The first taste of Arctic Monkeys’ fourth LP has surfaced. With the album not due out until summer, the band seems to be getting a head start here. This first single, “Brick by Brick,” is yet another departure for the Sheffield quartet. After throwing fans for a loop on Humbug, their Josh Homme-produced exploration of […]

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Odd, but potentially entertaining. I still remember seeing my first Le Tigre show at the old Justice League in San Francisco. Absolutely blew my mind at the time. I had flirted with Kathleen Hanna’s music in the past, but nothing from her had ever punched me in the face quite like that live show. And […]

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If you pre-ordered Radiohead’s The King of Limbs, you may now download the digital version, a full 24 hours earlier than expected. I’m on my first listen as I type, but the volume is too low to get the full impact because I can’t crank it at work. Only eight songs, but they are mostly […]

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Given Stephin Merritt’s admiration for Jesus & Mary Chain, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at how much this sounds like a long lost Magnetic Fields song.

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At least it is less of a Joy Division ripoff.

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