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Wednesday February 22, 2012
Public Image Ltd. to play two London shows in April – ticket details

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Barack Obama sings with BB King at The White House - video

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Metric announce release of new album 'Synthetica'

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Martin Freeman to star in new music industy movie 'Svengali'

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Lily Allen: 'Cutting off Adele's Brits speech was a metaphor for the industry's attitude to women'

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Public Image Ltd., Katy B, Willy Mason for Summer Sundae – ticket details

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Goose to headline special Club NME show at London's KOKO on March 10 – ticket details

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Charlatans' Tim Burgess teams up with Kellogg's to launch his own cereal 'Totes Amazeballs'

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Gotye set to return to the top of the UK Singles Chart this weekend

Wednesday February 22, 2012
The Game ordered to pay $5 million to US police officers

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FIRST LISTEN

Sunday February 19, 2012
First Listen: Dirty Three, 'Toward The Low Sun'
Toward the Low Sun functions as the moody, conflicted soundtrack for a storm-swept journey where getting lost is part of the plan.

Sunday February 19, 2012
First Listen: Y La Bamba, 'Court The Storm'
Luz Elena Mendoza and her band combine indie-folk and traditional Mexican music on their new album.

Sunday February 19, 2012
First Listen: Robert Glasper Experiment, 'Black Radio'
Black Radio is an album-length statement about the durability of substantive music, and about the possibility of black-origin popular music. It's the product of a band with a jazz pedigree, a Rolodex of R&B and rap stars, and all ears to the street.

Sunday February 19, 2012
First Listen: Fanfarlo, 'Rooms Filled With Light'
A fundamentally approachable band, Fanfarlo fills its new album with hug-and-a-handshake music.

Sunday February 12, 2012
First Listen: Sinead O'Connor, 'How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?'
A disordered personal life, vociferous views on politics and religion and eyebrow-raising genre experiments have turned O'Connor into a side note for many pop fans. But with the release of her 9th album, it's time for everyone to remember how compelling she can be.

MUSIC REMIX PODCAST

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Singled Out: Lambchop's 'If Not I'll Just Die'
Kurt Wagner began writing the song over Christmas in Nashville and finished it nine months later.

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Galactic: A Funky Day In The Life Of Mardi Gras
The New Orleans funk band's latest album takes listeners from Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday.

Tuesday February 21, 2012
New Mix: A Premiere From M. Ward, Julia Holter And More
This week All Songs Considered: an exclusive premiere from M. Ward's upcoming album, an electronic maven with a knack for pop songcraft, and a surprise pick from NPR's backyard.

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Catherine Russell: The Fresh Air In-Studio Concert
The standards singer's new solo album, Strictly Romancin', explores the ups and downs of love. Russell sings several tracks from the record during this interview and performance.

Monday February 20, 2012
Bret McKenzie: A Very Manly Muppet [Extended Cut]
McKenzie, half of the New Zealand musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, wrote five songs in the recent Muppets movie. "Man or Muppet" is nominated for Best Original Song at this year's Academy Awards. [extended cut]

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Tuesday February 21, 2012
Distal

Over the past year or so, few artists have popped up more frequently on XLR8R than Distal (a.k.a. Michael Rathbun). Part of that has to do with the 28-year-old beatmaker's inherently prolific nature, as he's quickly amassed a hearty discography that includes releases on labels such as Tectonic, Grizzly, Seclusiasis, and Fortified Audio, not to mention his own imprint, Embassy Recordings, which he runs in tandem with fellow Atlantan Mite. Yet Distal's rise can be attributed to more than just the volume of his output, as his music is definitely of a high quality.

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Tuesday February 14, 2012
Chief Boima

While the notion of being a "citizen of the world" is often worthy of scorn, or at least a pronounced eye roll, in the case of Chief Boima (a.k.a. Boima Tucker), the concept actually makes sense. Raised in Milwaukee and subsequently a longtime resident of Oakland, Boima currently calls Brooklyn home, although "home" is a relative concept when you're frequently traveling the globe and soaking in the local sounds of places like Spain, Colombia, Bolivia, Sierra Leone (his father's birthplace), Liberia, and other locales too numerous to list. Along the way, he's been adopted by the Dutty Artz crew, who will be releasing his latest record, African in New York, next week. As such, we figured now would be a good time to have Boima assemble an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series, and the multifaceted artist has responded with something that's both entirely unique and completely representative of what he's all about when it comes to music.

