Bright Eyes

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• Magnetic Man and Steve Reich are among the first confirmed artists for this year’s Sonar Festival.
• FACT picked their favorite soundtracks of 2010 and profiled their favorite labels, including Hyperdub, Stones Throw and Not Not Fun.
• Speaking of Not Not Fun, Dummy featured the home of LA Vampires, Sun Araw and more.
• The Strokes scrapped most of their next album and ended up self-producing the entire thing.
• Bok Bok shared a DJ chart with Juno Plus.
• The Quietus interviewed Glasser.
• Demdike Stare revealed details of their three-disc Triptych collection.
• Cadence Weapon cut a Tron-inspired mixtape.
• Hippos In Tanks compiled a mixtape for Dazed Digital.
• David Lynch asked fans to help him with a music video.
• Squarepusher explained the science behind his sound.
• The Line of Best Fit interviewed Tamaryn.
• Altered Zones profiled Sacred Bones.
• Spoon announced an album of demos from the past couple years.
• Willie Nelson was arrested for pot possession.
• Drowned In Sound spotlighted some of 2010’s “lost records,” including Gonjasufi and Luke Abbott.
• The photographer responsible for the cover of Vampire Weekend’s last record has been subpoenaed.
• Deakin rejoined Animal Collective.
• Resident Advisor ran a story on the “art of throwing the perfect party.”
• The National played a song with Sufjan Stevens in London.
• Spin discussed “The 27 Winter Albums That Matter Most,” from Daft Punk to Rye Rye.
• Billie Joe Armstrong is joining the Broadway cast of American Idiot for a brief run next year.
• CHARTattack reviewed one of Wolf Parade’s last shows before taking an indefinite hiatus.
• Sony apologized for taking down a free album of Atlas Sound demos.
• The Guardian talked to Interpol.
• Bright Eyes announced their seventh album and a few tour dates.
• The Duke Spirit also confirmed a new disc.
• Tiny Mix Tapes interviewed Kruder & Dorfmeister. 
• Spin talked to JD Samson of MEN and Le Tigre about the former’s debut album.
• Kevin Shields helped remaster Primal Scream’s classic Screamadelica album for its 20th anniversary reissue.
• Wilco endorsed one of Intelligentsia’s single origin coffees.
• Dr. Dre said Detox will be his final album…if and when it ever gets released.
• The Daily Beast interviewed Kanye West’s manager about his plan for world domination.

Toro Y Moi

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• The Guardian released a free Gang of Four EP.
• Daft Punk finally spoke about the Tron soundtrack.
• The Daily Swarm did an on-camera interview with Glenn Branca.
• Girls said they’ll finish a new album soon.
• M. Ward, Owen Pallet and Billy Bragg contributed to a Joanna Newsom tribute album.
• Peter Hook tried to justify his recent “Joy Division tour.”
• OMD covered the xx.
• Altered Zones profiled ARP.
• The Knife released a new single.
• eMusic had a rough week.
• Pitchfork looked back at the year in grime and dubstep.
• Spike Jonze directed an Arcade Fire video.
• PJ Harvey may be close to completing a new record.
• Lollapalooza is happening in Chile next year.
• Toro Y Moi lined up his second LP.
• Dazed Digital talked to Atari Teenage Riot.
• Dummy streamed a live Oneohtrix Point Never set.
• Tim Hecker revealed his latest record.
• The Quietus interviewed Bryan Ferry.
• Cepia is back with another killer ambient album next month.
• The FADER tracked down Kathleen Hanna.
• Lykke Li revealed some details behind her second record.
• The A.V. Club interviewed Charles Burns.
• Matthew Herbert explained how he turned back issues of The Guardian into music.
• Decibel launched a flexi disc series of exclusive tracks for subscribers, starting with Brutal Truth.
• Resident Advisor examined the evolution of footwork music.
• FACT ran a rare interview with rising Hyperdub act LV.

