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  • Gavin Russom revealed a new alias for DFA.
  • Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality tapes are up on eBay.
  • Gang Gang Dance signed to 4AD.
  • Fucked Up downplayed their ‘feud’ with Sonic Youth.
  • Radiohead played a new song at their Haiti benefit in L.A.
  • The creators of the MP3 unveiled a new music format.
  • Waxploitation founder Jeff Antebi explained how he went from working closely with Danger Mouse to shooting photos in devastated areas around the world.
  • What’s on David Bowie’s iPod?
  • A Brief Geological Survey of Independent Music
  • PopMatters started sharing the recommended 2009 records that didn’t quite make their year-end list.
  • Grizzly Bear covered Hot Chip.
  • Two of Aereogramme’s former members launched a new project.
  • Stereogum shared a new Goldfrapp song.
  • Joanna Newsom’s next album is going to be spread across three CDs.
  • Caribou confirmed the 4/20 release date of his next record.
  • Pavement finalized the tracklisting of their best-of record.
  • Devo divulged more details about their first new disc in decades.
  • Bernard Butler talked about the Suede reunion he’s not taking part in.
  • Aphex Twin uploaded some unreleased Analord tracks onto Rephlex’s site.
  • MGMT’s second album is due out this spring.
  • Resident Advisor ran through their favorite records of the ’00s.
  • James Murphy shared a video related to his third LCD Soundsystem record.
  • The LA Times somehow got Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron and three other major movie directors in the same room together.
  • The A.V. Club ran a guide to Northern Soul.
  • Eluvium made a mixtape for Magnet.