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Thursday, 12 January

Madonna is calling her new album is called MDNA - it's like what Primal Scream did with XTRMNTR except she's left that final vowel in for some reason... The singer also says she plans to tour in 2012.
Madonna.com

A trailer for the film/ documentary version of LCD Soundsystem farewell show at New York's Madison Square Garden in April last year has gone live. According to rumours Shut Up And Play The Hits is set to be a little more than a concert film, there might even be some acting involved...
Shutupandplaythehits.com

The Temper Trap are set to return with a second album this year, but it seems they have had a hand in someone else's record, indirectly. Bono has suggest the group have influenced the album's U2 are working on. "Something really exciting is that finally the rock band is melting into clubland and experimenting with sounds that are not normally deemed authentic for the rock band - synthesizers, experimental sounds - which you can hear in an album by the Temper Trap," says the singer.
Heraldsun.com.au

Jay-Z & Beyonce' baby corner
50 Cent has 'congratulated' Jay-Z on the birth of newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter by posting photos of babies with the rapper's face photoshopped onto them. "Yal play to much congratulations to JAYZ and Beyonce BABY #BlueIvyCarter IS GEORGOUS," he tweeted with a link to the doctored photos.
Twitter/50cent

Why did Beyonce and Jay-Z call their newborn baby Blue Ivy Carter Part II? One theory is it involves roman numerals...
Usmagazine.com

Blue Ivy Carter's "guest spot" on Jay-Z's new track, Glory, means she's the youngest person to ever appear in the American Billboard chart.
Billboard.com
Baby news update over!

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie joked he asked The Happy Mondays' Bez to replace Mani now the bass player has rejoined The Stone Roses. "Bez said to me, What are you gonna do now that Mani's gone? and I said, Can you play the bass, Bez? How cool would that be? Bass and maracas!" explained Gillespie. "He was like, I'd love to do it Bob, but I can't fucking play!"
NME.com

Watch the video for Mary J Blige's new single, Mr. Wrong ft Drake (via NYmag.com).

Diplo isn't impressed by the recently announced Coachella 2012 lineup. The producer tweeted: "maybe im just throwing shade but coachsmella looks pretty lame this year... u used to be a place to check out new bands/music."
Pitchfork.com

Sinead O'Connor took to Twitter yesterday asking for psychiatric help and medication. "does any1 know a psychiatrist in Dublin or Wicklow who could urgently see me today please? Im really un-well....and in danger," the singer tweeted.
Spinner.com

Watch Arcade Fire perform We Used To Wait, from their 2010 album The Suburbs, live from Austin City Limits (via Stereogum.com).

Arcade Fire "We Used to Wait" at ACL: Behind the Scenes from Jonathan Jackson on Vimeo.

In the latest issue of Q (Q307, out now) we countdown 140 songs you need to download right now. Each day this month we'll be bringing you a selection of tracks - and here are our picks from yesterday, with a little help from Kerrang!
Qthemusic.com

Los Campesinos singer Gareth Paisey has drawn comparisons between himself and Drake. "I'm a massive Drake fan - Take Care is my favorite album of the year," he declared. "It seems like such a ludicrous thing to say, but I think Drake and I write about similar things a lot of the time."
Pitchfork.com

The new video from The Kills for EP The Last Goodbye is directed by Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton. Watch a trailer for the video below (via Thefourohfive.com).

Glastonbury 2013 might be some time away yet - but Michael Eavis says he has "already sorted" his headliners.
bbc.co.uk/newsbeat

The Velvet Underground are suing the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts over use of the banana image from the cover of their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground And Nico.
Rollingstone.com

A$AP Rocky is set to release a new EP in March. In the meantime, Peso from his acclaimed mixtape LiveLoveASAP is being out as a single on February 19.
Liveloveasap.com

Mark Ronson, Skrillex and The Crystal Method are among the artists contributing to a new project where traditional styles of music are remixed and re-imagined.
Regenerationmusicproject.com

Check out our Q&a with Emeli Sande in which the Brit Awards Critics' Choice winner tells us about her love for Bon Iver, collaborating with Alicia Keys, why her album is like an episode of Casualty and previews her Q Now: The Sessions show later this month.
Qthemusic.com

My Morning Jacket's Jim Jones is set to release a Woody Guthrie tribute album, New Multitudes, on 28 February. The singer used notes and sketches by the folk man as inspiration for the new set of songs.
Beatsperminute.com

Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis is on crutches after having an operation to fix a crushed bone in his foot he damaged by leaping around too much during gigs. The group have been forced to postpone their forthcoming US tour to allow the frontman time to recover.
TMZ.com

Former Beta Band singer Steve Mason tells Q all about his Twitter fued with Formula 1 commentator Martin Brundle in a guest column.
Qthemusic.com

Check out Chairlift playing Ghost Tonight live in the back of a taxi. (via Blackcabsessions.com)

At The Drive-In are back. Here's why their Coachella Festival reunion is exactly what rock needs now, according to Q staff writer Al Horner.
Qthemusic.com

No Doubt had their Twitter hacked last night. The interlopers used their account tosupport Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. The band have since set the record straight: "No political endorsements at this time. Love, No Doubt."
Billboard.com

The Maccabees are on course to score their first album chart Number 1 on Sunday with Given To The Wild. In the singles chart, Jessie J is expected to knock Flo Rida off the top spot, according to the official midweeks.
Theofficialcharts.com

One of rap music's great traditions is MCs spelling out their own names. Watch this clip which compiles thirty years worth of rappers showing off their knowledge of the alphabet.

Graham Coxon will release a new album, A+E on 2 April, plus will play a series of dates that month too, kicking off at the O2 Oxford Academy on 13 April.
Grahamcoxon.co.uk

Today's Track Of The Day is Gotye with Somebody That I Used To Know

That's it for today. More Hot List tomorrow at noon.

12:00 PM | 12/01/2012