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Here's some real fun stuff to get excited for in the coming months:



Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new record It's Blitz! is set for release on April 14, complete with egg-crushing cover art. There was that one track on their most recent Is Is EP which I dug hard, "Rockers to Swallow," so I'm all hot and bothered for this impending full-length. The album features co-production from TV On the Radio dude Dave Sitek, who also co-produced that last EP. More TVOTR sightings appear on the record as well, as Tunde Adebimpe sings on a song and Kyp Malone shakes tambourine. Greg Kurstin from the bird and the bee also guests. The first single, "Zero," will be stacked on the iTunes digital shelf on February 24. The art looks like this:



Take a listen to "Rockers to Swallow" here if you haven't heard it yet:

Rockers to Swallow - Yeah Yeah Yeahs



Also, Sonic Youth have announced the release date of their first record on Matador, and 16th overall, The Eternal. June 9th is the date and even though they don't have any U.S. dates except the No Fun Fest at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg, we can hope they end up playing some shows. Last time they came to the area was nearly two years ago to this day when they played a Valentine's Day benefit show for the Greenfield Center School at the Northampton Academy of Music. Mark Ibold of Pavement, who has been part of SY's live show for a couple years now, is now a full-time, recording studio member of the band.



ALSO, that MF DOOM track "Ballskin" I mentioned about a month ago is available for MP3 download over at No Pain In Pop. The Metal-Faced track's still ill and will appear on DOOM's forthcoming record Born Like This out sometime this year on Lex Records. In the mean time snatch that track up here and, if you're interested, check out this sweet piece of MF merchandise: