'I Just Started Hating Some People Today'/'Blue Randy' is out next week

Next up in Jack White's Third Man Records Blue Series of singles? Beck! On May 28, the label will release the one-off single "I Just Started Hating Some People Today" b/w "Blue Randy". Both tracks were recorded in Nashville last year when Beck was working on material for an upcoming album.

White produced both tracks and contributes "drums, acoustic guitar, punk vocal, background vocals" to the A-side, and drums to the B-side. Hear clips of both tracks here.

In addition to standard formats, a limited run of 100 tricolor 7"s will be available at Randy's Records in Salt Lake City on June 2. 50 more of those will also be "randomly inserted in mail orders for the single placed with Third Man Records."

The Rolling Stones frontman also sings with Foo Fighters, Jeff Beck

Celso Chavez, at right, with Possum Dixon

Celso Ricardo Chavez, guitarist for the 1990s alt rock band Possum Dixon, died May 9 due to complications from pneumonia. He was 44.

Possum Dixon were beloved among the 1990s scene in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. In March of 1995, they were first to perform at the indie rock club Spaceland, on a bill that included Beck, Lutefisk, and the Foo Fighters (their first show ever). Possum Dixon formed in 1989 and signed with Interscope in 1993. Following a self-titled LP that spawned the band's radio and MTV hit "Watch the Girl Destroy Me", the band released two more records: 1996's Star Maps and 1998's New Sheets. 

"His infectious smile could light up any room he walked into," said Rob Zabrecky, Possum Dixon's frontman. "He was a mysterious and beautiful person. Celso was the heart and soul of our band."

Chavez's family asks that donations be made to the MusiCares/MAP Fund.

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Tonight, in Washington, D.C., Pitchfork partners with the Hirshhorn Museum and Wired to present one of multimedia artist Doug Aitken's "Happening" events for his public art project "SONG 1". The "Happening" features musical contributions from Animal Collective's Geologist, Nicolas Jaar, Oneohtrix Point Never, No Age, High Places, Tim McAfee-Lewis, and Leo Gallo. You can watch the whole event at Pitchfork.tv on YouTube starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Since March 22, "SONG 1" has transformed the exterior of the cylindrical museum into something of an outdoor cinema, casting nightly 360-degree projections onto the 82-foot building. The project's soundtrack has featured spliced-together renditions of the crooner staple "I Only Have Eyes for You" by Beck, Oneohtrix Point Never, No Age, Devendra Banhart, Lucky Dragons, and more. 

At tonight's "Happening", the pre-recorded "SONG 1" soundtrack will be replaced by a live, continuous soundscape. Across multiple stages, artists will perform in accordance with a script organized by Aitken. Their various interpretations of "I Only Have Eyes for You" will blend seemlessly with help from Animal Collective's Geologist, who will DJ various versions of the song in between bands. Nicolas Jaar will sample and loop the set preceeding his own; No Age will perform with gospel singers. The program will run 75 minutes. Pitchfork editor Brandon Stosuy is tweeting from the event. Follow him at @brandonstosuy

Photo by Ruvan Wijesooriya

Quite a busy year for James Murphy in his post-LCD life, with no signs of slowing, either. Murphy has teamed up with Pedro Winter (a.k.a. Busy P) of Ed Banger Records on a series of collaborations to celebrate the opening of a new Levi's store on Champs Elysees in Paris. The pairing was commissioned to symbolize a union between French and American creative cultures. 

Murphy and Winter co-designed limited edition T-shirts and trucker jackets to be sold at the store during its opening months, and curated collections of albums that will soundtrack the store. (Check out their selections, below.) The store will also host an exhibition of artifacts from DFA and Ed Banger. Next month, artists Shepard Fairey and Mr. Andre will conduct a similar collaboration.

Check out a trailer for the whole project after Murphy and Winter's playlists.

James Murphy:

The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow
Suicide: S/T
Modern Lovers: S/T
Echo and the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain
The Stooges: Fun House
The Beatles: Revolver
The Fall: This Nation's Saving Grace
Can: Ege Bamyasi
The Rapture: Echoes
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate
David Bowie: Heroes
Ministry: With Sympathy
John Cale and Lou Reed: Songs for Drella
Kraftwerk: Computer World
The Birthday Party: Prayers on Fire
Six Finger Satellite: Severe Exposure
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Organisation
Kate Bush: Hounds of Love
Public Image Ltd: Metal Box

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Photo by Autumn de Wilde

Beck: "Corrina, Corrina"

Christy Turlington Burns is a big Beck fan. She has solicited him to record a new track for a compilation, Every Mother Counts 2012, that she organized in partnership with Starbucks for her maternal-health advocacy organization Every Mother Counts. The comp also features tracks, many new or previously unreleased, from David Bowie, Lauryn Hill, Patti Smith, Sade, Coldplay, Bono and the Edge, Rufus Wainwright, Eddie Vedder, and more. 

The artists cover 1930s jazz song 'I Only Have Eyes For You' for gallery in Washington, DC

Starting March 22, the multimedia artist Doug Aitken will transform the exterior of the cylindrical Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC into something of an outdoor cinema, casting 360 degree video projections onto the building. A soundtrack will be comprised of spliced- together renditions of the crooner staple "I Only Have Eyes for You" by Beck, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, No Age, Devendra Banhart, Lucky Dragons, and more.

NYC's very own Governors Ball Festival has unveiled its expanded two day lineup, featuring Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Built To Spill, Duck Sauce, Major Lazer and more.