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We sift the ‘net for today’s top stories so you don’t have to…

  • Stereogum premiered a new track from Alcest, one of our favorite underground metal artists.
  • Gogol Bordello wrapped their new record with Rick Rubin.
  • The Dillinger Escape Plan unveiled a new video.
  • Pavement played their first show in 10 years.
  • Gorillaz took over the Guardian’s music coverage.
  • Glasser got remixed.
  • Autechre dropped their new album a little early and announced a really long radio broadcast.
  • David Byrne’s tour documentary now has a proper trailer.
  • Class Actress made us feel uncomfortable.
  • Roska revealed the details behind his first proper album.
  • The Black Keys found time to finish another record despite all their side projects.
  • Fucked Up shared nine unreleased songs from their salad days.
  • Peter Hook is plotting a spoken word tour.
  • Axl Rose is slowly taking New York by storm.
  • Jamie Lidell talked to Paste.
  • “Machine Soul: A History of Techno”
  • The Knife held a suitably bizarre ’roundtable discussion’ about their Darwin-inspired opera.
  • Tyvek are touring with Awesome Color.
  • Phosphorescent announced his fifth album.
  • In case you haven’t heard of them yet, Tripwire ran a feature on the xx.
  • John Cale balked at the idea of a Velvet Underground reunion.
  • Former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is reportedly joining Jane’s Addiction.
  • Smashing Pumpkins readied another free single.
  • The A.V. Club delivered their monthly electronic music column.