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• The Mountain Goats and Kaki King have collaborated on a Nintendo-inspired EP.
• Get all of your VMA coverage here. (That’d be MTV’s Music Video Awards, which were quite painful to watch last night … unless you’re a hormonal teenager, of course.)
• Russell Brand caused quite a stir, though.
• Apple is announcing a new series of iPods tomorrow.
• Neil Diamond, Bon Jovi are both on track for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nods.
• Built To Spill premiered their front-to-back performance of Perfect From Now On this past weekend.
• Sufjan Stevens has invited Budos Band, St. Vincent and more to perform at his “Takeover” event at Brooklyn’s Academy of Music.
• Noel Gallagher of Oasis apparently fractured a rib during this onstage fracas.
• Lightning Bolt launch a world tour this Saturday.
• Blender is now accepting questions for their “Dear Superstar” feature with Lars Ulrich.
• NPR has posted an incredible Radiohead set from the Santa Barbara Bowl.
• The Misfits have dropped off their tour with Motörhead.
• Rent ended its Broadway run last night.
• Ivan Reitman has confirmed the beginning stages of Ghostbusters 3.
• Kano, the grime superstar that wasn’t, has returned with a new music video.
• Goldenvoice has started booking acts for next year’s Coachella Festival.
• Heather Mills—Paul McCartney’s ex-wife—is a “gold digger“? You don’t say!
• Large Progessor has responded to an academic attempt at analyzing Nas‘ classic Illmatic LP.
• A Place To Bury Strangers have added a number of new dates to their fall tour.
• Kanye West’s new single is kinda great.
• Daft Punk’s “Technologic” track has landed in a Lincoln MKS commercial.
• Tommy Lee Jones is suing the producers of No Country For Old Men for unpaid bonuses.
• Grooverider has been pardoned, released from jail after being arrested forcarrying a couple grams of marijuana in Dubai.
• The Last Shadow Puppets have added Burt Bacharach, Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra to their cover song arsenal.

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