The newly regrouped No Doubt will perform Adam Ant’s “Stand and Deliver” on an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl. The single leaked yesterday- a full month before the show is set to air, and it’s everywhere today. I’m definitely a fan of the original, but it’s an odd choice for No Doubt to cover, as […]

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I have found no band to fill the void left by Unwound. I can’t believe they’ve been broken up for seven years. This clip is of “All Souls Day” off their second album (technically, their third if you count that self-titled Honey Bear release) New Plastic Ideas; no idea when this footage was recorded, but […]

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Via I Like comes an update and a sneak preview of the Stuart Murdoch musical God Help The Girl.

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When I first saw Dirty Projectors a few years ago, I was immediately drawn in by the vocal interaction with the oddly compelling chord changes. The band has remained on my radar ever since, but I hadn’t ever quite given it as much attention as I intended. Then I heard “Knotty Pine“, a collaboration with […]

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I was just reminded of this song by Kommunity FK because a friend sent me a completely arbitrary list of the 30 Best Goth Records of all time, and I lamented this song’s omission. In high school my tastes often veered towards the darker side: Sisters of Mercy, Southern Death Cult, Bauhaus, etc., and Kommunity […]

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On June 30, 2009, EMI plans to release two double-disc sets of vintage Duran Duran material. The first set is a live DVD/CD of Duran Duran’s triumphant show at the Hammersmith Odeon in late 1982, cleverly titled Live at Hammersmith ’82!, as the band was first exploding in the UK with its second album Rio. […]

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Man, I’m embarrassed to admit I kinda dig on this new Lady Sov. It’s all over the airwaves in LDN. It must be that Cure sample. Apparently I’m not alone, “SO HUMAN” charted in the UK Top 40 before its official release.

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