Watch Lana Del Rey sing "Blue Velvet" in new H&M ad

As you may already know, Lana Del Rey has become a face of popular clothing company H&M. Her first 30-second long spot is now airing in Scandinavian H&M stores.

In the advertisement spot she appears in two outfits from her recent H&M lookbook.

In the commercial she sings 1950s classic song "Blue Velvet" written by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris. Since then, the song has been recorded by many other artists. Film of the same name was also made in 1986.

Although creators of the spot tried to reference David Lynch's film, they didn't get it quite right. The H&M ad is a direct homage to Lynch's early 90s TV series Twin Peaks.

Anyway, watch the commercial below.

Song of the day: The Tallest Man on Earth - "Revelation Blues"

Swedish singer Kristian Matsson aka The Tallest Man on Earth performed "Revelation Blues" for Pitchfork Magazine. This track comes from his last third studio album entitled There's No Leaving Now, which came out on June 11, 2012.

I actually found out about this folk artist only recently and I really like him. He reminds me Ben Howard a lot.

Picture of the day: September 18, 2012

Bad Religion updated their cover picture on their Facebook page couple of days ago. The photo features all band members (including Brett Gurewitz) except guitarist Greg Hetson in the studio.

They've been recording new, yet-untitled, album since July when I informed you about it. Well, it's been over two months since they started recording it so I assume we can expect sixteenth studio album from this legendary punk band later this year or in early 2013.

The band also posted this exact photo on their official website with a note saying:

"The band just sent out an e-mail with a photo of the band (except for Greg Hetson) in the studio to all Bad Religion fans that registered to the mailing list on badreligion.com.

Again produced by Brett and Joe Barresi, the photo appears to be taken at Joe's House of Compression. In contrary to the process that went into making The Dissent of Man, this time no demos were recorded in smaller studios (such as Sunset Lodge in January 2010).

Also, this is the first time since The Process Of Belief (2001) that a Bad Religion album is recorded analog!"

I'm so excited about this record and I am really looking forward to the sound of this record since it's been recorded analog. To follow all the news about recording process, go here.

Soundgarden revealed new album details

American rock band from Seattle Soundgarden was on hiatus basically since 1997 after they released their last studio album entitled Down on the Upside (it came out on May 21, 1996) until January 1, 2010 when they informed via their Twitter account that their 12-year long break is over.

Earlier this year they released one new track as part of The Avengers movie soundtrack. Song called "Live To Rise" is actually pretty good:

Well, now is officially confirmed what a lot of people was expecting - Soundgarden will release full-length album. The LP called King Animal will come out on November 13 via Seven Four Entertainment/Republic Records. It was recorded in at Studio X in Seattle and was produced by Adam Kasper who previously worked with the band on 1994's fourth studio record called Superunknown.

I'm really glad that this record is truly a group effort because everybody contributed to the new album with something. For instance, guitarist Kim Thayil wrote lyrics for the track "Non-State Actor," and bassist Ben Shepherd contributed the lyrics for "Attrition."

The band also made a trailer, which you can watch below.

Tracklisting of King Animal:

1. "Been Away Too Long"
2. "Non-State Actor"
3. "By Crooked Steps"
4. "A Thousand Days Before"
5. "Blood On The Valley Floor"
6. "Bones of Birds"
7. "Taree"
8. "Attrition"
9. "Black Saturday"
10. "Halfway There"
11. "Worse Dreams"
12. "Eyelid's Mouth"
13. "Rowing"

Preview Skunk Anansie's new record

Today, british Skunk Anansie officially released their new album entitled Black Traffic. If you don't know these guys I recommend you to check them out and eventually buy this record. If you haven't made up your mind yet, you can preview the album.

The band has offered to listen to snippets of songs featured on the album as well as album artwork by pretty cool application. You can check it out here.

Picture of the day: September 17, 2012

Coldplay are currently finishing up their European tour two shows left - on September 19 in Warsaw, Poland and on September 22 in Hannover, Germany. After that, they're heading to Australia and New Zealand. To check these tour dates and also see past tour dates, visit Coldplay's website.

Yesterday, they brought their colorfully beautiful show to Prague, Czech republic. Here is a picture of the huge stage with really nice scene from this gig:

Song of the day: Ortopilot - "With Or Without You" (cover)

Ortopilot is an YouTube artist, which does a lot of awesome music videos. He does mainly covers of popular songs of various genres. He always kind of change the arrangements of the song and you can really hear it is Ortopilot's work. I definitely recommend you to check out his channel.

Roughly four months ago, he posted cover video of U2's great track "With Or Without You", which he recorded with another YouTuber mikiecollings1. It is awesome duet, which you can check out below.

Picture of the day: September 14, 2012

British indie rock band The Wombats is currently on US tour. Their next stop is Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Colorado (recent Mumford & Sons music video features footage from this beautiful venue).

This photo was taken during one of their recent show in the US. To see all dates, head here.

Gary Clark Jr. revealed new album details

Let me introduce you one awesome artist that I recently discovered. Gary Clark Jr. is an american singer and guitarist who's music is mainly influenced by rock and roll and blues music.

He has already released some EP's and LP's in the past, but his major label debut is yet to come. He recently revealed details about this album.

Record entitled Blak and Blu will contain 13 tracks and will be out on October 22 via Warner Bros. It will contain 12 own compositions and one cover, which is actually cover of two songs - Little Johnny Taylor’s "If You Love Me Like You Say" and Jimi Hendrix’s "Third Stone From The Sun". The album was produced by Mike Elizondo (Mastodon, Fiona Apple, Dr. Dre) and Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance).

First single of the record is track named "Ain’t Messin ‘Round". And I gotta say that it is awesome track that makes me very excited about this record. Listen to this song below.

Tracklisting of Blak and Blu:

01. Ain’t Messin ‘Round
02. When My Train Pulls In
03. Blak and Blu
04. Bright Lights
05. Travis County
06. The Life
07. Glitter Ain’t Gold (Jumpin’ For Nothin’)
08. Numb
09. Please Come Home
10. Things Are Changin’
11. Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say
12. You Saved Me
13. Next Door Neighbor Blues

Song of the day: Enter Shikari - "Arguing With Thermometers"

Today's song of the day is Enter Shikari's track called "Arguing With Thermometers" from their last studio record entitled A Flash Flood Of Colour (read a review of it here). It is a great record.

Watch awesome performance of this song from this year's Reading Festival: