NEWS: Adele's James Bond Theme, Frank Ocean on 'SNL' & More

Posted on Sep 17th 2012 3:30PM by Caitlin White
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Adele has been confirmed to sing the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film "Skyfall," which will also be the name of the song. [Diffuser.fm]

Frank Ocean further confirmed his star power on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, performing two cuts from his debut album Channel Orange. The singer was joined, rather awkwardly, by John Mayer. [Paste]

Murder By Death has a new album out called Bitter Moon, Bitter Drink that is available for streaming. Hear their dark Americana sounds over at MTV. [MTV Hive]

As if Ben Folds Five wasn't drawing enough "blast-from-the-past" hype with the release of their first album in 13 years, they've incorporated the characters of Fraggle Rock into the music video for their single "Do It Anyway." [Aux.tv]

Justin Vernon turns to his fans for help fashioning a tattoo. Bon Iver owes its name to "Northern Exposure," a TV show about a small town in Alaska, and now he wants a tattoo inspired by it. [Pitchfork]

Finally, check out the newly released video for "Cherokee" from Cat Power's new album Sun. It features the singer, zombies, laser guns and lots of scary desert. Oh also, Chan directed it herself.

Watch Cat Power's "Cherokee" Video