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Girl Friday — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:05:00 GMT

Addendum to previous post re: my friend Kara sucking: Kara clearly does not suck. Could a person that truly sucks have made five pairs of such gorgeous earrings for me over the last year? Kara's earrings are available at The......(read more)

Catfish Haven Prep a Real Devastator of an Album

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:25:00 GMT

Are you ready to blues rock? Well, you've got a couple months to figure it out. Chicago boys made good Catfish Haven will issue their latest album, Devastator , via Secretly Canadian on October 7. The set collects 13 tracks and reportedly features a little disco influence in the midst of all the neo-classic rock. You can get your first taste of this Devastator down below with an MP3 of the album's third track, "Set in Stone". Catfish Haven will hit Chicago's West Fest street...(read more)

Premiere: The Juan MacLean: "The Simple Life (Marcus Worgull Remix)" [Stream]

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:20:00 GMT

More happiness from DFA 's house. The Juan MacLean returned earlier this year with the epic disco of " Happy House ", and this B-side to the former Six Finger Satellite member's latest 12", " The Simple Life ", keeps expectations high for second album The Future Will Come , set to come in the futuristic year of 2009-- four years after Less Than Human . German DJ/producer Marcus Worgull , who runs Cologne's Groove Attack Records , keeps the deep, pulsating house...(read more)

Akon misses court appearance

NME.COM - News — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:18:47 GMT

Akon has failed to appear in court in New York in relation to charges stemming from a 'fan tossing' incident in June 2007. Read More......(read more)

Vampire Weekend, Devo Dude Team for Movie Song

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Devo photo by Kathryn Yu Age 12-17 demographic, get ready: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (not to be confused with Pitchfork's own aborted Infinite Mixtape ), a new film based on the 2006 young adult novel, is coming to a theater near you October 3! This tale of an unlikely, spontaneous romance between a hapless indie rockin' character played by Michael Cera ( Juno , Superbad , "Arrested Development") and a straight-shooting indie rock lovin' character played by Kat...(read more)

Menomena Hit the Road Again

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Photo by Isaac Slusarenko/Jackpot Records Portland, Oregon sons Menomena haven't toured much since their Record Store Day foosball smackdown , but they'll finally take some victory laps starting tomorrow (August 9) in Myslowice, Poland. That show kicks off a round of European dates before the band returns to the U.S. for some West Coast shows in late August and September. Among those September shows is a hometown gig at the Crystal Ballroom on September 6 as part of Musicfest NW . Drummer...(read more)

Kanye West Tells Fans To Be Open-Minded About Homosexuality

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:21:36 GMT

In News: During his Madison Square Garden show...(read more)

Anemoni on East Lake

Girl Friday — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:11:11 GMT

I've received no fewer than four emails and two phone calls in the last two weeks asking what's up with the restaurant spaces on both 33rd and 36th and East Lake. Rumors abound about what Thom Pham has planned for......(read more)

Madonna documentary gets companion book

NME.COM - News — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:10:39 GMT

Madonna's documentary 'I Am Because We are' is set to help the plight of Malawian orphans with the addition of a book. Read More......(read more)

New Music: I'm From Barcelona: "Music Killed Me" [MP3] / "Paper Planes" [Video]

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Somebody must've finally broken the news to I'm From Barcelona about the whole "not really from Barcelona" thing. They're taking it hard. The Swedish indie-pop collective conquered faraway lands with simple, life-affirming pop songs backed by a choir of frontman Emanuel Lundgren's friends on their appropriately 2006 debut, Let Me Introduce My Friends , which featured the communal-spirited standout " We're From Barcelona ". Improbably, on the strength of that...(read more)

Former Spacehog man will not front Velvet Revolver

NME.COM - News — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:46:33 GMT

Former Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon will not be the new singer in Velvet Revolver, according to Duff McKagen. Read More......(read more)

David Holmes - I Heard Wonders

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:46 GMT

In Media: It has been years since DJ-producer David Holmes released an album, but as we told you a few weeks ago, September 8th will see the delivery of 'The Holy......(read more)

