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Devo Throw A Cat Listening Party

Colin Jones :: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 4:45 pm

Devo released their first record in twenty years, Something For Everybody, today and they’re bringing some cool cats along with them. And by cats, I literally mean felines.

Today, until 8 pm, Devo are streaming their entire album online to a group of cats in a room on Ustream. That’s right — a cat listening party. How unique. Watch them play with string, be cute and get down to Devo. But besides the cat party, Devo has a busy week. Tonight the group heads to Letterman, tomorrow they’re on The Colbert Report and Friday they will perform on Regis and Kelly Live.

If you want to stream the album sans cats head over to Colbertnation.com

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Sam Raimi To Direct Wizard Of Oz Prequel

Colin Jones :: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 2:30 pm

In unnecessary news, director of The Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogies, Sam Raimi, has been announced to direct a Disney-produced Wizard of Oz prequel despite denying rumors of the news previously. And it just may star comeback king Robert Downey Jr.

The film will be the first of Raimi’s since he dropped out of Spider-Man 4 and essentially forced Sony to completely reboot the series. MORE »

Scientists Working To Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne Is Still Alive

Colin Jones :: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 2:15 pm

Long-time partier and all around oddball Ozzy Osbourne is officially a science experiment.

According to CBS News, scientists with a genomics company are studying Ozzy to find out why he is still alive after years of substance abuse.

Osbourne, who was fired from Black Sabbath in 1971 due to his hard-partying ways, previously said he hoped to leave his body to science. He claims he’s a “medical miracle” for still living after what he calls a “40-year bender” where he would drink four bottles of cognac a day. MORE »

Band Of Horses To Play Secret Show For AOL On Friday

Colin Jones :: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 1:00 pm

Who knew that AOL still existed? Apparently, Band of Horses does—they’re playing a free, secret show for the internet goliath this Friday in NYC.

The time and date haven’t been released (hence the “secret” part) but will be announced just before the show on AOL’s Twitter account. Yes, AOL does have a Twitter and has entered the 21st century.

Band of Horses recently released Infinite Arms and are on tour. They’re also kicking off the Williamsburg Waterfront concert series on Sunday with Grizzly Bear and Karen Elson.

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Memory Tapes Announce Tour, Release Video For “Bicycle”

Colin Jones :: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 12:00 pm

New Jersey electronic monster Dayve Hawk aka Memory Tapes has taken time out of recording his follow up to the sublime Seek Magic to announce a string of tour dates and hit the road. Hawk also released a video for the song “Bicycle” today. Produced by Jamie Harley, the little psych gem is all major nature visuals and nuttiness. Indeed a perfect complement to Hawk’s major key upbeat jam.

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U.S. Man Arrested In Pakistan While Hunting Bin Laden

Colin Jones :: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 11:16 am

Sometimes a man has a plan, and he is going to damn well complete it. A U.S. man was arrested Sunday for taking the Bin Laden hunt into his own hands, showing up in Pakistan with a pistol tucked into his belt.

According to a report by the Associated Press,California construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner was detained by Pakistani police in the in the Chitral region carrying night-vision equipment, a sword, a dagger, a book of Christian writings and a desire to kill Osama Bin Laden. MORE »

Arcade Fire Release Two More Singles

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 14th, 2010 3:45 pm

Arcade Fire have been busy, busy bees for the past couple of weeks. After nearly two years of radio silence, AF recently announced their follow-up to 2007’s Neon Bible, The Suburbs, kicked off a tour and released a smattering of new songs.

Today, two more songs-”Ready to Start and “We Used To Wait”- popped up on the interwebs. These follow the release of the two cuts “The Suburbs” and “Month of May” two weeks ago. Keep reading to listen. MORE »

MTV Searching For A Twit

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 14th, 2010 2:50 pm

Well it looks like MTV is once again recycling old ideas to stay “hip and relevant.” Today, the once important and now reality show giant announced they are looking for a Twitter Jockey, or a TJ.
In an interview with the New York Times MTV’s general manager Stephen Friedman confirmed that the network was looking to create a position that would entail being MTV’s Twitter face. MORE »

The Flaming Lips Go All NSFW, Again.

