Trevor Jackson
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David Lynch, with Isabella Rossellini
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The Strokes
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Annie
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Richie Hawtin, re-enacting what we looked like the last time we spent a weekend in Berlin.
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Zomby
- Urb has snagged an exclusive Podcast from Felix da Housecat. Yes, that electroclash guy.
- And Resident Advisor has a solid Drums of Death mix.
- Frank Black has lashed out at today’s record labels for not being “creative” or “vital.” How very 2009 of him.
- Open-minded black-metal fans (what an oxymoron, right?) need to read this Bergraven interview immediately.
- Look, we love gold lame pants as much as the next glam-rock casualty, but this is just disturbing.
- “The Top 10 Songs the Web Brought Back” (via Largehearted Boy)
- The Mars Volta are back on tour, continuing to thwart our hope for an At the Drive-In reunion.
- You’re right about this one, Pitchfork: Pictureplane does indeed rule.
- Holy Ghost! just contributed a rather rad diary entry from their bizarro appearance at “Camp Bisco.”
- Speaking of Weezer, former Sleater-Kinney guitarist/vocalist Carrie Brownstein is convinced they’re nothing but a novelty these days.
- Slate’s got it all figured out with “The Three Biggest Reasons Music Magazines Like Vibe and Blender are Dying.”
- “Music Bloggers Roundtable Redux”
- Tortoise fans need to download this live set right now.
- PJ Harvey premiered two new songs at a recent hometown gig.
- Goodie Mob are reuniting!
- Pixies are gonna do their Doolittle dance in the U.S. this fall.
- As if the indie rock festival circuit wasn’t cluttered enough, Wanderlust now combines music and…yoga.
- And what’s this Electric Zoo business?
- You know what you need in your life? Some (live) Pissed Jeans.
- So Audion’s new epileptic live set needs to come to North America soon, or we’re gonna go and trash Matthew Dear’s Brooklyn apartment to ‘make a point’.
- Mayer Hawthorne—easily the most buzzed-about Stones Throw artist in a hot minute—has announced his first full North American tour.
- In case you’re wondering what crates Juan MacLean has been digging through lately, this Amoeba video is a good start.
- Zomby is readying a mini-LP for a September release.
- Kid Koala’s latest multimedia tour has tapped Wolfmother’s two former members as its rhythm section.
- If you secretly want a quick overview of what happened at San Diego’s annual Comic-Con gathering, Underwire and Pop Candy have got you sufficiently covered.
- Islands have unveiled the cover art of their new album, along with a ton of tour dates.
And our video of the day—related to this post—just made us feel really out of shape…
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Basement Jaxx
- Billy Corgan has refused to retire the Smashing Pumpkins name despite it sounding nothing like the band we once knew.
- Buraka Som Sistema just dropped a new mixtape.
- Woah with the free songs, Fool’s Gold!
- More Godflesh reissues! Yes!
- Shepard Fairey has been sentenced to two years of probation in Boston.
- Mission of Burma’s rebirth phase continues to outpace its first with yet another new record on Matador.
- Looks like the FADER just launched a new dance/electronic music column.
- White Denim have signed to Downtown Records.
- Free Energy will finally release their debut single next week.
- Little Boots and one of the Hot Chip boys are working on a soundtrack song together.
- Not to be outdone by their old ‘buddies’ Blur, Oasis have announced an intimate August show.
- Far are working on a new full-length for Vagrant Records. Um, why wasn’t the angry teenager in us alerted about this earlier?
- Satyricon isn’t too happy about the upcoming Lords of Chaos film.
- Jon Heder (a.k.a. Napoleon Dynamite) has been tapped for a new Comedy Central show produced by Will Ferrell.
- Topman and Rough Trade have formed a partnership overseas.
- Is Blur’s reunion already over?
- Thrill Jockey is releasing the latest installment in the Boredoms‘ Super Roots series.
- A cheap Kindle knock-off has popped up in China.
- Basement Jaxx have wrapped up not one, but two new records.
- Perez Hilton’s long-rumored label is about to officially launch. Be afraid—very afraid.
- WhoMadeWho recently contributed to XLR8R’s recurring artist tips page.
- So this is what Mogwai thinks about the direction music journalism’s gone in.
Jonathan Glazer reminds us why he’s a true music video maestro in today’s clip of the day…
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Nick Cave
- Califone have signed to Dead Oceans and will release a new record in October.
- Michael Moore has dubbed his new documentary Capitalism: A Love Story.
- Here is Wired’s definition of a “summer jams” playlist.
- The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival finally has a full lineup. We’ll pass on Larry Tee, but hurray for the Juan Maclean, Free Blood and Home Video.
- “A Brief History of Auto-Tune“
- Talk about an endless list of overlooked ‘09 albums.
- Nick Cave has written a new novel.
- The Dead Weather are going to be guest DJs at WOXY.com next week.
- Members of Animal Collective, Stereolab and more have all contributed to the new Atlas Sound album.
