Update: Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace Drop Seismic New Single, 'Default'

Thom Yorke and Flea of Atoms for Peace

Atoms for Peace – the electro-rock supergroup that includes Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich and Flea – released a new single on iTunes yesterday called "Default." It's a complicated track: over a drum pattern that skips and skitters, the synths swell to near-seismic levels while retaining a calm that matches Yorke's ever-haunting croon.

The group first got together a few years ago for a handful of live shows. "We got a big buzz from them and discovered loads of energy from transforming the music from electronic to live, and so afterwards, we carried on for a few days in the studio and decided to make it a loose, on-going thing," Yorke says in a statement. "Immersed in the area between the two . . . electronic and live."

You can pick up the track at iTunes or stream it over at We All Want Someone to Shout For. XL Recordings will officially release the single on September 10th. Atoms for Peace plan to release a full-length album sometime in 2013.

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Update: Pussy Riot Members Found Guilty, Get Two-Year Prison Terms

Three members of Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in prison today after a Russian court found them guilty of "hooliganism" in connection with a February "punk prayer" protest they staged against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral, Reuters reports. 

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, and Maria Alyokhina, 24, jailed since March, have received expressions of support from musicians including Paul McCartney, Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers during legal proceedings that have been criticized as a politically motivated show trial intended to chill dissent against Putin. The women said that theirs was a political protest that was never intended to offend the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Update: Pussy Riot Members Found Guilty, Get Two-Year Prison Terms

Three members of Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in prison today after a Russian court found them guilty of "hooliganism" in connection with a February "punk prayer" protest they staged against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral, Reuters reports. 

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, and Maria Alyokhina, 24, jailed since March, have received expressions of support from musicians including Paul McCartney, Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers during legal proceedings that have been criticized as a politically motivated show trial intended to chill dissent against Putin. The women said that theirs was a political protest that was never intended to offend the Russian Orthodox Church.

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