Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news.
Leak Björk‘s new album and she’ll release it early. [Billboard]
Leak Madonna‘s new album and get arrested. [CNN]
This Ian MacKaye interview is fake. Also pretty funny. [The Hard Times]
D.C. Police shut down the Trinidad and Tobago Association, also known as The Club House, after a large fight broke out at the venue. [Washington Times]
Wale says he asked Kanye West to redesign the Wizards’ uniforms. [Fader]
Wow: The Shazam app is now worth more than $1 billion. [Billboard]
Perfect Pussy‘s Meredith Graves talks to local punk Sean Gray about his website, “Is This Venue Accessible?” [Noisey]
Reflecting on A$AP Yams, the A$AP Mob associate who died last weekend. [Pitchfork]
Why you should care about D.C. punk band Hemlines. [DCist]
Ex Hex announces a free show at the Dr. Martens store in Georgetown. [DCist]
A profile of Maryland performer T.V. John Langworthy, who has been crafting songs from his dreams for 30 years. [Baltimore City Paper]
The title of Jack On Fire‘s latest project: “Abortion Hooray!” [Washington City Paper]
Hey, here’s a free download of a new Aphex Twin song. [Soundcloud]
Listen to a new track from D.C.-area synth-pop duo PLOY. [D.C. Music Download]
PJ Harvey may be recording a song inspired by D.C. [Stereogum]
D’Angelo will make his Saturday Night Live debut on Jan. 31. [Consequence of Sound]
Every single Sleater-Kinney song, ranked. [Spin]
Stream the new album from D.C. band Swings. [Stereogum]
D.C. bands fight to the death for a Tiny Desk session. [Washington City Paper]
TLC is turning to Kickstarter to fund its new album. [Pitchfork]
Killer Mike pens a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. [Okayplayer]
Meanwhile, Kid Rock allegedly slaughtered a mountain lion. With Ted Nugent. [NME]
Willie Nelson: “Here I am at 81, and everything is cool.” [Washington Post]
On Bandwidth: Ex Hex releases a new video inspired by an ’80s cult classic, Maxmillion Dunbar talks to us about his new Dolo Percussion tunes, we take a listen to a new song from The North Country and declare Makeshift Shelters a new D.C. MVP.