Music News You Can Use: Detour Fest, Crazy Comebacks, and Mixtape Madness

LA’s third annual Detour Festival is this Saturday, and the lineup looks delish! Come downtown to see a hodgepodge of over thirty indie and electro artists, including The Mars Volta, Gogol Bordello, Shiny Toy Guns and Cut Copy. The fest is from noon to midnight, best believe I’ll be there the whole time! For set times, a map, and tickets, go here. Also, check back with P+P Monday for my review of the all-day event.

Comebacks galore! Brit boys Oasis have issued new tour dates and are streaming their forthcoming album Dig Out Your Soul here. Also, Phish reunion rumors are confirmed; they have announced three shows in Hampton, Va. and will be announcing more shortly. Chris Cornell is collaborating with Timbaland for his upcoming album, Scream (bizaare, indeed). And finally, this one takes the cake: UK punk pioneers The Clash have a self-written biography coming out, which is less than a reunion, but more than I can ask for (yay!).

Mixtapes, anyone? I have a few downloadable nuggets for you R&B and hip hop heads. Check out new Myspace artist Mateo for an Obama-lovin’, guitar strummin’ mixtape that’s better than Ne-Yo’s latest (who’s the gentleman now?). And Jake One, the self-proclaimed “super producer” (rightly so) has a sample out for your listening pleasure.

Other tidbits: Jay-Z is playing two free shows for Obama this weekend, iTunes might be going down the drain (keep here for more updates), the politically outspoken Flobots are on tour with Matisyahu, and Fall Out Boy’s new music vid “I Don’t Care” features another Falin (fake Palin), among other cameos:



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