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 14th, 2010 2:15 pm

The Flaming Lips aren’t really known for their subtlety when it comes to music videos. The Oklahoma psych masters tend to go completely balls (and way too many other things) out when visualizing their songs.
With the release of their album Embryonic, the Lips have gone of the deep end. Naked bikers in the woods. Men emerging out of vagina-esque balls. Wayne Coyne being brutally stripped. Naked! Naked! Naked! And that was just one video for the song “Watching The Planets.”
Only this time we have masochism, hooded men, finger painting with blood and, of course, a monkey. Keep reading for the video which is pretty freaking NSFW. You have been warned. MORE »

Free Music Monday: Download Neutral Uke Hotel

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 14th, 2010 1:30 pm

The ukulele isn’t really known for its “coolness” in the music biz. In terms of relevant content, you essentially have Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s overplayed cover of “Over The Rainbow” and Jake Shimabukuro with his YouTube manic jams.
But now we have a little indie rock uke action from Shawn Fogel of the band Golden Bloom with his side project Neutral Uke Hotel. Fogel is covering Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea in its entirety.
He’s currently on a short tour of the North East with stops in NYC, Toronto and Bridgeport, CT. Keep reading to download “King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1″
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My Morning Jacket Tickets On Sale For Terminal 5 Discography Shows

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 14th, 2010 12:26 pm

My Morning Jacket are planning on getting nostalgic. 5-night tickets packages for their five albums in five nights at Terminal 5 in New York go on sale today at noon.
The bearded wonder Jim James and the rest of MMJ plan on a full run through of their discography in October starting with their 1999 debut The Tennessee Fire going through 2008’s Evil Urges. Each show will be sprinkled with songs, b-sides and covers from each respective era as well.
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Apple: James Joyce Is A Dirty, Dirty Man

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 14th, 2010 11:50 am

The hard puritanical hand of Apple has fallen again, and this time they’re going after the classics.

Like an old school marm, the tech behemoth refused to publish a Web comic of James Joyce’s “Ulysses Seen” on the iPad unless the illustrator, Robert Berry, removed all nudity.
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Bear In Heaven Announce Tour, Crystal Castles Remix

Colin Jones :: Thursday, June 10th, 2010 5:00 pm

Brooklyn’s Bear In Heaven announced today they will be hitting the road this summer for a tour with Crystal Castles. The groups will also be joined by Twin Sister and Mountain Man at various dates.
Along with the dates, Bear In Heaven released a remix of their future tour-mates Crystal Castles’ “Celestica.” Bear In Heaven released their critically acclaimed sophomore album Best Rest Forth Mouth last October and Crystal Castles released Crystal Castles (II) in April. Download the track here.
The tour kicks off on June 23 in Portland, ME with scheduled stops in NYC at the South Street Seaport, Pitchfork Festival in Chicago and Austin City Limits.
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Happy Birthday 311: Thanks For 20 Years of Shitty Stoner Rock

Colin Jones :: Thursday, June 10th, 2010 4:00 pm

So, it’s 311’s 20th birthday today. Let’s bake them a cake and thank them for all the days of mediocre stoner rock, extended group drum solos and mind-numbing concerts. MORE »

Venison aka The Strokes Play First Show Since 2006 In London

Colin Jones :: Thursday, June 10th, 2010 3:15 pm

If you haven’t been privy yet to the fact that The Strokes have reunited you’re most likely living in some sort of damp hermit’s cave, high up in god-knows-where Appalachia.
In preparation for hitting the festival circuit this summer, The Strokes, under the pseudonym Venison, played a secret show—their first show since 2006—in London last night. The band will play this Saturday at the Isle of Wight and Sunday at Rockness. The show at Dingwall’s featured no new songs in the 18-song set list even though the band has apparently been working on a record since January.

Keep reading for videos of “Juicebox” and “NYC Cops” from the show, set list, and tour dates.
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