely crap coverage that drops and rarely comes back. I know, sounds bogus right? Cause it is! I live in a major UK city and can't even get reliable bloody internet?! Anyway, back to business. Over the weekend while you were probably in a drunken bank holiday rampage (just me?), Queens of the Stone Age dropped a brand new track accompanied by a dark and twisted animated visual. Called "I Appear Missing" it twists and turns in all the right places surely just getting you more excited for the upcoming album from the band, ...Like Clockwork which features guest spots from Dave Grohl on skins, Alex Turner, Trent Reznor, Sir Elton John, Joey Castillo, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan, Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, and James Lavelle of UNKLE. 

It's due out on the the 4th of June via Matador Records. You can pre-order a copy over here but before that hit play above.

[Watch] Red Bull Music Academy's Short Documentary on DFA Records

This year marks the 12-year anniversary of the James Murphy, Jonathan Galkin and Tim Goldsworthy-founded DFA Records, one of the definitive record labels of the dance-punk scene over the last decade. Red Bull Music Academy has released a rather fascinating short documentary in honor of the occasion. Titled 12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic, the film chronicles the history of the label and its founders, as well as its artists (including Murphy's now defunct LCD Soundsystem). Watch it below.

[Listen] Giraffage Remixes Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You"

As the May 21st release date of Random Access Memories approaches, I've been digging into all my old Daft Punk records in anticipation. That also includes all of the duo's side projects, like Together and Stardust. Seems like I'm not the only one doing so. San Francisco producer Giraffage takes Stardust's famous single "Music Sounds Better With You" and gives it a fresh spin, turning what was originally a disco-inspired house banger into a chilled-out atmospheric cut. Consider this classic track revitalized.

[Listen] Stream Thundercat's New Single "Oh Sheit It's X"

Stephen Bruner (aka Thundercat) gives us another sampling of his upcoming sophomore album Apocalypse with the awesome, funky jam "Oh Sheit It's X." It's a great track underlined with a groovy bassline and spacey synthesizers, as well as some solid vocals from Bruner—"Oh shit, I fucked up." The title alone is fantastic. Stream it below.

Apocalypse is out digitally on June 4th and physically on July 9th.

[Watch] DJ Falcon Discusses His Longtime Relationship with Daft Punk, Sampling NASA Recordings

Daft Punk's longtime friend Stéphane Quême (aka DJ Falcon) is the latest Random Access Memories collaborator to be featured in "The Collaborators" video series. Following interviews with Giorgio Moroder, Todd Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Pharrell Williams, Animal Collective's Panda Bear and Chilly Gonzales, Quême discusses his lengthy history with the robotic duo, their collaborations in the early '90s and the development of French house. He also revealed that NASA provided him and Daft Punk with audio recordings of past space missions. Looks like we'll be hearing some spacey samples on their collaborative track "Contact." Check out everything Quême had to say in the player below.

Random Access Memories is out on May 21st.