Digital Digest: Bjork, Wilco, Lee Scratch Perry and more

Bjork’s new track Crystalline is up YouTube in full after a snippet of her listening to it in her car emerged online a couple of weeks ago.
Wilco have made ther return with new single I Might. Stereogum have all the latest on the new track which is the first to come out on Tweedy and co’s own label dBpm.
Lee Scratch Perry has recorded verses and weaved them into Gang Gang Dance’sMindkilla – which CMU has ready for you to download.
Nearly $400 million has been invested in digital music start-ups this year – see who and how much at Digital Music News.
Two students have been testing and experimenting to see if there is any science behind what makes a hit record. Their results and more insight is available at Chart Porn.
Spike Jonze has teamed up with Arcade Fire and made a 28-minute documentary inspired by their album The Suburbs. Mubi.com have Sounds of the Suburbs available in full to watch ahead of its release as part of the reissue of the album next month.
Alice Cooper was joined on stage by Johnny Depp who played guitar while gigging at The 100 Club – NME.com reports.
Turntable.FM has been shut down to everyone except people in the US. More information here.
Ever wondered how a multi-national Swedish company would organise its office space? Well, Hypebeast have been let into Spotify’s offices and have the photos to show you what goes on.
Sophie Ellis Bexter is concerned her contribution to the iPod has not been fully recognised – Holy Moly with a full explanation.
Dave Grohl has admitted to performing Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time in 17-years with other ex-Nirvana band mates during a run through for a Foo Fighter’s gig – and the only people to hear it were themselves and the sound engineer. Full story up at NME.com.
A Texan commodity trader has snapped up Michael Jackson’s iconic red jacket from the Thriller video for a cool $1.8 million (£1.1 million). Contact Music have more details.
The video for SBTRKT’sWildfire is up on YouTube.

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