Music Notes: Radiohead release free track, Aerosmith cancel tour

So as I posted late last week, I'm planning on making Music Notes a three-times-a-week thing on this blog now that I have a nutty schedule. I'm hoping I'll be able to stick with it, and I'll keep you all posted.

- Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood confirmed that the band will debut new material at the Reading and Leeds Festivals later this month. He also linked to a free download of a new track, "These Are My Twisted Words." [NME]

- Aerosmith have canceled the remainder of their summer tour. [Brooklyn Vegan]

- Michael Jackson will be buried on Aug. 29, the date that would have marked his 51st birthday. [NME]

- Iggy Pop contributed vocals to a new version of "Oh My God," a track on Ida Maria's Fortress Round My Heart. This new version of the song hits radio this week, and will be available on iTunes starting Aug. 31. Listen to the collaboration here. [SPIN]

- Check out the premiere of Smokey Robinson's "Don't Know Why" here. [Billboard]

- Christina Aguilera is continuing to work with some very interesting collaborators for her next album: M.I.A., Santigold and Ladytron are on the list. [SPIN]

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Admin Note + Music Notes: Them Crooked Vultures make live debut

I apologize for the scheduling glitches with my posts — moving and going back to school in a span of a couple of weeks can be really daunting! I feel like I've been writing a lot of notes like these lately, and I hope that will end soon. I'm going to have to skip this week's new music post, but I'm hoping to get those back next week. And I may or may not make some decisions about how often/what I'll be posting here. But for now, here's some music news:

- The Foo Fighters/Queens of the Stone Age/Led Zeppelin supergroup first mentioned here made their live debut at midnight in Chicago. The group goes by Them Crooked Vultures. Pitchfork has photos here.[NME, Pitchfork]

- SPIN has some fun Lollapalooza pictures here. [SPIN]

- Aerosmith have officially postponed their tour of Western Canada, so that frontman Steven Tyler can recover from injuries he sustained in concert last week. [NME]

- Sufjan Stevens will be on tour this fall, playing intimate dates throughout the eastern part of North America. The tour kicks of Sept. 21 in Philadelphia. [Pitchfork]

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Music Notes: Radiohead release new song, Adam Yauch health update

I'm kind of back to posting in a "normal" fashion for now... here's some music news from yesterday and today.

- Radiohead have released a new song, "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)," a tribute to the last surviving World War I combat soldier Harry Patch. Patch died at the age of 111 on July 25. Thom Yorke posted a message on the band's website, saying that the song would be available for download for £1 with proceeds going to the British Legion. Yorke said, "It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us. I hope we do not forget." Download the song here. [Dead Air Space]

- Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (MCA) sent out an update about his health yesterday, following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his partoid gland. Read the full text of the email here. [SPIN]

- Slightly better news regarding Blur's recent reunion. Though band members recently said they didn't have anything planned for the future, guitarist Graham Coxon said the band could potentially stage more concerts — this time outside their native UK. "We're talking about doing some more shows abroad... I'm not sure how much I can say about that, but we're definitely talking about it," he said. Though Coxon also said the likelihood of new material surfacing anytime soon is very low, it looks like the band has at least considered writing new songs. Baby steps. [NME]

- Steven Tyler fell from the stage at an Aerosmith concert in South Dakota last night, suffering from head, neck and shoulder injuries. He was airlifted to the Rapid City Regional Hospital. The band's next concert, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed. [Associated Press via Yahoo! News]

- Former Shins drummer Jesse Sandoval said he was fired from the band. [Pitchfork]

- Here's a new video from Julian Plenti (aka Paul Banks of Interpol). His debut solo album, Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper, came out this Tuesday. This particular clip also features Emily Haines of Metric. [Pitchfork]

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Music Notes: Panic at the Disco split, Katherine Jackson will not oversee MJ's estate

- Panic at the Disco will be losing two members — guitarist Ryan Rothman and bassist Jon Walker are leaving to pursue their own project together. Remaining members Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith plan to continue under the band name, and will play their 12 tour dates as openers for Blink 182 later this summer. [SPIN]

- A judge has ruled that Katherine Jackson will not oversee her son Michael Jackson's estate. Attorney John Branca and music executive and friend John McClain will take over. The two of them will be in charge of the estate until Aug. 3, when another hearing is supposed to take place. [NME]

- Download a free track from Riceboy Sleeps, the collaboration between Sigur Ros frontman Jónsi Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers. Sign up here. [JonsiandAlex.com]

- Bad Lieutenant, the band that formed now that New Order are no more, will release their debut album Oct. 5. The album is called Never Cry Another Tear. Its first single "Sink or Swim" will be out Sept. 21 (you can watch an acoustic performance of the song here). To clarify some information about the new band: while Blur's Alex James and New Order drummer Stephen Morris do play on the album, they're not "official" members. Morris will play live with the band — James will not. [Pitchfork]

- Aerosmith's Steven Tyler is suffering from an unspecified injury, which has caused the band to postpone their last three shows. [Rolling Stone]

- The Foo Fighers debuted a brand new track, "Wheels," while performing for President Barack Obama and military heroes at the White House on July 4. [NME]

- Fiona Apple will release her first "new" tracks in three years by contributing two new recordings to The Best Is Yet To Come, a compilation that is meant to honor Cy Coleman. Coleman was a composer whose music was largely popularized by Frank Sinatra. Apple's tracks include "Why Try To Change Me Now" and "I Walk A Little Faster." [SPIN]

- More nice things being said about Blur in Hyde Park last week. [Rolling Stone]

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Music News: Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour

Aerosmith and ZZ Top will be hitting this road for a US summer tour and have announced three dates on their website so far:

• Sunday, August 23 - Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
• Tuesday, September 1 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
• Tuesday, September 8 - St. Paul, MN @ XCel Energy Center

Ticketmaster does not currently list the Irvine concert, but does list a Thursday, September 10 Aerosmith performance in Cuyahoga Falls, OH at Blossom Music Center. [NME, Ticketmaster]

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