On October 2, Decca records will release Mantaray, Siouxsie Sioux’s first solo record without any Banshees or Creatures in tow. This would be Siouxsie’s first record of any kind since The Creature’s Hai! in 2003. Tracklisting for Mantaray: 1. “Into a Swan” 2. “About to Happen” 3. “Here Comes that Day” 4. “Loveless” 5. “If […]

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Blur performing with the Boys Choir of Harlem shortly after the release of 13, the last record to feature Graham Coxon as a full-time member (he played on one song on 2003’s Think Tank).

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I couldn’t get enough of Chromeo’s “Needy Girl” video a few summers ago. The duo just released Fancy Footwork on Vice, which streamlines its deconstruction of synth pop and funk with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Chromeo – “Tenderoni” – mp3

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Being big in Iceland doesn’t exactly have a lot of perks. For Benni Hemm Hemm, three years of hype (Rolling Stone said he “evoked the sunshine prospect of Brian Wilson conducting a troupe of Salvation Army horns at a 1967 Smile session”) and selling 30,000 records in a country with a population of 300,000 meant […]

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The Guardian hilariously picks apart Duran Duran’s most insanely pretentious video: “Come with me. It is 1984. Duran Duran – young heartthrobs with glossy torsos and rippling hair – are at the forefront of the musical genre that would later become known as “Really Eighties-sounding Music.”

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These Atlanta girls can barely play their instruments, but there’s enough charm to compensate for the lack of musicianship. It’s showy vulgarity dressed down in three-chord punk with plenty of affected attitude, valley girl-isms, Dr. Dre keyboards, and sing-song melodies to keep the impending boredom at bay. The Coathangers – “Parking Lot” – mp3 http://www.thecoathangers.com/

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The electronic duo’s cinematic debut, Electroma, is self-described as “experimental and inaccessible; however, it’s a movie that does not require your brain to function.” What the cock could this film be about? Evidently, it’s even weirder than you might well imagine. The film is 70 minutes long, has no talking, and features no original music […]

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