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"...standing in the Opera House at the band's concert last night, surrounded by an ocean of half-drunk couples with side-bangs awkwardly making out, half-pretty under-aged girls wondering when the slow sad songs were going to start, and most of the rest of us just wondering when it was going to get good."-The Torontoist
More on the show here
According to Q Daily, Arctic Monkeys have teamed up with rapper Dizzee Rascal on the B-side to their forthcoming single, "Brianstorm."
The Mercury prize-winning rapper, whose new album Maths and English is out in March, is featured on the track, "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend." The single will be released digitally on April 1st and on CD April 16th.
I know what you're thinking. That this is a comedic parody. Actually, it is a news report on kids and the Emo lifestyle, and what it all entails-in case you wanted to dress the part.
Their new album is due in June.
'If there were some way to work him (Ghostface) into the album, it would be excellent,' Jimmy Tamborello says.
BTW, the new Postal Service album, Dumb Luck drops April 24th.
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Even though bloggers have probably already posted Neon Bible in it's entirety ten times over, you can offically stream the whole thing at NME. It's a great album. Check it.
“Everyone ends up being annoyed by being lumped into any genre. People always seem to compare us to The Happy Mondays, and… well, we really just don’t like The Happy Mondays.”
What started out as a side project with Okkervil River's Will Sheff and Kingfisher's Jonathan Meiburg, has turned into a full blown success story. After releasing their 5th album last year, the critically acclaimed Palo Santo, the Austin, Texas band Shearwater has signed to Matador Records.
The album will be tweaked as a double album with newly recorded versions of "La Dame et la Licorne", "Red Sea, Black Sea", "Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five", "Johnny Viola", and "Hail, Mary", while disc two includes 8 previously unreleased tracks. Still, the record is sure to sound like the channeling of Jeff Buckley.
Check out the updated version of "Red Sea Black Sea" below.
Shearwater-Red Sea Black Sea mp3 (new version) from Palo Santo Expanded Edition due April 10th
Shearwater-Seventy Four-Seventy Five mp3 (older version) from original Palo Santo
The new Modest Mouse video features old, bearded men and subtitles. Sweet!
It's sure to be the new trend in video making.
