Staunchly independent Chicago label Touch and Go is launching a digital download service some time in June. Pricing will be on par with Apple’s iTunes, at 99 cents per song and $9.99 per album. The site will carry both current and catalog releases. It’s catalog boasts a diverse roster, including Big Black, Don Caballero, The […]

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It’s being tagged as the “last great” Beatles song, but it’s nothing of the sort. Yoko Ono gave McCartney a Lennon demo called “Now and Then” in 1994 as part of the Beatles Anthology project. McCartney is just now completing it with help from archived guitar parts by the late George Harrison and current drumming […]

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As the executor of Kurt Cobain’s estate, former Hole frontwoman, Courtney Love, has every legal right to do what she likes with Cobain’s belongings, but her constant pursuit of cash has long since passed the point of tackiness. Love’s latest scheme is to sell Cobain’s personal affects: “My daughter doesn’t need to inherit a giant […]

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Blur plans to meet up in the studio this summer to decide whether to record an album or call it quits. Estranged guitarist Graham Coxon is on board for the meeting, where the band will decide if it can work together productively, after his acrimonious split with the band in 2002. Bassist Alex James confirmed […]

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If you get handcufed to a hook in Boy George’s London house, you have obviously made more than a few incorrect decisions in your life. The former Culture Club frontman has been arrested for allegations of false imprisonment and assault, involving a 28 year old man, Auden Carleson. Carleson had been invited to George’s house […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/hFnBDf3Warg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Bjork came out to the huge crowd at Coachella in a giant mushroom hat that looked like it had been pelted with dyed easter eggs to sing her new single, “Earth Intruders.” Her seventh studio album, Volta, is out on Atlantic May 7.

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A friend just emailed me the new Interpol single; it’s a rip from KROQ, thus, the high treble. But it still sounds pretty damn good. More jerky, staccato rhythms a la “Obstacle 1” but much more upbeat than expected, almost in line with “Slow Hands.” Keyboards definitely play a more prominent role. Paul Banks’ lyrics […]

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