James Lavelle is hitting the road for the first time as UNKLE, debuting on American soil at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. He will be backed by a seven-piece band. For a taste of what the live show has in store, go here. It’s an extremely brief tour, so only get excited if you live […]

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One of these things doesn’t look like the other. 2007 Nominees for Video Of The Year: Beyonce “Irreplaceable” Justice “D.A.N.C.E.” Rihanna f/ Jay-Z “Umbrella” Justin Timberlake “What Goes AroundÅ Comes Around” Kanye West “Stronger” Amy Winehouse “Rehab”

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Radiohead guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Greenwood composed Popcorn Superhet Receiver in 2004 when he was the BBC Concert Orchestra’s Composer in Residence. The piece was nominated for the BBC British Composer Award and “inspired by radio static and the extended, dissonant chords of Polish Composer Penderecki’s Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima.” Its US debut will be […]

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Beyond bizarre video of David Bowie in his ‘Thin White Duke’ phase having a quick karate lesson on cheesy American TV. Bowie’s reaction to the overtly sincere instructor’s hypothetical attack is hilarious: “I would scream very loudly.”

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Siouxsie’s not exactly avoiding her gothic image in this first video for her first solo record. It’s a slick, sort of Lynchian Cirque Du Soleil. “Into a Swan” is out August 27 in multiple formats.

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“Nobody did more to smuggle eerie psychedelic filth into the American pop mainstream” (9 July 1929 – 4 August 2007)

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The fact that I’m still sort of ho-hum about this record after so many months is probably not a good sign. And even this amusing video can’t save the weakest track on the album.

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