With only a smattering of live shows in the US this spring, Damon Albarn’s dowdy postcard from London, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, hit the NYC Apple store on March 12th for a quick set, which has, rather opportunistically, turned into an exclusive live EP on itunes.

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/aygAu1x2uQo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] This video isn’t out yet in the US. It’s the title track off Winehouse’s second album, which just debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, making her the highest debuting British female artist in the history of the chart, which is sort of hard to believe. […]

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Battles completely destroyed Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC Saturday night. If this show was any indication, the new record, Mirrored (due May 15th), is going to be amazing. John Stanier (Tomahawk, ex-Helmet) on the drums is a fucking machine. Playing to all those loops is pretty much like playing to a metronome for 90 […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/2iqg3LVx2Ws” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Video for one of the best songs of the year thus far. Menomena is currently on tour supporting Friend or Foe, out now on Barsuk. The remaining shows: March 27 – Great Scott, Allston, Mass. March 28 – Bowery Ballroom, New York March 29 – Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. […]

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According to ExtraTV of all places, No Doubt plans to record a follow-up to 2001’s Rock Steady, says lead singer Gwen Stefani: “I’m sniffing around with No Doubt; we’re going to record another record next.” And to celebrate 20 years as a band, No Doubt has just opened a YouTube channel with rare and exclusive […]

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Bjork’s performance at this year’s Coachella kicks off her tour a few nights prior to the release of Volta, her seventh studio album. This alleged “world tour” is only running 16 dates, three of which are in New York and two in Canada. Seems pretty slack to me, but that’s probably because I’m annoyed she […]

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With a remix record (Interpretaciones del Oso) having just hit shelves a few weeks ago, Minus the Bear is finishing up the follow-up to 2005’s Menos el Oso with former member, Matt Bayles, behind the desk. Bayles left the band last year to focus on production and has recently worked with Mastadon and Isis. Progress […]

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