by Andrew Frisicano

DOWNLOAD: Drums of Death "Peaches" mixtape (feat. "I Feel Cream") (MP3)

Singer/electronic artist Peaches is releasing a new album. I Feel Cream is her first since 2006's Impeach My Bush. It's out Tuesday, May 5th on XL Recordings.

Peaches will support the record in May/June with a tour through Europe and the US that includes a stop at Webster Hall on Saturday, May 15. Tickets for that NYC show go on sale Wednesday, 3/11, at noon.

Drums of Death, who will be supporting Peaches on tour and contributed to her forthcoming record, remixed a bunch of Peaches songs and made a mixtape that includes the new track "I Feel Cream". The artist (artists?) describes it as "nearly 40mins...a nasty stew of screwed-up clunk beats, bass noise, electro freakbeat and more unlicensed samples than you can shake your copyright stick at." Download the MP3 above.

Earlier this year, Peaches covered The Stooges' "Search and Destroy" on the War Child:Heroes comp. She previously collaborated with Iggy Pop of The Stooges on "Kick It" on her 2003 album Fatherfucker (video below).

In related news, fellow "Electroclash" act Fischerspooner is on touring the US this May, hitting Music Hall of Williamsburg and Webster Hall on May 7th and 8th. Tickets for those shows went on sale last week.

All Peaches tour dates, the full album track list, and the "Kick It" video, below...

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The War Child presents Heroes compilation is out tomorrow. The 16-track covers compilation benefits War Child International, a network of independent organizations that work to provide humanitarian aid to children affected by war. Help yourself to some good music, and help children affected by war in the process.

The tracklist is impressive:

After last week's deluge of quality music releases, this week's list is a bit thin. From what I have already heard, I can recommend Anavan's Cover Story, Black Lips' 200 Million Thousand, Clem Snide's Hungry Bird, and especially Laura Gibson's Beasts of Seasons (pictured).

A bevy of Ben Harper vinyl discs head up the week's reissues.

What new releases can you recommend? Have I left anything off the list?

Continue reading "Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week"

...was "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat". You can find it on the new War Child Heroes CD.

'War Child: Heroes' is an unprecedented collaboration between music's most heralded legends and the finest current artists.

We asked 15 ultimate icons to select a favourite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track.

This album is the result: 15 exclusive and breath-taking cover versions.

Beck (Bob Dylan - "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat")
The Kooks (The Kinks - "Victoria")
The Hold Steady (Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City")
Hot Chip (Joy Division - "Transmission")
Lily Allen feat. Mick Jones (The Clash - "Straight To Hell")
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker")
Franz Ferdinand (Blondie - "Call Me")
Duffy (Paul McCartney - "Live And Let Die")
Estelle (Stevie Wonder - "Superstition")
Rufus Wainwright (Brian Wilson -" Wonderful & Song For Children")
Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music - "Do The Strand")
Peaches (Iggy Pop - "Search And Destroy")
Adam Cohen (Leonard Cohen - "Take This Waltz")
Elbow (U2 - "Running To Stand Still")
The Like (Elvis Costello - "You Belong To Me")
TV On The Radio (David Bowie - "Heroes")

Though not out until February 24th here in the United States, "War Child: Heroes" was released in the UK on Monday (and it comes out March 3rd in Canada).

"Dark Was The Night" on the other hand, is out now everywhere. Full tracklist HERE. Rumor of an upcoming show at Radio City Music Hall HERE.

Listen to Lily Allen and Mick Jones cover the Clash, and other videos, below...

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