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Johnny Marr: "We've Been Offered $50 Million To Reform The Smiths"
But the guitarist tells Xfm that "It's not about the money"... - Source
New Broken Social Scene - "World Sick" (Live @ NXNE)
That "secret" hometown show with Feist which gave us "Forced To Love" has also yielded this vaguely uplifting and sprawling (i.e. Broken Social Scene) track. Good quality video at Singing Lamb. - Source
Pirate Bay Getting Acquired, $7.83 Million Buyout...
The Pirate Bay is now getting acquired by Swedish firm Global Gaming Factory X AB (GGF), according to announcements by both com... - Source
Blur to release live Hyde Park recordings
Blur have announced that they will release live recordings of their shows at London's Hyde Park this week. - Source
Explosions In The Sky/No Age/Eluvium @ The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles 6/27/09
For 10 years now, Austin's Explosions In The Sky have been putting their stamp on a cinematic strain of expansive, chiming instrumental post-rock. This tour is functioning as something of a decade-anniversary celebration, then, with Munaf thanking the Palladium Saturday night for getting emotional with them for all these years. They should thank Friday Night Lights, too; while The Show Everybody Should Be Watching's ratings remain criminally low, there's no denying a certain swell of adoration for EITS after three seasons of providing note-perfect theme music situational music to the note-perfect small town classic. (Gabe knows what I'm talking about.) The Palladium set offered little by way of light show; according to photographer Andrew Youssef, it was just a no frills, "straight up melt your face rock" show. Good undercard too, including fellow atmospheric dramatist Eluvium, and suf-punk relief coming by way of No Age, who played a new song that may or may not have been titled "Fuck Prop 8 In The Face," which may or may not be one of the great song titles of 2009. (It may.) Lots of photos of the night here, and you can catch the Explosions anniversary tour on these dates. - Source
MGMT to open for Paul McCartney in Boston
MGMT are set to open for Paul McCartney at his recently-announced shows at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. - Source
The Flaming Lips announce album, tour and ticket details
The Flaming Lips have named their new album and announced a UK tour. - Source
Michael Jackson Dead at Age 50
Due to cardiac arrest sometime this afternoon. - Source
Daft Punk Produce Douglas Armour Music Video
Harder, better, slower, weirder. - Source
St. Vincent Brings "Marrow" To Letterman
We were gonna post Annie's saxy performance of the Actor standout here, but then @tedleo requested it appear on Videogum. And Videogum's a sucker for @tedleo, too. - Source