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Week In Review: Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay

2010-03-19 17:31:27

My compatriots are either in Texas for SXSW or Mexico for MtyMx (reminder to Zach: Do not buy or sell drugs) at the moment, but it's beautiful out in NYC right now so I am surprisingly not bitte...

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Big Star Is Still Doing A Show (And A Panel) At SXSW

2010-03-19 16:30:46

In the wake of Alex Chilton's death, the tributes continue to roll in (here's ours), but in at least one respect the show will go on. The Memphis Commercial Appeal's Bob Mehr reports that Big St...

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OK, This "Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley" Parody "Subway, Bus, Or Walking" Is Pretty Well Done

2010-03-19 15:10:24

Zach is bound for Mexico (godspeed!), so it falls to me to address this: Nice job, Brandon Carter. I will probably download your mixtape, and maybe even listen to it. Way to call out those very ...

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"It's Such A Greek Tragedy": LA Weekly Tracks The Sad Decline Of Runaways Drummer Sandy West

2010-03-19 13:57:02

So The Runaways movie opens today, with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning prancing about trashing hotel rooms and leering and whatnot; our friends over at LA Weekly have a long, excellent featu...

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Fela! Is Moving To London, But Not Ending On Broadway

2010-03-19 12:17:40

Splendid but initially disquieting news this morning: The Broadway production of Fela! (way more info about that here) is moving to the National Theater in London later this year, in an only sligh...

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Liquid Liquid Will Perform with the Roots on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

2010-03-19 11:30:30

Liquid Liquid, one of the finest assemblages of downtown weirdos ever to grace post-punk NYC, will perform with the Roots on Jimmy Fallon's show on April 2, reports Stupefaction. Once, Liquid Liqu...

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Watch the New Glam, Grown, and Sexy High Places Video: "The Longest Shadow"

2010-03-19 10:30:23

Which you could easily subtitle "Still Life with Mary Pearson," or "High Places Closet Game on Smash." The new High Places single, "The Longest Shadow," is a lovely direction for them--like Blon...

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Obviously Fake Beyoncé Story Exposed As Total Fake

2010-03-19 09:00:07

When the bizarre "transcript" of an interview Beyoncé was alleged to have done with a German magazine called NEON circulated a few days back, the natural assumption was to just assume the whole th...

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Live: Joanna Newsom, Shredding Ethereally At Town Hall

2010-03-19 08:15:21

Jamming up north not too long ago. Joanna Newsom Town Hall Thursday, March 18 "Did you say, 'Play faster?' she asks. "No! Fantastic!" replies one of several hundred rapt, lusting, audience-bou...

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This Weekend! Oneida, Judas Priestess, Kill The Alarm, Psychedelic Horseshit, And The Bellmer Dolls

2010-03-19 07:30:00

If there's any chance your reckless behavior will be rewarded with a shiner this weekend, it's gotta be tonight. Oneida (to your left), with (thoughtfully) abrasive rock and destructive, amped-up ...

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Alex Chilton Tribute Roundup: The Rockers, The Critics, The Congressmen

2010-03-18 17:15:40

With apologies to our own Rob Trucks, you ain't gettin' more surreal in terms of Alex Chilton tributes today than the above brief speech from Steve Cohen -- make that Congressman Steve Cohen, D-...

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Carnegie Hall: Not the Place to Hold a Benefit in NYC

2010-03-18 16:00:11

So, of the $189,793 worth of proceeds Carnegie Hall will take in if Sunday's Haiti fundraiser--featuring the world-beating pianist Lang Lang, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the Schleswig-Holstei...

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Listen To A New Madlib-Produced Erykah Badu Jam, "Strawberry Incense," That Sounds For All The World Like Joanna Newsom

2010-03-18 14:55:02

Unless Erykah's PR is sassin' me big-time, this jam will not be on the imminent New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh , though it's certainly smooth/alluring/sweetly deranged enough to make ...

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Watch "Please Don't," The Santigold-Assisted First Video From That David Byrne/Fatboy Slim/Imelda Marcos Record

2010-03-18 13:35:52

I will admit to severe trepidation regarding Here Lies Love, Mr. Byrne's star-studded full-album tribute to Imelda Marcos (preorder here; $35 for the deluxe ...

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Free Energy Played Letterman Last Night

2010-03-18 12:15:18

Free Energy's James Murphy-produced Stuck on Nothing, which finally got a digital release last week, will almost certainly make it to some tall spot on our year end list; that said, caterwauling...

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Q&A: Local Monterrey Duo XYX Talk MtyMx, the Mexican Music Scene, and Why We Should All Lighten Up and Go to the Flea Market When We Get There

2010-03-18 11:00:48

XYX, the junkyard noise-punk, drum-n-bass duo from Monterrey, Mexico, can be heard live this weekend at Todd P's MtyMx Festival, which is being held in XYX's hometown. The duo consists of Mou, 27,...

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Download the New Track From Brooklyn Sludge Masters Batillus, "The Division"

2010-03-18 10:00:45

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Brooklyn muckos Batillus shatter woofers and spirits as part of the New Wave Of Brooklyn Doom, along...

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Interview: Ross Harris, a/k/a The Little Kid In Airplane!, Reminisces About Peter Graves, a/k/a The Creepy Pilot Who Asked Him If He'd Ever Seen A Grown Man Naked

2010-03-18 09:00:13

Beloved, fantastically deadpan actor Peter Graves died Sunday of a heart attack at 83, leading cinéastes to marvel at an enormous résumé that includes the Mission: Impossible TV series and films...

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This Sounds A Bit Like Goodbye, And In A Way It Is I Guess: Alex Chilton, 1950-2010

2010-03-18 08:18:38

So as it turns out, he did not die in Memphis. But nonetheless, over the next few days, as devout fans grieve his death (at 59, of an apparent heart attack, in New Orleans), latecomers to Alex C...

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Tonight! Joanna Newsom, Scissor Sisters, King Missile, BAM's Opera Festival, and Nautical Almanac

2010-03-18 07:30:00

Tonight, Joanna Newsom spares you her baby/grandma coos -- her first New York outing in support of her new triple album, Have One on Me, is sold out at Town Hall, as is the Scissor Sisters show at...

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