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News: Rachael Ray Asks Battles, Holy Fuck to Play SXSW Party
via Pitchfork: Today by Amy Phillips on January 31, 2008
Holy Fuck indeedWhen we saw this on Idolator, we were like, no fucking way. Yes,we already knew foodie superstar Rachael Ray is an indie rock fan-- she put tweegroup the Boy Least Likely To (along with Nellie McKay and Puffy Amiyumi) onher Too Cool for School Mixtape for Kids backin the fall of 2006. But there's a bigdifference between the Boy Least Likely To's gentle coos and the...
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News: Daydream Nation, Soon to Be a Teen Comedy Movie Starring That Girl From "Heroes"
via Pitchfork: Today by Amy Phillips on February 08, 2008
... record."Daydream Nation: Forthcoming teen comedy directed by Michael Goldbach, starring "Heroes" cheerleader Hayden Panettiere and maybe Kieran Culkin, "the producers are hoping to reinvent the coming-of-age story for the 21st century, calling the film an intellectual comedy a la Juno and Election."See also: The Replacements, Can't Hardly Wait, Just Like Heaven, Things We Lost in the Fire
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News: Christian Music Legend Larry Norman, R.I.P.
via Pitchfork: Today by Matthew Solarski on February 25, 2008
Often regarded as the "father of Christian rock", long-running music-maker Larry Norman passed away at his Salem, Oregon home early on the morning of Sunday, February 24, according to his official website. He was 60.Norman first emerged in the 1950s, and signed to Capitol Records in 1966 as part of the group People!, whose debut I Love You (originally titled We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus, and...
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News: Jamie Lidell Becomes Jim on New Album
via Pitchfork: Today by Dave Maher on January 17, 2008
Taking bad Belushi sitcom fandom to the next levelLast Friday (January 11), Forkcast posted a video of nü-soul man and
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News: Brother Ali Spreads Second Round of Truth on Tour
via Pitchfork: Today by Dave Maher on January 18, 2008
Photo by Jonathan MannionThis winter and spring, Minnesota MC Brother Ali will unleash his second U.S. headlining tour in support of his most recent album,
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News: Dizzee's Maths + English Coming to U.S. Via Def Jux
via Pitchfork: Today by Paul Thompson on January 18, 2008
El-P remixing "Where's Da G's"We haven't exactly been shy in expressing our fondness for Dizzee Rascal's Maths + English
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News: Portishead Announce First Tour in Forever
via Pitchfork: Today by Matthew Solarski on January 18, 2008
Photo by James CaddenMy Bloody Valentine won't be the only 1990s icons fully reborn
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News: Mogwai Reissue Young Team for Tenth Anniversary
via Pitchfork: Today by Dave Maher on January 25, 2008
Glasgow soundsmiths Mogwai are spending the first few months of 2008 finishing their follow-up to 2006's Mr. Beast. According to their website, the plan is to mix it in March and hopefully release it in the summer, at which point they'll head out on tour. Before they jump into the future, however, Mogwai will revisit the past with a reissue of their 1997 debut album, Young Team. Scheduled...
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News: Decemberists' Colin Meloy Readies Live Solo Album
via Pitchfork: Today by Dave Maher on January 16, 2008
Includes covers, unreleased songs, stage banterDecemberists frontman Colin Meloy has released tour-only EPs where he Sings Morrissey and Sings Shirley Collins, but what we really want is for him to sing himself-- to remember his spirit, as Oprah would say. He does it all the time in the Decemberists, and he's done it all by his lonesome on his solo acoustic tours. Meloy's self-singing on...
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News: D'Angelo, Soulwax, Peaches Grace Prince Tribute Comp
via Pitchfork: Today by Dave Maher on January 29, 2008
Prince's appearance at last year's Super Bowl halftime show was the biggest and best combination of sporting and musical spectacle we've seen, and likely will see, in a while. (We seriously can't think of anything better. Radiohead opening the World Series with "The National Anthem"? Björk playing Wimbledon? Eh...) Thus, Tom Petty as the Purple One's follow-up can't help...
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