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Air's wonderful debut is, perhaps oddly, re-packaged as a 10th-anniversary set with a disc of B-sides and Mike Mills' 1999 tourfilm Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing. - Source

On two magical nights-- June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006-- punk godmother Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine genius Kevin Shields took the stage together at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Their collaboration was called the Coral Sea, and took both its name and inspiration from Smith's 1996 book The Coral Sea. The book and the performance served as tributes to the legendary late artist Robert Mapplethorpe, who was Smith's close friend. (He took the iconic photograph that appears on the cover of Smith's 1975 debut album Horses.) - Source

And they are...Best Video: Justice - DANCEBest International Live Band: Arcade FireBest New International Live Band: KlaxonsBest New Live Band: Vampire WeekendBest New Solo Artist: Mark RonsonBest Breakthrough Artist: SantogoldBest Solo Artist: Albert Hammond, Jr.Best International LP: Arctic Monkeys - Favourite...Best International Solo Artist: Kate NashBest International Track: Klaxons - Golden SkansBest Band Of The Year: The KillersBest LP: Foo Fighters - Echoes...Best Classic LP: Lemonheads - It's A Shame...Best Indie Track: The Killers - TranquilizeBest Breakthrough Track: MGMT - Time To PretendBest Indie Live Band: My Chemical RomanceMP3: Justice - Waters... (JR Mix) - Source

For those of you who didn't stay up late last night, or perhaps you forgot to set your Tivo, here is Radiohead's taped performance of "House Of Cards" for Late Night With Conan O'Brien. As we previously mentioned, the band opted to tape in London rather than fly to NYC to help cut down on - Source

The Jesus and Mary Chain have recorded their first new material in more than a decade, and you can listen to it on NME.COM now. - Source

Still, we like certain hairy folks with penchants for stretchin' it out-- yes, I'm looking at you, Martsch-- around these parts, and buried amidst all the bands named for chemical compounds and various doobage innuendo at 2008's Camp Bisco are some fine, fine music makers even the notoriously sober indie rock set can dig on. - Source

Ahead of the world's first play of The Music's 'Strength In Numbers' on Music:Response, lead singer Robert Harvey spoke exclusively to Xfm about how life has changed for the band and what inspired the new single. - Source

Ultra-popular games never stand still.  Instead, they spawn sequels, spin fresh variations, and seep into popular culture.  And... - Source

Although we're still waiting for the video, at least now we can hear the brand new single from Spiritualized. "Soul On Fire" is currently streaming on the band's MySpace page, and it is a cinematic and glorious as we'd hoped it would be. Filled with hints of choir, strings and noisy guitars, it has all the elements - Source

Hallelujah! Royal Albert Hall in September. Radio City Music Hall in October. Spinner reports: *Modern rock innovators Echo & The Bunnymen will make a triumphant live return to New York's Radio City Music Hall on October 1, where the band will be performing their landmark 1984 album, Ocean Rain, with an orchestra as part of its 30th anniversary.* - Source