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Listen: Azealia Banks Covers the Strokes' "Barely Legal", Plus Azealia...
Photo by Ebru Yildiz Azealia Banks: "Barely Legal" (The Strokes cover) on SoundCloud. Azealia Banks is not backing down from doing versions of other people's songs after the bizarre "Harlem Shake"...
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Watch: Kids From Portland's School of Rock Cover Battles' Album Mirrored in...
School of Rock is a franchise of music schools throughout North and South America that teaches kids how "to rock on stage and in life" through lessons, camps, and workshops. The school has a program...
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Listen to the New David Bowie Album
It's been a decade, and it's finally here: The new David Bowie album The Next Day, out March 12, is now available to be heard in full, via iTunes. Listen away.Here's the video for "The Stars (Are Out...
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RZA Fights Back, Sues Company Accusing Him of Infringement on Kanye West's...
Photo by Erez AvissarRZA is fighting back against a company that has accused him of copyright infringement with a lawsuit of his own. Billboard reports that he's suing JVC Kenwood Holdings, which owns...
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Toro Y Moi, Rhye, Rustie, Disclosure, Youth Lagoon, Sky Ferreira, More to...
Pitchfork is heading to Austin for SXSW. We'll host four events at spaces around town on Tuesday, March 12, Wednesday, March 13, and Thursday, March 14. The shows will feature artists such as Toro Y...
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Watch Thurston Moore's Band Chelsea Light Moving Play a Birthday Party in...
When Thurston Moore's new band Chelsea Light Moving announced their debut full-length, the press release included a note that the band were "ready to detonate any birthday party, wedding or hullaboo in...
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Listen: Unearthed Sufjan Track: "Give a Little Love"
Sufjan Stevens has posted a previously unheard recording, an "abandoned song from 2010," over on his Tumblr. It's called "Give a Little Love" and might have been an outtake from Stevens' 2010 EP All...
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Van Dyke Parks to Release Songs Cycled, First Album of New Material Since 1989
Van Dyke Parks: "Hold Back Time" on SoundCloud. Last year, British label Bella Union reissued Van Dyke Parks' first three solo albums: Song Cycle, Discover America, and Clang of the Yankee Reaper. The...
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Watch Buke and Gase's Eerie "General Dome" Video
New York duo Buke and Gase, known for their very DIY approach with homemade instruments, have shared a kaleidoscopic clip for "General Dome" off their recent LP of the same name. The montage of eerie,...
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R.I.P. Australian DJ, Producer, and Label Head Ajax
Yolanda Be Cool: "Love Keeps" (Ajax remix) on SoundCloud. Adrian Thomas, the Australian DJ, producer, and label head better known as DJ Ajax, died in an automobile accident in Melbourne yesterday,...
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Art Brut to Release Best-Of Comp Top of the Pops
If you've ever seen Art Brut live, you've probably witnessed the band leading the crowd in a chant of "Art Brut! Top of the Pops! Art Brut! Top of the Pops!" Now, they're releasing a "best-of"...
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The Breeders Detail Last Splash 20th Anniversary Reissue: Demos, Unreleased...
On April 23, 4AD will release the 20th anniversary reissue of the Breeders' classic Last Splash album, details of which are now available. LSXX, as the label has dubbed it, will be available as a...
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Beat Happening Reissuing Entire Catalogue This Year
K Records founder Calvin Johnson's pioneering indie pop band Beat Happening have announced plans to reissue their entire catalogue this year, in chronological order. The group's 1985 self-titled debut,...
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White Stripes, Flaming Lips, Black Keys, Iron & Wine, Foals, More Outline...
Record Store Day, which takes place April 20, champions mom-and-pop music shops with special releases only available in independent stores on that day. Warner Bros., a sponsor of Record Store Day, has...
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Staples Center Wasn't 100% Vegetarian for Last Night's Morrissey Concert
The verdict is in regarding whether or not the Staples Center would go 100% vegetarian for last night's Morrissey concert. Multiple tweets from showgoers confirm that although the McDonald's outlets...
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Watch Prince Perform, Throw a Guitar on "Fallon"
Sometimes when an artist appears on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon", they perform with the Roots. Prince didn't do that. Instead, he borrowed Captain Kirk Douglas' guitar (according to Black Thought),...
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Watch: Big Boi Enlists Horn Section, Epic Meal Time for "Apple of My Eye" Video
Big Boi's video for the Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors track "Apple of My Eye" is mostly a pretty straightforward live performance video with help from a horn section and Jake Troth. The performance...
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Listen: New Glass Candy: "The Possessed"
Glass Candy: "The Possessed" (Extended Runway Edit) on SoundCloud. Johnny Jewel has shared a new track from Glass Candy, which will appear on the forthcoming Italians Do It Better compilation After...
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Win a Recording Session With Wilco's Jeff Tweedy
Photo by Loren WohlRight now, Chicago high school Northside College Prep is hosting an auction online to help raise money for the school. And there's one particularly big ticket item up for grabs: an...
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Snoop Lion Details Album Features, Release Date
Snoop Lion, the reggae alter ego of Snoop Dogg, has shared more details from his forthcoming album Reincarnated. It's out April 23 (yes, the week of 4/20) via Berhane Sound System, Mad Decent, VICE...
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