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Tuesday February 7, 2012
Marc Houle

Last summer, techno veteran Marc Houle—along with DJ comrades Magda and Troy Pierce—left his longtime home at Richie Hawtin's Minus label and rededicated himself to the dormant Items & Things imprint. A few releases from Items & Things trickled out during the latter half of 2011, but the reinvigorated label is truly beginning to bear fruit in 2012, beginning with a Undercover, the soon-to-be-released new full-length from Marc Houle himself. Undercover won't officially see the light of day until March 5, but we invited the Canadian-born artist to put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series in the meantime.

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Tuesday January 31, 2012
LV

Since the release of last year's excellent Routes full-length, LV has been fairly quiet. Nonetheless, the group's intrepid infusion of South African house rhythms into a UK funky-inspired template has often proved interesting—not to mention enjoyable—so we jumped at the chance to have the UK trio put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series.

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Tuesday January 24, 2012
Mano Le Tough

Mano Le Tough (a.k.a. Niall Mannion) is a name that popped up on XLR8R's radar in a major way last year, particularly following the release of his Stories EP and the "In My Arms" 12". Both records found the Irish-born producer exploring the incorporation of a new element—his own voice—into his musical palette, a shift which found his already melodic style moving into increasingly compelling and, yes, pop-oriented territory. This process was explored at length when Mano Le Tough was featured in our Bubblin' Up series, and since then, the Berlin-based producer has continued work on his forthcoming debut full-length, which is set to drop later this year via Permanent Vacation. In the meantime, we convinced Mannion to put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series.

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Wednesday February 22, 2012

ADAM LAMBERT - ADAM LAMBERT A 'GREAT INTERPRETER' OF FREDDIE (Contact music)

Wednesday February 22, 2012

Adele, Bruno Mars, Civil Wars among Grammy sales winners (LA Times)

Wednesday April 25, 2007

Alum 'zaps' Museum of Science April 27 (MIT)

Wednesday February 22, 2012

Are You Contributing To Internet Addiction? (Hypebot)

Monday February 20, 2012

Breathing Exercises (songstuff)

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TODAY ON

Basketball Wives 4 The Gloves Come Off
The explosive 4th season opens in New York to reveal Jen & Evelyn's ten-year friendship on the rocks. Watch the premiere!

T.I. Gets Ready For His Baby Girl's Sweet 16
With Niq Niq's 16th birthday approaching, she has one thing on her mind - learning to drive. Watch <b>The Family Hustle</b>!

James Lafferty Sounds Off On NY's "Linsanity"
The <i>One Tree Hill</i> star talks about moving to NYC & his thoughts on <b>Jeremy Lin</b>. Watch <b>Big Morning Buzz Live</b>!

Stevie TV Is Coming To VH1 March 4th!
New comedy show to feature internet phenom <b>Stevie Ryan</b>!

Verdict? Rihanna Mixes 'Cake' With X-Brown
<b>Rihanna</b> and controversial ex-bf <b>Chris Brown</b> released remixes of her single "<b>Birthday Cake</b>" and his "<b>Turn Up The Music</b>."

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Wednesday February 22, 2012
Jack White to Appear on "SNL" on March 3
While much has been made about Lindsay Lohan actually asking Lorne Michaels to let her host Saturday Night Live on March 3, what's more interesting is the fact that former The White Stripes member Jack White will serve as the musical guest for that very episode. He has a solo album to promote, so

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Katy Perry Selling Tribeca Penthouse
Pop starlet Katy Perry has put her posh Tribeca pad on the market only a year-and-a-half after purchasing it. Perry isn't looking to make a killing in the real estate market with the crib. She is asking for $2.75 million, which is what she paid for the property in 2010 before marrying Russell Brand,

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Miley Cyrus Gets New Tattoo
Miley Cyrus has a new tattoo. It's words --three of them actually. Simple, easy to remember and weighty in their simplicity. Can you guess what it says? Cue the Jeopardy theme song. Give up? The tattoo, inked on the inside of her left bicep, so she can flex her muscles and show it off, reads "Love

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Drew Barrymore Launching Own Line of Wines
Drink up! Toss some vino back, courtesy of actress/diretor Drew Barrymore. Barrymore has partnered with California-based distributor Wilson Daniels to create a crisp, dry and fruity white Pinot Grigio made of grapes from northern Italy. Mmm! The celeb wine business is incredibly and increasingly

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Whitney Houston Items to Be Auctioned…Already
A dress owned by Whitney Houston and a pair of earrings she wore in The Bodyguard will be auctioned off next month. A little bit too soon, no? A black velvet dress and the aforementioned earrings will be auctioned off at Hollywood Legends on March 31. With Houston's death still fresh in our

