Music Notes: NIN play final NYC shows, Radiohead debut latest track live

- Some fun coverage of the final NYC Nine Inch Nails here. NIN played all of The Downward Spiral. And covered Joy Division! [Rolling Stone]

- Radiohead played their latest track "These Are My Twisted Words," live at Austria's Frequency 2009 Festival over the weekend. Watch video here. [Pitchfork]

- Listen to Karen O's "All Is Love" on the Where The Wild Things Are MySpace now. The single drops on iTunes tomorrow. [Where The Wild Things Are MySpace]

- Bat For Lashes' Two Suns, which only came out earlier this year, will see the special edition treatment this September. Lots of fun goodies are planned! [Pitchfork]

- Thom Yorke's contribution to the Mark Mulcahy tribute album Ciao My Shining Star, a cover of "All For The Best," will be released as a limited-edition 7-inch single. Mulcahy's Ciao My Shining Star will be the b-side. Only 2,000 copies of the single will be available worldwide. [Greenplastic]

- Them Crooked Vultures played Belgium's Pukkelpop festival this weekend. Watch/listen to them perform "Elephants" here. [Stereogum]

- Kiss announced their 35th anniversary tour, which will kick off Sept. 25 in Detroit. [SPIN]

- Maximo Park canceled their September North American tour, citing "personal reasons" in a scan of a written note posted on their MySpace. [Pitchfork]

- I know I've been awful with my posts, so here's a late one... Jay-Z's vid for "Run This Town" is here. [Rolling Stone]

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Music Notes: Beatles Rock Band songs confirmed, Karen O helms film soundtrack

- More songs have been announced for The Beatles Rock Band and you can see the game's tracklisting here. [NME]

- The soundtrack for Where The Wild Things Are will come out Sept. 29. It's credited to Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and the Kids, the name she gave her collaborators. The movie itself hits theaters in October. [Pitchfork]

- Get a glimpse of supergroup Them Crooked Vultures at work in the studio here. [Rolling Stone]

- Kraftwerk will reissue eight of their albums in a box set called 12345678: The Catalogue due in the US on Oct. 6. [Pitchfork]

- Nineteen-year-old Mike Byrne has been chosen to replace Jimmy Chamberlain in the Smashing Pumpkins lineup. Frontman Billy Corgan said Byrne has "a stunning blend of power, speed, and grace." [Billboard]

- Pete Doherty said he plans to reform The Libertines in time for the band to play festivals in 2010. [NME]

- Reports indicate that Dr. Conrad Murray could be charged for manslaughter and arrested by next week as a result of the case surrounding Michael Jackson's death. [NME]

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Music Notes: Jackson will gets filed, no viewing at Neverland

- Michael Jackson's will was officially filed with a Los Angeles court today, leaving a family trust designed to benefit his three children, his mother Katherine Jackson and unnamed charities. Katherine Jackson is also nominated to be the guardian of the three children. However, if she is unwilling to take over the role, Jackson's will nominates Diana Ross as the next candidate. The document specifically pointed out that Jackson had purposely omitted his former wife, Debbie Rowe, from the will. [Billboard]

- According to reports, the Jackson family has been unable to receive permission to hold a public or private viewing for the singer at Neverland this weekend. Alternate plans seem to be underway. [NME, CNN]

- Jackson is dominating the Billboard charts, holding nine out of the top ten positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. [Billboard]

- Fader is holding a contest for people to win some Lollapalooza 2009 tickets. [Fader]

- U2 covered Michael Jackson, performing snippets of "Man in the Mirror" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," when they kicked off their world tour last night in Barcelona. [NME]

- MGMT and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O are featured on the new Flaming Lips album. [SPIN]

- MGMT will also open for Paul McCartney at Boston's Fenway Park. [Paste Magazine]

- In the meantime, Passion Pit have remixed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Sensing a bit of a trend? [Stereogum]

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