A friend of mine visited Canada some years ago, and his recount of that trip left me with the impression that our neighbors to the north were freaks for Rod Stewart, Dairy Queen and ketchup-flavored potato chips. Granted, that was before The Arcade Fire’s Funeral had become a requirement for your hipster merit badge or […]

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Is it me, or has Beck been listening to a lot of LCD Soundsystem? Cool fan-made video, though, for Beck’s strange, one-off-no-new-album-plans single.

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Those who suck at Guitar Hero may have cause to rejoice with the news that the Sex Pistols have re-recorded their quintessential hit “Anarchy in the UK” for inclusion in the third installment of the video game series. Sloppy punk should be a bit easier than the typical metal fare. Evidently, the band’s record company […]

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If you didn’t know all along that George Michael was gay, you’re gay. I mean, come on, have you seen the video for Wham’s “Wake Me Up before You Go Go?” That was the biggest coming out party I’ve ever seen. Some people still pretended to act surprised when Michael finally admitted he preferred a […]

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Replacements legend Paul Westerberg is healing slowly after gouging his hand with a screwdriver while attempting to remove wax from a candle. It’s kind of a random way to mess up your hand but fitting for a man whose whole career has been on the unpredictable side. Westerberg recently appeared on The Craft , which Billboard […]

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The Depeche Mode frontman’s second solo record is due out October 23 on Virgin. It’s nearly impossible for Gahan to shake the Depeche Mode footprint, especially when his solo work mines similar electronic terrain to the mothership. His commanding baritone has always been his bread and butter, but his songwriting is improving by leaps and […]

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Paul Banks deadpans an un-ironic plea for a little bedroom hijinks to stave off romantic complacency in Interpol’s second official single from Our Love to Admire, while simultaneously taking the piss out of his band’s pretentious image. Carlos D’s cowboy fro and accompanying unsmiling mustache are just too much. Directed by Patrick Daughters (Feist, Bright […]

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