[NEW] Baby by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Photograph by Terry Richardson

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti will release its new album, Mature Themes, on Aug. 21, it's the band's second album for 4AD and the official follow-up to its 2010 breakthrough album, Before Today. The first single from the album is a cover of Donnie and Joe Emerson's "Baby," and features guest vocals from Dam-Funk. The song will also be released on July 10 as a limited edition one-sided 12" via 4AD. Dam-Funk will also open up several dates of APHG's Fall tour.

Flaming Lips Feat. Erykah Badu "Western Esotericism"

After releasing and taking the video down a few times over the last two days, The Flaming Lips finally premier the music video for their collaboration with Erykah Badu, a cover of the standard The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, which appears on the collab-heavy release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends to be released June 26 on Warner Brother Records. The clip was directed by George Salisbury and features a naked Nayrok Badu, Erykah's sister, covered in glitter and a plethora of other liquids.

Teen to Release Debut Album

Been listening to this track on repeat. Teen is set to release their debut full-length, In Limbo, on August 28th via Carpark Records. Brooklyn's Teen came together when Teeny Lieberson, formerly of Here We Go Magic, left her post in the latter band in order to make music with her sisters Katherine and Lizzie and their good friend Jane Herships. Forgoing girl-group gimmickry and fervor, the band’s digital-only debut EP, Little Doods, fleshed out a sound of languid, lo-fi psyche pop redolent of Paisley Underground bands like Opal and Rain Parade. Since releasing the EP in April 2011, the band have steadily honed their sound around New York and readied their first long-player, In Limbo. Recorded in summer 2011 in a barn in rural Connecticut and engineered by Jen Turner of Here We Go Magic, In Limbo keeps the band grounded in their own world of psychedelia while heightening fidelity and giving songs the room to take shape. The first half of the record puts pop at the fore with opener Better, a Suicide-esque march toward euphoria through repetition. In Limbo was mixed and produced by Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, and his influence subtly makes itself known throughout the album.

Patty Smith @ The DIA

The DIA (Detroit Institute of Art) will present the first American museum exhibition to focus on the photography of artist, poet, and performer Patti Smith. Smith's photographs are infused with personal meaning and highlight the rich relationships between art, architecture, poetry and the everyday. This selection of images from the past decade reveals the artists, poets, authors, family and friends from whom Smith draws inspiration. The exhibition includes 70 black and white gelatin silver prints and a small selection of original Polaroids and items from Smith’s personal collection. Patti Smith: Camera Solo will be on view from June 1st to September 2, 2012 at the DIA, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

[FIRST LOOK] M83 'Reunion' Official video

Directed by Fleur & Manu and Produced by DIVISION, Reunion is part two of the story that commenced with Midnight City. Together, these two tracks are the soundtrack for a pack of gifted kids with telekinetic powers who escape from an institution and run wild through a desolate cityscape. In the first video we witness their liberation, with Reunion we experience their defiance. Reunion is the second single off of the massive sixth M83 album Hurry Up We’re Dreaming. 

Silhouettes by The Julliene Brothers

"Play it loud & enjoy." The Jullien Brothers have released a new video featuring the music of Niwouinwouin, aka Nicolas Jullien. The video is directed by Jean Jullien and his brother Nicolas who together make up the creative duo. The video features illustrations from Jean Jullien's book Silhouettes published by Lendroit.

MV & EE's Space Homestead

Hailing from Vermont, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder are MV & EE, a folky, psychedelic outfit whose amazing new albumSpace Homestead is full of rough-around-the-edges, yet beautiful lo-fi gems that remind you an eternal country summer.  Listen below to the great track Sweet Sure Gone, which has been on loop for the past few days, and you can purchase the full album which came out a few days ago on the Woodsist label. Text by Oliver Maxwell Kupper for Pas Un Autre