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Wednesday February 22, 2012
mp3: Grouper + Tiny Vipers are Mirrorring – “Fell Sound”
Mirrorring is the new dream collaboration between Liz Harris of Grouper + Jesy Fortino of... Read more »

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Grimes – “Angel”
Eternal thanks/love to Grimes for holding it down here all day today, coming through with... Read more »

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Phedre :: Arowbe A
All I can say is that it doesn’t get much cooler than Phedre, and this... Read more »

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Majical Cloudz :: Mountain Eyes
Devon is my best friend in the whole world, and perhaps the most secretly prolific... Read more »

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Paula :: Susan and Linda
David Carriere is a genius savant song-writer and a lunatic that lives down the block... Read more »

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Wednesday February 22, 2012
Hour Glass “Power of Love”
Some folks out there will tell you that the two records cut for Columbia Records by The Hour Glass, Gregg and Duane Allman’s early west-coast rock and roll band, are nothing but commercial garbage. Don’t listen to them. From the perspective of the rabid, biker-boogieing Allman Brothers fan, The Hour Glass may very well come across as nothing [...]

Monday February 20, 2012
Guy Clark “Old No. 1″
Guy Clark waited a long time to get himself on record, despite a proven pedigree as a songwriter penning sometimes joyous, sometimes bittersweet, frequently autobiographical, always poetic narratives of Western life. Jerry Jeff Walker had cut Clark’s “L.A. Freeway” and “Desperadoes Waiting For A Train” for his eponymous 1972 album, whilst Townes Van Zandt included [...]

Wednesday February 15, 2012
The Cryan’ Shames “A Scratch in the Sky”
Every now and then something unexpected hits you in a way that leaves a deep and  lasting impression. For me, one of those occasions came with Chicago garage band The Cryan’ Shames’ recording of the old Drifters hit “Up On the Roof,” off their incomprehensibly under-appreciated psychedelic classic A Scratch In the Sky. Granted, “Up [...]

Monday February 13, 2012
Kennelmus “Folkstone Prism”
Innocuously described by the compiler of the Sundazed reissue CD liner notes as “the hardest working psychedelic surf band in Arizona”, Kennélmus laid down in the grooves of this collection some of the weirdest shit to be tracked to wax as psych gave way to its early seventies successors. The compositions are clumsy, the vocals [...]

Thursday February 9, 2012
Tom Paxton “Peace Will Come”
Tom Paxton was already a well-established voice from the American folk-revival by the time he cut 1972′s Peace Will Come. His songs “Last Thing On My Mind,” “Bottle of Wine,” and “Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” had more or less filtered down into the canon of American folksong, having been recorded by everyone [...]

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Wednesday February 22, 2012
2:54 – “You’re Early”
The churning British BTW 2:54 landed on our radar in November thanks to their tracks “Scarlet” and “Got A Hold.” And judging by new single “You’re Early,” a swirling and soft dream-pop track with a surprisingly vicious low-end, they’re going to stay there. Listen to the track below; it’s well worth your four minutes. “You’re [...]

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Check Out Neko Case’s Vermont Crib
Country Living recently did a photo shoot at Neko Case’s Vermont farm, a 100-acre property with a 225-year-old farm house in Vermont’s Green Mountains. A few notable things — mostly, Neko is paid, y’all — but there’s probably nothing more notable than the kitchen piano, which “she rescued from a nearby frat house” (but how [...]

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Mark McGuire & Charles Berlitz – “MR”
Mark McGuire, guitarist for synth-droners Emeralds, has teamed up with Skaters’ Spencer Clarke, recording under his Charles Berlitz pseudonym, to release a new album called Inner Tube, which is already out. Below, check out the album track “MR,” named in honor of surf legend Mark Richards. It finds McGuire adding a certain buoyant bounce to [...]

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Mirroring – “Fell Sound”
Mirroring is a new project that pairs up two women who are truly excellent at making diffuse, spaced-out, vaguely ominous home-recorded ambient music: Liz Harris, better known as Grouper, and Jesy Fortino, who records as Tiny Vipers. The two joined forces to record a new album called Foreign Body that’ll arrive next month. And below, [...]

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Gorillaz – “DoYaThang” (Feat. James Murphy & Andre 3000)
“DoYaThing,” the previously-announced blockbuster collaboration from the Gorillaz, James Murphy, and Andre 3000 is now online in radio-rip form, and we’ve got it streaming below. As promised, Damon Albarn quasi-raps a couple of verses before Andre jumps onto the track and generally rips him to shreds. Also, Murphy sings the chorus in a weirdly squeaky [...]

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