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Nirvana's former bassist, Krist Novoselic, has announced that he is running for public office to protest Washington state's election methods. - Source

Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon has claimed that Radiohead showed up smaller, poorer bands with the release of 2007's 'In Rainbows', calling their release plan a "marketing ploy". - Source

'Flight Of The Conchords: The Complete Second Season' will be released on DVD on August 3. - Source

Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew will likely be at it longer than you'll ever be at it. After 2006's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass and the equally feisty Fuckbook, which they recently released as Condo Fucks, Yo La Tengo are at least a dozen proper albums into their career via the forthcoming Popular Songs. It was recorded in Hoboken and Nashville with Roger Mountenot at the start of the year. We don't know too much else about it, except that the mellow, organ-lined lead track "Periodically Double Or Triple" is a garage-y song that could have been written in the '60s, if not for the reference to Judge Judy (it opens with a reference to the equally outspoken Proust). Take a listen while you inspect the Popular Songs album art, which features a cassette in need of a revival.
Continue reading New Yo La Tengo - "Periodically Double Or Triple"... - Source

The Flaming Lips, Black Francis and The Dandy Warhols are among the acts to contribute tracks to a Love And Rockets tribute album, set to be released digitally on June 28. - Source

The RIAA has mostly retired its legal assault against individual file-swappers, save a few choice suits.  But the dangling case... - Source

The Soundscan numbers are in and they're big. These guys are probably going to be seen riding around in limousines from here on out, tossing money at people through the moon roof. Bet us. - Source

A video preview of the forthcoming 'Rock Band: The Beatles' computer game has been released online - click below to watch it. - Source

Pitchfork reported yesterday that Matador’s gearing up to unleash a new quadruple vinyl version of last year’s Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. re-issue that’s so behemoth, you’d could probably use it as a floating mattress this summer in the pool. But please don’tâEUR"that would be stupid. Overwhelmingly lengthy track list after the jump.
Brighten [...] - Source

The Dandy Warhols are set to perform at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Thursday (June 4) in support of reforming US marijuana legislation. - Source