- Some recommended mixes for the weekend: Shit Robot,
- GusGus have signed with Kompakt, which reminds us how AWESOME their live show is.
- If you ever wondered what an acoustic version of Phoenix would be like, here’s your answer.
- Another mysterious Black Devil Disco Club album/reissue is on the way in September.
- Topman’s fall collection looks pretty damn spiffy.
- In other fashion news, Project Runway 6 is premiering in August.
- The State is finally getting a proper DVD treatment next week. Consider us psyched.
- Hull just shared their ”Top 5 Beers to Drink in Brooklyn” with Decibel.
- Matmos, Merzbow and eYe of the Boredoms are among the remixers on a new Melvins compilation.
- Gojira have been added to Metallica’s fall tour. We’re so there. Seriously.
- Blur, Band of Horses and Elliott Smith (?) have all made the cut for Guitar Hero 5.
- One-half of Refused—including (International) Noise Conspiracy singer Dennis Lyxzén—have formed a new band called AC4.
- Sufjan Stevens has joined ATP’s New York lineup along with Boris, Crystal Castles and a few others.
- Speaking of Sufjan, this related record is a little bizarre.
Now, in honor of their show this weekend, here’s some classic Mission of Burma…
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Dum Dum Girls
- Another volume of Cosmic Balearic Beats? Why, yes please!
- DJ Hell has designed his very own underwear line. (We’ve got a great interview with him here, too.)
- A couple of decent DJ mixes from this week: DJ T and Arnaud Rebotini.
- Times New Viking have wrapped up a new record.
- Oddly enough, some copies of Dinosaur Jr.’s new disc are too loud.
- Sounds like the Black Keys have Boredoms envy.
- What’s this video podcast business?
- Justin Broadrick sure is keeping busy these days.
- Beastie Boys have confirmed the details behind their Ill Communication reissue.
- Kitsuné have unveiled their spring 2010 line.
- Sub Pop has snagged Dum Dum Girls for a 2010 release.
- In case you’re wondering what Boys Noize is rocking these days, he just contributed a Top 10 chart to Beatport.
- NY Press has a decent story about the book collaboration between Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.
- Top Chef‘s taking on Vegas this time around.
- FADER captured a ton of live clips from the Woodsist/Captured Tracks festival last weekend.
- And the black-metal photo books continue…(via the Daily Swarm)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Modest Mouse have both been tapped to play ATP’s 10th anniversary.
- Michna just released a new EP featuring some solid remixes.
- The Hope Conspiracy have released a free Live In London bootleg through Deathwish.
- Dillinger Escape Plan have started posting video blogs about their next record.
- Nice one, Wired—the Best Summer Movie Trailers of 2009.
- Cave In have finished four new songs for a limited 12-inch.
- Is dubstep facing a creative crisis?
- Ryan Gosling’s band—which we assure you is better than Dogstar—has signed to Anti-.
- Dead Weather’s dirty R&R debut is now streaming on Facebook.
Today’s Peep Show clip of the day is from one of our favorite sorely-overlooked 2009 LPs…
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[Patrick Wolf portraits by Travis Huggett]
- A reissue of Tracks & Traces, a stellar collaboration between Harmonia and Brian Eno, is due out later this year along with remixes from Appleblim, Shackleton and more.
- We’re not sure how we missed this the first time around, but Arcade Fire is apparently developing new songs and getting ready for a proper return to the stage.
- Nothing like a new Erol Alkan mix to start off the week!
- NPR helped celebrate Merge’s 20th anniversary here.
- A German brewery recently honored Mastodon with a limited run of lager.
- In case you were wondering about the new Cribs album…
- If it wasn’t for the spike in Michael Jackson sales, La Roux may have topped the UK charts this week.
- Florence & the Machine recently covered Beyoncé for Radio 1.
- R.E.M. will release a digital live EP tomorrow, a preview of this fall’s R.E.M. Live At the Olympia collection.
- And this week’s recommended Daytrotter session is…Patrick Wolf.
- Jack White’s Third Man imprint has launched a new subscription service/fanclub.
- Photos of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland sequel continue to trickle in.
- Throw Me the Statue’s full-length has been set for an August 4 release through Secretly Canadian.
- Sound the bells—Múm’s back!
- Any wagers as to what’ll make the final cut of VH-1’s “100 Concerts in 100 Days“?
- Here’s a solid Detroit techno guide by the A.V. Club.
- This “Criterion Collection of junk food” is pretty brilliant, too.
- Vivian Girls and The Fiery Furnaces both contributed to NY Mag’s summer playlist rundown.
- PopMatters put together a nice African music package, including a rundown of key recent releases and interviews with BLK JKS and Amadou & Mariam.
- Pitchfork just interviewed Dave of Dirty Projectors.
In case you haven’t seen ‘em yet, we thought we’d expand the Peep Show clip of the day to include all of Beck’s “Record Club” covers so far, including three Velvet Underground tracks…
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