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Ian Curtis' Gravestone Stolen

Former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis' gravestone has gone missing according to reports out of the BBC.

They don't have any suspects or cameras, or security, but somehow cops are confident they will find it.

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Dandy Warhols Streaming New Album Online

Dandy Warhols new record, Earth To the Dandy Warhols is available for streaming-at least in clip form on their website right now.

That includes the track "Love Song" which features two of the most underrated guitarists alive today-Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) and Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers).

RATM's Zach De La Rocha Starts New Band

Those of you that are Rage Against the Machine fans may be interested to know that Zach De La Rocha may have other plans.

The endless comeback tour has come to a halt as the duo called One Day As A Lion just signed to Anti Records, and will feature Jon Theodore, former member of Mars Volta.

Their five song EP will be released July 21st.

Chromeo's Deluxe Edition Of Fancy Footwork Out Next Week

Chromeo's Fancy Footwork was such a great album that the duo have repackaged it with goodies, and will release it on Tuesday.

The Deluxe Edition of the album will be loaded with remixes from MSTRKRFT, Lifelike, DFA, Crookers, and others, five videos including the Fancy Footwork jam, and all the greatest hits from She's In Control. Not to mention the original "Footwork" record.

All in all, not bad.

Buy it here

Chromeo-Bonafied Lovin (Yuksek Remix) mp3 from Fancy Footwork Deluxe Edition

Music Festival Northwest Announced For Portland

September 3rd-6th is going to be a fun time in Portland, Oregon as a nice list of bands will play the Northwest Music Festival.

Names like TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Mogwai, the Murder City Devils, Menomena, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, M. Ward, Polvo, the Cool Kids, the Night Marchers, Mirah, Del the Funky Homosapien, Blitzen Trapper, Oxford Collapse, Old Time Relijun, Jedi Mind Tricks, School of Seven Bells, Monotonix, Matt & Kim, Port O'Brien, Old 97's, Centro-Matic, John Vanderslice, Poison Idea, Crooked Fingers, Bodies of Water, the Joggers, Throw Me the Statue, the Shaky Hands, These Arms Are Snakes, U.S.E., Starfucker, Calvin Johnson, the Muslims, Pwrfl Power, Fucked Up, Death Vessel, Witchcraft, Trans Am, Walter Meego, Totimoshi, and the Helio Sequence.

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DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist Plan "Hard Sell" Shows

In what promises to be the final go round, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are planning on doing another Hard Sell tour, and then calling it quits.

In case you're not familiar, both acts perform in a live mix stage show that has already blown away audiences in Europe and Australia.

There is also a live DVD out there that you can check out.

Here are the dates:

July 2008
16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
17 - Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool
18 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
19 - Mariaville, NY - Indian Lookout Country Club
25 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
26 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
27 - Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival Site

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The Sea and Cake Rock On New Album

The Sea and Cake are going in a more rock driven direction on their new record Car Alarm according to Billboard. 

Sam Prekop says the new album "does feel much more upbeat and as much in your face as the Sea & Cake can be."

They played live a lot and worked out ideas in the studio quickly, which helped make the evolution a smooth transition.

Look for a bunch of touring in the fall to go along with the new release.

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Fan That Got Punched By Amy Winehouse Speaks

Pic: Andy Willsher

Aaah yes. Gotta love that Amy Winehouse.

Doctors want her to stay in the hospital, so she fills her weekend with a Nelson Mandela concert followed by playing Glastonbury where she punches a fan in the face.

The fan has spoken out now to British media saying Winehouse mistakingly hit him, when he was actually the guy filming the performance.

It turns out the guy behind him threw his hat that hit her precious beehive, sparking the conflict.

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Stream Bjork and Sigur Ros Concert Tomorrow

Bjork and Sigur Ros are going to play a free concert in Iceland tomorrow in a stadium without a dome.

I checked the temperature.....50 degrees, but with 30 mph wind gusts it will be more like 35 outside....and that's during the day. By the time the show starts, who knows how chilly it will be. 

Thank your lucky stars that you get to stream it in the comfort of your own home tomorrow.

Noon-3pm PST tomorrow....go here. 

Beck Has A New Website

Beck has delivered a new website to plug the new record Modern Guilt, due July 8th in North America.

There's not much to the site as it's in the beginning stages, but it looks as if they may add audio at some point.

You can also preorder the record from the site, there's a couple of cool pics, and that's about it.

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