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Hallelujah! Catch the reunited band at:

4/28 - WaMu Theater @ MSG
4/29 - WaMu Theater @ MSG

Tix on sale this Saturday at 11am via TM.  - Source

Enjoy Friday night's performance of their new single, 'Grounds For Divorce', below. - Source

Enjoy last night's performance of 'Neo Consumer' below. Visit SFA on MySpace. - Source

M-S explains: *The third Manchester v Cancer gig was held at the MEN Arena on Saturday, February 23rd. At the end of the night, after the scheduled bands had played, for the finale, Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) was joined on stage by Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Andy Rourke (The Smiths) & David Potts (Monaco) to perform four songs - the first of which was The Smiths' 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want'.* - Source

Hot on the heels of Oscar night, we have the aforementioned soundtrack tune from LCD Soundsystem (of Your Favorite Album Of 2007, fame), which was commissioned for the forthcoming math-kids-counting-cards-in-Vegas Robert Luketic-directed film 21 starring Kevin Spacey (as a math prof), Kate Bosworth (as a "sexy" math teamer), Laurence Fishburne (the casino's enforcer), etc. The instrumental section sorta reminds us of Throbbing Gristle's "Hot On The Heels Of Love," so our opening cliché isn't entirely accidental. - Source

The music industry's in hard times. So hard that Warner Bros. thinks its best shot at a better bottom line is to give an imprint to internationally acclaimed Photoshop dildo artist Perez Hilton. To the label's credit, if their negotiations with Perez are successful, this actually would be Warner's best move towards embracing the blog phenomenon yet, which is to say it would be an irrefutable official acknowledgment that blogs, in fact, exist! We're getting somewhere, music industry. NYT reports on the particulars of Perez's future as a music executive:Mr. Lavandeira has been negotiating a deal that would provide him with his own imprint at Warner Brothers Records, a division of the music giant Warner Music Group, he said. This was confirmed by several other people associated with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity because no deal has been made. The talks are preliminary, and an agreement is not certain, but Mr. Lavandeira could receive ,000 a year as an advance against 50 percent of any profits generated by artists he discovers and releases through Warner Brothers, these people said.Six figure salary, minimum. Damn. NYT then offers some stats to lay out the quantifiable effect of blog posts on record sales: - Source

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have announced a tour of the US, kicking off April 16 in New York City. - Source

The eagerly awaited new documentary about Joy Division is to be released in the UK on May 2. - Source

Here's all the latest dirt:Friday, August 8th:* Radiohead* Underworld* The New Pornographers* Spearhead* The Go! Team* Girl Talk* CSS* Forro In The Dark* Juana Molina* Little Brother* Andrew Bird* Mates Of State* DuffySaturday, August 9th:* Radiohead* Kings Of Leon* Animal Collective* Metric* Chromeo* The Roots* The Black Angels* The Virgins* The Felice Brothers* Alberta Cross* Sia* K'Naan* Nicole Atkins* Your VegasSunday, August 10th:* Jack Johnson* Cat Power* Rodrigo Y Gabriela* Amadou & Mariam* Youssou N'Dour* The Secret Machines* Black Kids* Jason Isbell* De Novo Dahl* Grace Potter* Earl Greyhound* Rogue Wave* Neil HalsteadGet your tickets this Friday thru TM.MP3: Cat Power - The Greatest - Source

Here's whom to expect: *R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, The Flaming Lips, Michael Franti & Spearhead, MIA, Built To Spill, Tegan & Sara, Flight Of The Conchords, The Blakes, The Hives, The Cops, Cold War Kids, The New Pornographers, The National, Beirut, Dengue Fever, Fleet Foxes, The Breeders, Okkervil River, Throw Me The Statue, Kinski, The Cave Singers, Battles, Jamie Lidell, Ghostland Observatory, The Mars Volta, Mates Of State, Blue Scholars, Say Hi, Dyme Def, Siberian, Ozomatli.*Thanks for the heads-up, SMF!Learn more about the US festival here.MP3: Death Cab For Cutie - Wait - Source