Germany’s Lali Puna, featuring Markus Acher of The Notwist (new record any time soon?  hello?), has joined the line-up for Iceland’s Icelandic Airwaves festival, joining Bloc Party, !!!, Mum, Bonde de Role, and Of Montreal on the bill, which takes place on October 17-21 in Reykjavik. Enter to win a trip to the festival here.

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French duo Justice has announced a brief US tour to support its debut full-length. When the southernmost date on the East coast is in Philadelphia, then South Carolina has less than no shot in hell.

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Uhh, not sure what to make of this video from Damon Albarn’s all-star band. Directed by Steven Pook, it follows excerpts from a Sufi ceremony.

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A Chinese punk band obsessed with Johnny Thunders sounds pretty fucking bad ass to me. Joyside channels the seedy underbelly of American punk rock through the lens of filmmaker Kevin Fritz. The band drinks itself senseless as it walks Fritz through its societal apathy, binge drinking, and rudimentary punk rock. And with songs like “I Don’t Care About […]

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This year’s CMJ Music Marathon will premiere Anton Corbijn’s Joy Division biopic, Control, at the Film Forum in New York City on October 10. This is the first chance to see the film, which we are guilty of hyping on more than one occasion, on US soil.

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Naming your band after something as transient as youth comes back to bite you if you try to stick around too long. And The Beastie Boys have certainly pushed the limits of absurdity, carrying their moniker into their respective 40’s. It’s beyond ridiculous when you think that these guys came out of the box flanked […]

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If anything, Ryan Adams knows how to alienate everyone around him. He’s a petulant and defensive interviewee, a humorless spoiled brat on stage, and an indulgent virtuoso on record. It’s amazing anyone even pays attention to him anymore. I suppose his antics work to keep his name in print, but none of it helps his […]

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