Yo La Tengo Release Film Score Compilation

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:20:00 GMT

Yo La Tengo will release a compilation of their soundtrack work, titled They Shoot, We Scor e, via their own Egon imprint on September 5. It contains music from the movies Old Joy (starring Will Oldham), Junebug (featuring but not starring Will Oldham), Game 6 , and Shortbus . (Their music for the forthcoming Ryan Reynolds vehicle Adventureland didn't make the cut.) Of the 27 instrumental tracks on They Shoot, We Score , 26 are previously unreleased. The CD comes with a booklet containing posters...(read more)

The Portland Cello Project

Perfect Porridge — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:17:00 GMT

The cello as an instrument gets a bad rap. It’s like a big violin you can’t hold up to your chin. It’s somehow different than a viola, isn’t usually found south of the mason-dixon line, and typically plays music written by men who’ve been dead for centuries. Enter The Portland Cello Project, a collaborative cohort widely [...]...(read more)

Video: Lykke Li: "Hanging High" (acoustic version; live in Norway)

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:00 GMT

Here's a "Take Away Show"-style video showing Lykke Li and her band performing Youth Novels ' "Hanging High" acoustically in an empty space somewhere in the vicinity of the Øya Festival, which is going on right now. She handles the singing and the bells, someone else is tapping on something, there's a bit of acoustic guitar, and then some nice backing vocals. Great setting for a good tune. (via the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ) [original version from...(read more)

Mr. Mecca - Swagger

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:08:36 GMT

In Media: Mr. Mecca is already a member of the QN5 crew and now he's the latest name to join Abandoned Nation - the crew started by Saigon. 'Swagger' is the name of......(read more)

Metallica get their own US radio station

NME.COM - News — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:07:43 GMT

Metallica will have their very own US radio station, which launches this month to coincide with the release of their highly anticipated forthcoming album 'Death Magnetic', due out worldwide on September 12. Read More......(read more)

Conor Oberst - Souled Out!!!

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:00:17 GMT

In Media: Conor Oberst's new self-titled solo album is out this week, which brings us to this video for album inclusion 'Souled Out!!!'. It's not just ditching......(read more)

Cornelius To Release Sensurround Album

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:48:52 GMT

In News: Featuring a DVD, b-sides, remixes and rarities...(read more)

Enter Shikari Announce UK Tour Dates

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:37:37 GMT

In News: As well as their next single...(read more)

Nicole Scherzinger Dating Will.i.am?

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:30:20 GMT

In News: Reports link the Pussycat Dolls and Black Eyed Peas stars...(read more)

Mary J Blige sued for stealing music

NME.COM - News — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:26:01 GMT

Mary J Blige has been sued by an entertainment company for allegedly stealing music she used on her most recent album and in an iPod commercial. Read More......(read more)

Jose Gonzalez Reveals Short Round of U.S. Dates

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:15:00 GMT

José González has been running on the fumes of last year's In Our Nature LP for a while now, but considering that since then he's released a remix EP and multiple singles and toured practically nonstop, those fumes seem to keep him productive, so why stop now? González's newest venture is a strange little U.S tour consisting of short residencies in Oakland and Brooklyn plus one-off dates in Costa Mesa, California, and Austin. Three of the Brooklyn shows come in December...(read more)

New Music: caUSE co-MOTION!: "I Lie Awake" [MP3/Stream]

Pitchfork Media - Today — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:55:00 GMT

If caUSE co-MOTION! express some regrets about the past on new single "I Lie Awake", it's a subject the lo-fi Brooklyn quartet know well. Releasing singles on What's Your Rupture? , Cape Shok , and Can't Cope over the past three years, these notorious capitalizers/punctuaters have delighted in the sort of scruffy indie pop that the DIY likes of the Desperate Bicycles and the Buzzcocks pioneered in the late 1970s and the Television Personalities and the Pastels kept alive into...(read more)

Nicole Scherzinger

AngryApe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:20:36 GMT

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