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Hip hop punk rockers Death Grips are having their way with 2012. Having already released their recordThe Money Store this year, the Sacramento crew recently made news by first announcing new tour dates, then promptly canceled them all. They have been working on yet another new album due out this year…or so we thought!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N2J4vl2pBY&feature=player_embedded

On Sunday, according to Tiny Mix Tapes, a YouTube user discovered a hidden track  “True Vulture Bare” from Death Grip’s new, upcoming album.Then the Death Grips twitter account began dropping clues about 10/1 and the hash tag #NOLOVEDEEPWEB. So the story across the world wide interwebz today is that their record label Epic wanted to wait until next year (2013) before releasing the new record, which is already completed. Unhappy with the decision, or to drum up some publicity, or both, the band leaked the entire new project online: free. Now this story really starts to get interesting–the band’s website is no longer working! If you try visiting their official site Third Worlds.net, you won’t be able to!  The group says their label Epic is to blame. You can still check out the new work No Love Deep Web, thanks to Soundcloud. Oh yeah, another detail of this story: the cover art contains a penis. Just though you should know.

Via Tiny Mix Tapes

Update (October 2, 2012): The website is back up, you can now see the penis with writing on it for yourself.

Update #2 (October 3, 2012): New tour dates have just been announced! Via Pitchfork

Tour Dates

10-19 Brooklyn, NY – Pitchfork @ Villain
10-27 Asheville, NC – Moogfest
11-01 Berlin, Germany – Festsaal Kreuzberg
11-02 Brussels, Belgium – Magasin 4
11-03 Paris, France – Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
11-05 Bristol, England – The Fleece
11-06 Manchester, England – Sound Control
11-07 London, England – Electric Ballroom #
11-08 Amsterdam, Holland – Bitterzoet
11-10 Lyon, France – Riddim Collision Festival
11-13 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
11-14 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11-16 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
11-18 Toronto, Ontario – Wrong Bar
11-19 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
11-20 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
11-21 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
01-18 Sydney, Australia – Big Day Out Festival, Sydney Showgrounds
01-20 Southport, Australia – Big Day Out Festival, Parklands
01-25 Adelaide, Australia – Big Day Out Festival, Adelaide Convention Centre
01-26 Melbourne, Australia – Big Day Out Festival, Flemington Racecourse
01-28 Perth, Australia – Big Day Out Festival, McCallum Park

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