So “Needy Girl” wasn’t just an underground one-hit wonder after all. This Montreal synth-funk duo has more to offer than slick catchy joke throwbacks. Its latest record for Vice, Fancy Footwork, has inspired all kinds of people to fight for a piece of the action. The Beastie Boys have offered up a few opening slots on their current tour, […]

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On October 23, Lost Highway will release a seven-song EP by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, entitled Follow the Lights, which follows closely on the heels of his latest full-length Easy Tiger. Two new songs are interspersed with some older ones, all of which were recorded live in the studio this summer. The two new […]

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To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the seminal classic Never Mind the Bollocks, punk rock’s cartoonish (and, let’s face it, manufactured) poster children are planning a one-off show in London at Brixton Academy to run through the old standards. Sounds pretty punk. Just couldn’t resist cashing in one more time, eh boys? […]

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M.I.A. tones it way down for national TV, performing one of maybe two songs from her new record, Kala, that would even be remotely suitable in this context. The sampled gunshots are replaced with muted electronic sounds, and M.I.A.’s energy is sorely lacking, as is her ability, apparently, to hit any sort of note consistently. […]

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Nooooooo. Jesus, people are selling out left and right. Stephin Merritt’s baritone nonchalantly breezes through this nursery rhyme tune, replete with sarcastic intonation, but that hardly makes up for the egregious error in judgment. (via idolator)

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Famous mainly for opening for the Sex Pistols at Winterland on the last date of the Pistols’ first American tour, The Avengers were as punk rock as you could get. The band never even released an album during its life span, which was only about two years (1977-1979). The band’s rudimentary punk sparked enough interest […]

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Mournful acoustic plucker Jose Gonzalez is gearing up to release his latest record, In Our Nature, on September 25 via Mute by kicking off three nights in New York City. While he’s there, he’s planning on taping a spot on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. His tour dates are spotty, but he’s hitting both coasts and some select […]

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