Today’s mix will give you a taste of what music will sound like in the near future a.k.a. September. So give your fingers a little warm-up stretch and get ready to “Right Click, Save Link As,” because after the jump we present 10 essential downloads from our latest Viva Radio show that we consider required listening at Flavorpill HQ. Enjoy! Read More »

1. Is Rupert Murdoch hoping to be the Don Vito Corleone of the online news publishing world? [via LAT]
2. Five members of Kids in the Hall will reunite in a murder-mystery comedy called Death Comes to Town. [via Variety]
3. Tommy Lee Jones with direct/star in a film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited with Samuel L. Jackson. [via HitFix]
4. After all that New Moon drama, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has signed on to helm that goth version of Little Red Riding Hood for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. [via Variety]
5. You could win a lock of one band member’s hair if you buy HEALTH’s new album. [via ChordStrike]

Bonus link: John Scalzi’s Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design

We caught one of HEALTH‘s sets back in March, only to be assaulted by a wall of noise so tangible that you could actually feel the tinnitus developing not just in your ears, but in your face. Since then, the band has released a new single entitled “Die Slow” in preparation for its new album Get Color; it’s also been announced as the opener for the last two Nine Inch Nails shows ever. We caught its recent JellyNYC Pool Party show, a ferocious set that started with lead singer Jake Duzsik nonchalantly stating, “Hi, we’re HEALTH,” followed by feedback, drums, and the screams of medieval torture.

Two days later, we met with the band members and interviewed them about everything from the pitfalls of experimental music to the obstacle-course component of their upcoming release. Read More »