Lightning Bolt

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• Cold Cave’s Heartworm Press imprint reissued Wesley Eisold’s complete Ye Olde Maids recordings.
• Spin premiered a new …Trail of Dead song.
• The Guardian talked to M.I.A.
• Blur may return for “something small” in January.
• The Rolling Stones may play Coachella next year.
• Best Coast and Wavves wrote a song for Target.
• Asobi Seksu announced their next album.
• Heryk Górecki passed away.
• Richie Hawtin announced a Plastikman remix contest.
• The Pains of Being Pure At Heart updated Stereogum on the progress of their second album.
• Girl Unit did a mix for the FADER.
• Jay-Z spoke at New York’s Public Library.
• Egyptrixx wrapped up a record for Night Slugs.
• Altered Zones profiled Excepter’s frontman.
• Carnegie Hall is hosting a tribute to Neil Young.
• Brian Eno talked about his love of Warp Records.
• XLR8R ran a Mary Anne Hobbs Q&A.
• The A.V. Club shared Part 4 of its “Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation?” series.
• A Belgium site interviewed Charles Burns, one of our favorite graphic novelists.
• The Killers cut a Christmas single.
• Billy Corgan dissed Pavement.
• Wire announced a North American tour. So did Gang of Four and My Chemical Romance.
• Speaking of My Chemical Romance, the Quietus interviewed them.
• Rafael Toral recorded an album for Touch.
• Tiny Mix Tapes interviewed William Fowler Cowlins, as well as Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.
• Cults scored a major label deal on the basis of nothing but a single and a couple online cuts.

Mordant Music

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• Detroit techno fans can expect yet another rare reissue soon.
• Rolling Stone streamed tracks from a new Bruce Springsteen reissue.
• Philip Sherburne wrote a solid reaction to the New York Times‘ witch-house piece.
• The Guardian also examined the legacy of DJ Screw.
• Mordant Music compiled a DVD for the British Film Institute.
• A White Stripes reunion may be on the way.
• Don’t hold your breath for any new David Bowie music.
• Fiery Furnaces can’t be stopped.
• The Quietus asked the question “Does noise rock still shock?”
• Warpaint confirmed their next single.
• Squarepusher explained the making of a Shobaleader One song.
• Shackleton launched a new label, as did A Hawk and a Hacksaw.
• Shit Robot talked about his first encounter with James Murphy.
• Cee Lo Green performed “Fuck You” for the Guardian.
• The FADER got shredding lessons from Marnie Stern.
• Guns N’ Roses started working on a new record.
• PopMatters told the story of Hüsker Dü.
• Wu-Tang Clan expanded their U.S. tour.
• Liars quietly released a live record.
• One of The Donnas has a new band.
• Damon Albarn used an iPad to start the next Gorillaz record.
• The A.V. Club wrote a beginner’s guide to David Bowie and discussed their favorite film soundtracks.
• Best Coast and Wavves planned a 2011 tour.
• Wild Flag—a new band featuring members of Helium and Sleater-Kinney—played their first show.
• The Drums are getting ready to record their second album.
• Panda Bear confirmed the third release in his limited 7-inch series.

Tensnake

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• Shackleton, Ricardo Villalobos, Matthew Dear and more have contributed exclusive tracks to a Perlon box set.
• Anti- is reissuing Tom Waits‘ early records on vinyl.
• Mike Mills told Rolling Stone about R.E.M.’s new record.
• Absolutepunk interviewed Envy.
• Pearl Jam announced a new live album.
• Travis Barker teamed up with RZA, Raekwon and Tom Morrelo.
• The Rolling Stones are planning a return to the road.
• A Perfect Circle played their first show in six years.
• Ben Gibbard debuted a new song and dueted with his wife Zooey Deschanel.
• MTV is planning to revive some classic shows on the Web, including our personal favorite 120 Minutes.
• LCD Soundsystem cut a live album for iTunes.
• Interpol confirmed an early 2011 tour.
• PlayGround filmed a day in the life of Terror Danjah.
• Busdriver rapped over a Deerhoof instrumental.
• Scientists studied Ozzy Osbourne’s genes.
• Royksopp announced a video contest.
• Dummy interviewed Walls.
• Beck asked fans to help him curate a Record Club compilation.
• Girl Talk lined up a massive North American tour.
• NME listed “25 Debut Albums Everyone Should Own.”
• Yo La Tengo confirmed the most bizarre tour of the year.
• FACT ran an extensive/awesome Lustmord Q&A.
• Decibel released a special black-metal Hall of Fame issue, with Immortal, Burzum, Enslaved and more.
• Queens of the Stone Age pushed their self-titled reissue back.
• Resident Advisor interviewed Tensnake.
• Marilyn Manson has a “punk record” on the way next year.
• Drowned In Sound discussed their favorite album covers of the ’00s.

