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New Yeasayer: Henrietta

May 16, 2012
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New Yeasayer: Henrietta Check out the Brooklyn band’s new offering. After a series of cryptic tweets, pictures, and generally indecipherable messages from Brooklyn indie darlings Yeasayer, they have released a new song Henrietta, which can be streamed below. Fun fact: The band apparently sent out free copies of the track to members of its...
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Preview Gold Panda’s upcoming 7″

May 15, 2012
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Preview Gold Panda’s upcoming 7″ Stream “Mountain” and “Financial District” below. Today, the UK’s Gold Panda has released new tracks for an upcoming 7″ single set to be released on vinyl in about a month. Out of the kindness of his heart, he has also uploaded the tracks to his SoundCloud for our musical...
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Sigur Rós to host hour-long Valtari listening event

May 15, 2012
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Sigur Rós to host hour-long Valtari listening event May 17, 7pm. For those of you eagerly awaiting Sigur Rós‘s new album Valtari, you may have a chance to hear the album a bit early. On May 17, at 7pm across the globe, Sigur Rós is hosting a sort of listening party they have dubbed...
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New Florence + The Machine “Breath of Life” Video

May 14, 2012
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Florence Welch Scoring ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ with “Breath of Life” Watch the remarkable Florence Welch in action as she sings “Breath of Life”, to be included in the new film, “Snow White and the Huntsman”. Florence sings lead over a full orchestra and choir, as recordings of her are intercut with scenes...
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Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Deluxe Blood Edition Details Revealed!

May 13, 2012
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Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Deluxe Blood Edition Details Revealed! Well, that was a mouthful. If I know the demographic I write to (and I do), you’re the kind of guys that have a spare 2,500 dollars burning a hole through your pockets. Well, have I got an impulse buy for you. The Flaming...
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New Sigur Rós: Dauðalogn

May 13, 2012
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New Sigur Rós: Dauðalogn The track was premiered on Vampire Diaries. Word of warning- the embedded video below contains end-of-season spoilers for the show Vampire Diaries. The title of the video itself is a spoiler too, so if you’re watching the show and not caught up, click back over to the front page and...
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New Grimes Music Video: Nightmusic

May 11, 2012
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New Grimes Music Video: Nightmusic Check out the Canadian rising star’s new video. Grimes seems to have a hand in everything that’s coming out of Canada these days, producing, directing videos, laying down cameo verses, whatever. That’s why it’s at least a bit refreshing to see this music video for Grimes. Because, you know,...
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Nigel Godrich (producer for Radiohead, Beck) forms a band

May 10, 2012
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Nigel Godrich (producer for Radiohead, Beck) forms a band Listen to Ultraísta’s “Smalltalk” right here. Chances are, if you know the name of one producer still working today, it’s Nigel Godrich. The man is behind the scenes on many of the most influential albums of our generation, so it’s pretty damn exciting that he...
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New Magnetic Fields music video: Quick!

May 9, 2012
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New Magnetic Fields music video: Quick! It’s like Sesame Street, but with less Muppets. The Magnetic Fields, fresh off of their recent release Love at the Bottom of the Sea, has started cranking out videos. The first single to receive the video treatment is the album’s Quick! The video is adorable, guys. Watch it...
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New Single From Scissor Sisters: “Let’s Have A Kiki”

May 8, 2012
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Scissor Sisters Release New Single: “Let’s Have A Kiki” So the first question on your mind might be, “What the hell is a Kiki?!”  According to the Scissor Sisters front woman, Ana Matronic, a kiki is, “a party for calming all your nerves.”  Urban dictionary elaborates that it means, “to get overly excited catching up with...
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