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Hot Links: Music News for April 9, 2014

Written by Christopher Hassiotis | Apr 9, 2014 09:00 PM

The title track off Michael Jackson's upcoming posthumous release XSCAPE leaked online today. The track, dripping with paranoia and pop propulsion, was cowritten by Rodney "Darkchild" Jenkins. The full album comes out May 13. [MTV]

The National Museum of African American Music is coming to Downtown Nashville to honor contributions of musicians like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Jimi Hendrix and many, many more. An Outkast tribute concert tomorrow will raise funds; projections put the cost at $25 million, more than two-thirds of which has already been raised. [Rolling Stone]

Bily Corgan will release the new experimental project AEGEA by the end of May. Only 250 copies of the album will exist, hand-numbered and annotated by Corgan himself, and will cost $59.95. [Stereogum]