FN News Roundup: April 2, 2012

James Murphy @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 12/15/11

Happy April, babies. There was quite a bit of April Fool's-related tomfoolery happening in the music world over the weekend, but rest assured that the news below is legit and exceptionally awesome.

• In what may be the best LCD-Iversary gift short of a reunion, LCD Soundsystem has announced that their long-awaited documentary film, Shut Up And Play The Hits, will be seeing a North American theatrical release in special one-night only premieres this summer. Oscilloscope Laboratories will be distributing the film, which - as the hardcore among you know - is the production/distribution studio owned by none other than Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. Seriously, show us a more badass release story than THAT (Oscilloscope Laboratories)


• I waited a full day to confirm that this wasn't an elaborate hoax, and thankfully it isn't - the legendary Patti Smith is putting out Banga, her first new album since 2004's Trampin', on June 5. The first single "April Fool" (see how I'd be skeptical?) is available now on iTunes, and the LP also features tributes to Amy Winehouse, Johnny Depp, and the nation of Japan (Exclaim!)


• Feeling bummed now that Portlandia is over? Chill - not only is Carrie Brownstein still rocking faces with WILD FLAG (who were just in NYC last night), she's got a memoir coming out through Riverhead Books and was just on Marc Maron's consistently hilarious WTF? podcast (Stereogum)


• In more let's-wait-and-see-if-this-was-a-prank news, yesterday Jack White premiered "Freedom At 21," the next track off of his new album Blunderbuss (out April 24) by... putting it on 1,000 Flexi Discs and tying those to helium balloons launched from Nashville. We kid you not, this actually happened. Check the video below the jump (Third Man Records)


• Hot on the heels of the announcement that their album would be dropping on June 5 (seriously, great day for musics), Liars have revealed the name of said album - WIXIU (pronounced "Wish You") - AND thrown down the LP's great first single "No. 1 Against The Rush" (Beats Per Minute)


• The Walkmen stopped by Pitchfork.tv to play "Heaven" off of their upcoming album, which is also named Heaven (Pitchfork)    

Watch: Wild Flag Album Teaser Trailer

We've had our eyes on the ladies of Wild Flag for awhile - literally, actually, as the members of this rock supergroup have been in awesome bands like Sleater-Kinney, Helium, The Minders, Croissant Cocktail, Feeble Knees, Quasi, Dogz, @@@, The Consortium, Asia, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks over the years. Now after a slew of initial club and festival performances, Wild Flag is set to release its self-titled debut on Merge on September 13 to fans anxious to hear what happens when the band's individual powers combine in the studio.

We got an initial taste of the results with the leadoff single "Romance" in late June, but now our friends at One Thirty BPM have shared the teaser trailer for the full album. It's full of rock music and inexplicable archery, which is just how I like my album trailers. Check it out after the jump along with the stream of "Romance," and grab a ticket to see them live with Sonic Youth and Kurt Vile at the Williamsburg Waterfront next Friday.

Stream Outside In Benefit Compilation "Live From Nowhere Near You: Volume 2"

Uniting behind worthy causes is a time-honored tradition in the music community, and Kevin Moyer has worked with Portland, Oregon-based charity Outside In to put together one hell of an opportunity to do so.

Back in 2003, Moyer came up with the seed for a very interesting idea - matching up street musicians with established bands and artists to convey the story of life on the streets - that grew into the compilation album Live from Nowhere Near You: Volume 1. 

Eight years later, Volume 2 of the series has now been released via Greyday Records, and, as Pitchfork reports, is also streaming in full over at Under The Radar. The new volume features a literal who's who of awesome nostalgic musicians: Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Corin Tucker (formerly of Sleater-Kinney), and more. And in terms of icing on the cake, the compilation also features an unreleased version of Daniel Johnston's classic "Grievances" AND an unreleased Elliott Smith track, "The Real Estate."

All proceeds go toward Outside In, a nonprofit organization focused on helping homeless youth and otherwise marginalized people, so if you like what you hear definitely pick up this compilation. Check out the full track list after the jump.