Kylesa, live at Public Assembly in Brooklyn

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• Peter Saville designed a rather awesome box set of Joy Division 7-inches.
• Fever Ray wrote music for a Bergman play.
• Pitchfork grilled Kylesa about their new record.
• Rivers Cuomo talked about Weezer’s Pinkerton album.
• Mr Scruff discussed the state of DJ culture.
• Kyuss may be reuniting without Josh Homme.
• The A.V. Club continued its series on the dawn of alternative music with a long piece on Pearl Jam.
• Shirley Manson said Garbage is working on a new record.
• Women got into a fight and canceled their remaining tour dates.
• PopMatters took a long, hard look at Radiohead’s Kid A LP.
• More Arthur Russell reissues are on the way.
• Interpol’s drummer talked to Vulture.
• Wolf Parade released a new single.
• Spin premiered an Of Montreal video.
• David Bazan asked fans to help him fund an album.
• Demdike Stare did a video interview.
• Kanye West and Jay-Z will release their first collaborative record next February.
• Jay-Z is thinking about taking up politics.
• Ikonika readied the final single from her 2010 album.
• Altered Zones spotlighted Leaving Records.
• Will Butler of Arcade Fire talked to Northwestern students.
• Damon Albarn spoke to Spin.
• Warpaint lined up a brief U.S. tour.
• Resident Advisor named Night Slugs its label of the month.
• The Decemberists announced their latest album.
• Destroyer collaborated with Tim Hecker and Loscil.
• Drowned In Sound ran a long essay about the New York music scene from 2000-2009.
• The FADER spent some time at the Swans rehearsal space.
• Deerhoof are streaming their new record, one track at a time.

DJ Harvey

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• How To Dress Well filled out one of Pitchfork’s Guest List features.
• FACT compiled a guide to EBM/industrial music.
• Apparat told his life story through records.
• Author Steven Blush updated his American Hardcore book.
• My Morning Jacket played all of their albums at some special New York shows.
• Throbbing Gristle broke up…again.
• Neil Diamond “reviewed” 16 “hot new artists.”
• Iron & Wine confirmed a special “Black Friday” single.
• Here’s an extended interview with DJ Harvey.
• The Get Up Kids announced their first new album in 7 years.
• Antony and the Johnsons covered Bob Dylan.
• Jan Jelinek brought his Farben alias back to life.
• Altered Zones profiled Laurel Halo.
• Swans expanded their not-quite-a-reunion tour.
• Warpaint broke down the technical side of their new album.
• Drowned In Sound ran a rad oral history of a classic Oneida album.
• Richie Hawtin revealed all of the details behind his Plastikman reissues.
• The Guardian paid tribute to Sony’s dearly-departed Walkman with a special playlist.
• The A.V. Club wrote a guide to Danzig.
• John Elliott from Emeralds readied a deluxe vinyl reissue of some cassette releases.
• The Mountain Goats scored a silent film.
• Franz Ferdinand scheduled some secret Spain shows.
• Death Cab For Cutie told Spin all about their seventh album.
• Krist Novoselic is appearing on the next Foo Fighters album.
• Well, this is disturbing.

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• To Our Disco continued their look at 12-inch sleeves, including records from FaltyDL and Roksa & Untold.
• Morgan Geist announced a new alias.
• Yakuza filed a couple tour diary entries for Decibel.
• Iron & Wine revealed more details about his new record.
• Shackleton confirmed his live Fabric mix.
• Pinglewood shared a special Ariel Pink podcast.
• Radiohead’s drummer is holding a remix contest.
• Meat Beat Manifesto talked to the Quietus.
• Antony and the Johnsons may take a break from touring.
• Jónsi canceled his stateside in-store dates after realizing how terrifying they are.
• Suede spoke to the Guardian.
• Drowned In Sound ran a rare Squarepusher Q&A.
• Damon Albarn is not down with Glee.
• Arthur revisited its story on Genesis P-Orridge’s favorite psych-folk songs.
• The A.V. Club interviewed Blonde Redhead’s singer.
• The Coathangers readied two new 7-inches.
• Tiny Mix Tapes featured HEALTH.

