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Arcade Fire Plan Obama Shows With Superchunk!

Given how amazing these gigs turned out, who wouldn't want another round of Arcade Fire rallies for presidential hopeful Barack Obama? And with the North Carolina Democratic primary looming on May 6, that's just what we'll get. - Source

Coachella Festival set times revealed

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has revealed the set times for this weekend's event. - Source

The Orb Returns With The Dream

When dance music stepped into the spotlight back in the early '90s, making Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) a rockstar, even causing enough of a buzz to catch the eye of movie producers (Human Traffic, Groove, etc), there were a core group of electronic musicians that had been part of this - Source

New Order announce live DVD

New Order have announced the release of a new live DVD. - Source

Watch the NME Awards USA live - all you need to know

There's only one day to go until the first ever NME Awards USA, which takes place tomorrow night (April 23) at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles at 9pm (PST). - Source

Happy Birthday To Iggy Pop!

Xfm salutes the man who set the template for punk rock and who, at 61, is still managing to shame bands half his age with performances that defy belief. - Source

Radiohead To "Perform" On Conan This Wednesday

With everybody thinking "green" this week, Radiohead is confirmed to perform on Late Night With Conan O'Brien this Wednesday, sort of. Rather than flying over for the performance, the band has opted to record "House Of Cards" overseas. This avoided Radiohead leaving a carbon footprint - Source

She & Him Postpone NYC Gig, Team With Yo La Tengo

It seems illness has forced She and Him-- one M. Ward and one Zooey Deschanel-- to cancel tonight's set at New York City's Hiro Ballroom, which would've kicked off their all-too-brief touring plans. (Via Brooklyn Vegan.) All other dates on the tour are still on, as is their appearance on tomorrow night's episode of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien". - Source

Elbow set for New York City in-store

Elbow have added an in-store appearance to their commitments in the US and Canada in support of the release of their new album, which comes out tomorrow (April 22). - Source

Underworld To Broadcast Live Internet Show On Wednesday

To help get us through Hump Day, the legendary UK elctronica group Underworld will be taking over the interwebs for a new live internet radio broadcast, starting at 1pm EST. This will be the first of their quarterly series, with broadcasts taking place in June, September and then March of next year - Source