COFFEE TALK: Week In Review, F/ Sonic Youth, Tricky, Anthony Bourdain, Beck, The Cure …

TRICKY, during his ‘Tricky kid’ days with Martina Topley-Bird

Lots of good reading here for the long weekend. We might just post some surprises while we’re out of town and bored in Amish country, PA, too. Stay tuned to our RSS or Twitter …

• Radiohead played and streamed the final show of their North American tour last night.
• Remember when Antony Hegarty used to appear onstage with Lou Reed all the time?
• Rick Moody has contributed liner notes to a new Danielson Famile collection.
• Beck and his father, conductor David Campbell, will perform together for the first time at LA’s Hollywood Bowl next month.
• Soulwax’s live DVD/documentary is coming out next week, so the Guardian asked members of the Chemical Brothers, Hot Chip, the Gossip and many more to quiz the duo.
• Just when you thought your ’stache was bad ass, this feature comes out.
• Johnny Marr has joined the Cribs as a full-time member.
• Talk about a lengthy Ben Gibbard interview!
• Speaking of the Death Cab frontman, he helped Zooey Deschanel and others with a special DNC party this week. (It’s no Vanity Fair, but whatever, right?)
• You might want to be careful with what you leak these days. After all, that G N’ R guy just got nabbed by the feds.
• Moby covered the DNC for Blender this week.
• Facebook, the movie? Um, yeah.
• A Gallagher brother apparently inspired Lars Ulrich to quit the white stuff.
• We’re more partial to Anthony Bourdain, however.
• Trojan—yes, the condom company—is offering grants to musicians.
• Woody Allen’s still priceless after all these years.
• Metric have announced plans for their next album.
• Adam Schlesinger is working on songs for Stephen Colbert’s Christmas show.
• Sonic Youth are close to signing a new deal with an indie label.
• Fox has sparked a nasty fight over the rights to next year’s Watchmen movie. And here’s why people care.
• The Wire posted an exclusive live Tricky clip. Check out this 13-year-old (!) essay on Maxinquaye—one of self-titled’s favorite LPs of all time—too.
• The Streets has set a release date for his next album, and is already fielding interviews for it.
• My Bloody Valentine have unleashed their two LPs, EPs on iTunes.
• The Smiths have a double-disc retrospective on the way.
• The Cure have confirmed the name, release date of their thirteenth album.
• One of Sunburned Hand of the Man’s core members passed away of unknown causes earlier this week.
• Stars are streaming a new song from their newly-announced EP, Sad Robots.
• Bob Dylan-blessed harmonicas will be available for sale soon.
• Anyone with actual disposable income is urged to buy this limited box set RIGHT NOW.
• James Jackson Toth of Wooden Wand is taking the Dutches & the Duke on tour this fall.

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