DJ Shadow

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• FACT spent five minutes with Lukid and profiled Frank (Just Frank).
• Seefeel announced their first new album in 14 years.
• Robyn revealed the final installment in her Body Talk series.
• The Quietus interviewed DJ Shadow.
• Smashing Pumpkins confirmed an EP.
• Kris Kristofferson broke down his film career.
• Dummy interviewed Magnetic Man.
• PopMatters talked to Michael Rother.
• Primavera started announcing acts for next year’s festival.
• The Books contributed a guest post to Altered Zones.
• Modest Mouse readied a pair of reissues.
• MTV apologized to The Black Keys for giving them a mislabeled VMA award.
• Stereogum premiered a Julie Christmas video.
• Soul Jazz compiled a two-disc UK funky collection.
• A White Stripes 7-inch sold for $18,000 on eBay.
• Ted Leo, William Elliott Whitmore and more covered Bad Religion.
• Pitchfork examined the “swag generation,” including Odd Future and Lil B.
• The Village Voice tracked down Corin Tucker.
• The Flaming Lips promised to play The Soft Bulletin on New Year’s Eve.
• NME unveiled its annual Cool List.
• The Guardian discussed the 25 greatest arthouse films of all time and the cello’s place in the history of music.
• Drowned In Sound explained just what the hell skweee is.
• The FADER taped Dungen performing at a bar.
• Resident Advisor spoke to Dam-Funk about his upcoming projects.
• Ariel Pink appeared in a sci-fi series.
• Editions Mego readied a vinyl reissue of Kevin Drumm’s noise classic Sheer Hellish Miasma.

Nas

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• The Guardian is streaming Magnetic Man’s debut album.
• No Pain In Pop is reissuing Forest Swords‘ rather awesome Dagger Paths record.
• Here are some videos from last weekend’s Farm Aid benefit with Neil Young, Jeff Tweedy and more.
• The Velvet Underground’s Moe Tucker admitted to appearing in a Tea Party video.
• Converse offered musicians studio time in exchange for spreading “goodwill” about their company.
• Tricky confirmed a North American tour.
• Paste presented “10 Live Recordings That Trump Their Studio Counterparts.”
• !!! lined up some solid remixers for a new EP.
• the xx responded to the use of their music at a conservative party conference.
• Nas ripped Def Jam a new one.
• Apache Beat and Dummy conducted an epic iChat interview.
• Shockhound interviewed Dave Sitek.
• The Line of Best Fit broke down three of Machinefabriek’s EPs.
• Carrie Browstein wrote her final blog post for NPR.
• Scuba readied an expanded reissue of his Triangulation album.
• OMD spoke to the Quietus.
• The A.V. Club wrote a guide to David Sedaris books.
• Sigur Rós explained how advertisers have ripped off their music for years.
• Slash launched his own movie production studio.
• Exclaim! filmed an interview with Bad Religion.
• Animal Collective, Shackleton and more contributed to a compilation of Congotronics remixes.
• M.I.A., Mos Def and La Roux are all appearing on Kanye West’s new album.
• The Jesus and Mary Chain looked back on Psychocandy.
• Caribou revealed a remix record.
• Apparat gave away a track from his DJ-Kicks mix.
• Broken Social Scene explained their name.
• The Who readied a reissue of their classic Live At Leeds LP.
• Best Coast, Wavves and Suckers are among the artists selected in Taco Bell’s annual Feed the Beat contest.
• No Age took over Drowned In Sound.
• The FADER captured Tanlines at the Whitney, and premiered a new Zomby track.
• Resident Advisor covered Burning Man.
• Coldcut discussed Ninja Tune’s 20th anniversary.
• Madlib announced a disco-driven entry in his Medicine Show series.