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The Weeknd remixes Lady Gaga, Shaun Ryder goes UFO hunting, new Amy Winehouse songs, Air to soundtrack film... Daily Hot List
Thursday, 3 November
Following in the footsteps of Wild Beasts and Metronomy, mysterious Canadian R&B prodigy The Weeknd has remixed Lady Gaga's Marry The Night. The song will feature on a new Born this Way remix album alongside remixes by Foster The People, Hurts, Goldfrapp, Two Door Cinema Club and more.
Ladygaga.com
Shaun Ryder is set to star in his own TV show hunting UFOs. The former Happy Mondays man has landed an eight part series to be shown on the History Channel venturing across the world on the search for aliens. The singer claims he saw an alien spacecraft when he was 15 and claims there's a "wormhole" in Manchester that acts as a "short-cut through space and time". No word yet on when the show will be hitting screens but who knows, if all goes well maybe Bez will land a show on the look out for the Loch Ness Monster....
Thesun.co.uk
Two previously unreleased Amy Winehouse songs were played Radio One this morning. Like Smoke, features rapper Nas, while a cover of Our Day Will Come dates from 2002. Both will be included on her forthcoming posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
bbc.co.uk/radio1/chrismoyles/
Lana Del Rey has hit out her detractors, calling them "crude and rude". The Video Games star and winner of Q's Next Big Thing 2011 award said, "I'm sure it wouldn't have happened if I were a man. What other people think of me is none of my business but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt my feelings."
Thesun.co.uk
The woman who yesterday claimed she was impregnated by Justin BIEBER has been subject to death threats on Twitter. The teen star meanwhile has pledged to "going to ignore the rumors...and focus on what is real. an opportunity to help by doing what i love. judge me on my music!" BIEBER.
Gawker.com
The new Atlas Sound album Parallax is streaming. There's also a few words from Bradford Cox> on his side project from Deerhunter, describing the track Amplifiers as like "Steve Reich and the Beach Boys in vertical striped shirts pressing phasers on Lunar Canyon".
NYtimes.com
Florence + The Machine are on course to top the album chart for the second time with new album Ceremonials. The album sold an 50,000 copies in its first two days of release and is likely to push Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto down to number two when the chart is announced on Sunday. Professor Green's new album is expected to end up third. In the singles chart, Cher Lloyd is currently on track to bag her second Number 1 single.
Theofficialcharts.com
Remember Rebecca Black's Friday? Jon Ronson has lifted the lid on the man behind the teen singer's YouTube mega-hit, songwriter Patrice Wilson. He even writes the journalist a song for his appeance on the Conan O'Brien show.
With Drake set to take over the world with new albym Take Care, we look at the Toronto rapper's rise.
Qthemusic.com
Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi has written the soundtrack for Cameron Crowe's new film, We Bought A Zoo. The film score includes reworked songs from the singer's last solo record, two brand new songs and a collaboration with the director himself.
Pitchfork.com
Jonsi's not the only one dipping his toes into film soundtracking - French duo Air, who are masters at this sort of thing after The Virgin Suicides, have announced they will provide the music to a new short film for Cartier.
Rollingstone.com
Mumford & Sons performed a brand new song on American radio last week. Have a listen to the song online now and let us know what you think.
Qthemusic.com
Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Owen Pallet, Jaga Jazzist are among the acts coming to London's Barbican venue as part of their Spring contemporary music programme. The National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner will also be appearing, presenting their collaborative multimedia spectacle The Long Count, about the Mayan calendar and the beginning of time.
Barbican.org.uk
Today's Track Of The Day is Grouplove's Lovely Cup.
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