Provided by Pitchfork In our interview with Shins frontman James Mercer in May, he teased us with a new project. “Both the label and the person I collaborated with are like, ‘We should chill,’ so I’m not going to talk about that,” he said. Well, Mercer is chilling no longer, apparently. Mercer has teamed up […]
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Shin’s Member and Danger Mouse Team Up
September 29th, 2009 
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Comments Off on Shin’s Member and Danger Mouse Team UpRare Of Montreal EP Sent To Vinyl
September 29th, 2009 Val Provided by Aversion An eight-song effort Of Montreal released way before most of you cared about them is coming to vinyl for the first time, since most of you probably weren’t into vinyl either when it was originally released. Hey, it wasn’t cool to be listening to indie pop in 1997, when the band first […]
Raekwon, Ghostface, and Method Man Reunited
September 29th, 2009 Val Courtesy of Pitchfork On Only Built for Cuban Linx II tracks like “House of Flying Daggers”, the trio of Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man showed that they still have the same rowdy fuck-shit-up chemistry that they had back when the Wu-Tang Clan first rose to rap dominance a good decade and a half ago. […]
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September 29th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork You have to have some serious balls to spit in a bouncer’s face when you’re a tiny British woman. Lady Sovereign has some serious balls. The rapper was arrested in Brisbane, Australia this past weekend after spitting on a bouncer, as Billboard reports. Sov was charged with assault and spent the night […]
Diddy Ditches Warner
September 28th, 2009 Val Provided by Billboard After a five-year run, Sean “Diddy” Combs confirmed with Billboard that he is exiting his exclusive deal with Warner Music Group/Atlantic Records at the end of this month. A new, as-yet-not-officially-announced deal is in place, according to his spokeswoman. The joint venture for Bad Boy’s current roster and catalog with WMG will […]
Arcade Fire, Spoon, & Others Remixed
September 28th, 2009 Val Provided By Stereogum SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It’s out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at Merge. listen here!
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September 28th, 2009 Val Provided by Paste Nearly 100 musicians attended yesterday’s meeting to support Lily Allen’s fight against digital piracy, then greeted the U.K. pop star with cheers when she decided to pay a surprise visit. Billy Bragg , Patrick Wolf and Radiohead’s Ed Brien had also joined George Michael and Annie Lennox in signing a statement further […]
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September 26th, 2009 Val Provided by Rolling Stone Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith — fresh off contributing to supergroup Chickenfoot and picking up a nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — has just launched another project, the all-instrumental Bombastic Meatbats. While the group sounds similar at times to Smith’s full-time gig, there is a […]
N.E.R.D, Wale to Tour With Jay-Z
September 26th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork The single best reason to go see Jay-Z live is Jay-Z himself. Onstage, Jay is so regal it’s unreal. His catalog of hits is ridiculously deep, his ability to transition between songs is unparalleled, and his live band is one of the few in rap who actually enhance songs rather than just […]
Austin City Limits Season Line-Up
September 26th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork For its 35th anniversary, revered PBS live performance program “Austin City Limits” has recruited an impressive, eclectic group of acts including indie rocking P4k faves (Andrew Bird, M. Ward, St. Vincent, Okkervil River), big-time arena acts (Pearl Jam, Them Crooked Vultures, Dave Matthews), unfuckwithable legends (Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Allen Toussaint), and […]
Posted in News Tags: austin city limits, dead weather, kings of leon, yeah yeah yeahs Comments Off on Austin City Limits Season Line-UpRyan Adams Turned Artist
September 25th, 2009 Val Provided by Spin Ryan Adams is willing to go the distance for charity. In fact, the rocker-cum-author-cum-painter will even alter his artwork especially for YOU — as along as the price is right. “I can just change them if they’re not good. I’ve got some more orange and blue paints, ya know!” Adams told the […]
Lily Allen Out of Business?
September 25th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork Earlier this week, British pop star Lily Allen launched something of a crusade against the Featured Artists Coalition, the British musicians’ advocacy group that includes members of bands like Radiohead and Blur. The FAC’s crime, in Allen’s eyes, was opposing a British governmental proposal that would cut the internet connections of people […]