Music

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  Playlisted Archie Powell & The Exports

  A Chicago power-pop band steps up its game.

  May 15, 2012 | 11:55pm -

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  Newswire Bret Michaels settles lawsuit with the Tony Awards and CBS over that one time he got hit in the head on national television

  Think back to 2009—or roughly five score and several years ago in award-show years—when Poison was invited to perform at the Tony Awards for some reason, and lead singer Bret Michaels was hit in the head by a lowered set piece.

  May 15, 2012 | 11:18am -

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  Great Job, Internet! Kids make shot-for-shot remake of Beastie Boys "Sabotage" video, are adorable

  These three little dudes from Portland can't stand it.

  May 15, 2012 | 11:15am -

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  Music Review Beach House: Bloom

  The dream-pop duo is in full flower with its career-cementing fourth album.  

  May 15, 2012 | 12:05am -

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  Music Review Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix

  The comedy-metal duo rises from the ashes. 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  Music Review Cornershop: Urban Turban: The Singhles Club

  Reheated exotica retains the flavor, but has a soggy texture. 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  Music Review Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music

  With El-P behind the boards, Killer Mike makes an anti-everything manifesto.

  May 15, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  Music Review Hot Water Music: Exister

  When it comes to a hotly anticipated, post-hardcore comeback, simply existing just isn’t enough.

  May 15, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  Music Review Sleep: Dopesmoker

  A reissue of a beyond-epic 1996 album promises “a true representation of Sleep’s hour-long Weedian chronicle.” 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  A.V. Undercover 2012 Screaming Females cover Sheryl Crow

  Why the hell are you so sad?

  May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Music Review Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts

  Norah Jones and Danger Mouse collaborate on another perfectly fine Norah Jones record. 

  May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire Scott Weiland re-joins Velvet Revolver, but not really

  In an interview with ABC News Radio, Scott Weiland announced that he was returning to the band he was kicked out of in 2008, Velvet Revolver,  which seemed credible only for its sheer implausibility.

  May 14, 2012 | 2:37pm -

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  Newswire Jay-Z is putting together his own music festival

  With Budweiser.

  May 14, 2012 | 2:24pm -

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  Stream JBM's Stray Ashes

  Canadian singer-songwriter Jesse Merchant, who goes under the name JBM, will release his haunted and very moving second album, Stray Ashes, next week.

  May 14, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Newswire R.I.P. Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. And The MGs

  As a member of Booker T. And The MGs, Donald "Duck" Dunn played with one of the best bands in rock, soul, and plain old human history.

  May 14, 2012 | 10:48am -

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  Newswire Now there will be a Freddie Mercury hologram after all

  Last month, Queen was among the bands with an inconveniently deceased lead singer that was asked the "to hologram or not hologram" question in the wake of Faux-pac's historic appearance at Coachella.

  May 14, 2012 | 9:09am -

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  Newswire New Animal Collective album, Centipede Hz, due Sept. 4

  Animal Collective has announced its first album in three years, Centipede Hz, in an appropriately alienating way, via a screechy, fuzzy video that appears to flash song titles amid a mostly incomprehensible din.

  May 14, 2012 | 8:37am -

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  Music Review Best Coast: The Only Place

  Sunny indie duo Best Coast grows up on The Only Place.

  May 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire Whitney Houston's family finally ready to move on and exploit her death for a reality show

  It's time to heal. Lifetime.

  May 11, 2012 | 5:54pm -

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  Newswire Hear "Don't Let Me Fall Behind," a song from Jukebox The Ghost's new album, Safe Travels

  On June 12, peppy Philadelphia trio Jukebox The Ghost will release its third LP, Safe Travels. We called the group's previous album, 2010's Everything Under The Sun, "remarkably addictive pop," and the new song "Don't...

  May 11, 2012 | 10:11am -

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  Newswire Arcade Fire and Foo Fighters will back up Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live

  As we reported last week, Mick Jagger is going to be pulling double duty on May 19 as the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

  May 11, 2012 | 9:59am -

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  Playlisted New music we like: Nick Waterhouse

  A 25-year-old singer-songwriter returns to a time when rock and R&B were synonymous.

  May 10, 2012 | 11:55pm -

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  Gateways To Geekery ’90s electronica

  Exploring the ’90s acts that came this close to taking electronic music to the mainstream. 

  May 10, 2012 | 1:30pm -

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  Newswire This limited new Iron & Wine single includes the band's Undercover track

  We're so proud

  May 9, 2012 | 1:15pm -

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  Great Job, Internet! All of Adam “MCA” Yauch's opening lines from every Beastie Boys song

  A supercut to drop the mic to.

  May 9, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Newswire Licensed To Ill returns to the Billboard Top 20 as Beastie Boys sales skyrocket in the wake of Adam Yauch's death

  Ever since the untimely death of Adam Yauch last week, tributes of all kinds have been poring in from all corners of the media and Internet.

  May 9, 2012 | 11:27am -

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  Newswire Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender, will eventually be known as Laura Jane Grace

  The Florida punk band Against Me! has been defined by its politically and socially charged songs and lead singer Tom Gabel's gruff vocals.

  May 9, 2012 | 9:19am -

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  Playlisted New music we like: Circle

  The Finnish psych-rock band blasts off into the unknown.

  May 8, 2012 | 11:55pm -

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  Newswire CBGB now a festival, could reopen in new location

  The legendary club is now reincarnated as a four-day festival.

  May 8, 2012 | 5:00pm -

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  Newswire Today in ill-timed lawsuits: Beastie Boys sued for copyright infringement

  As Beastie Boys continue to mourn the death of Adam “MCA” Yauch, who passed away last week after a three-year fight with cancer, now comes another blow.

  May 8, 2012 | 2:00pm -