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Jack White News: Jack White hits out at Guinness Book Of World Records compilers

Admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:06:00 +0100

Guitarist labels the record book compilers 'an elistist organisation'

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Radiohead News: Pulp's 'Common People' tops NME's 100 Best Tracks Of The Nineties list

Admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:33:00 +0100

Nirvana, Oasis and Radiohead also feature highly in latest installment of our tracks of the decades series

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Jack White News: Tenacious D: 'Our new album is better than Jack White's'

Admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:11:00 +0100

Jack Black also says 'Rize Of The Fenix' is superior to Foo Fighters, Tom Waits and Gotye's latest LPs

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Radiohead News: Bonnaroo Announces Schedule

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:52:00 +0100

The schedule for Manchester, Tennessee's sweatiest four days has been announced. This year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which takes place from June 7-10, will include performances from Radiohead, Bon Iver, Danny Brown, Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus, Feist, St. Vincent, the Shins, tUnE-yArDs, Bad Brains, Skrillex, Ludacris and literally hundreds more. (New additions to the lineup include GZA performing Liquid Swords, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and Pelican.)

The entire festival itinerary can be found here. As far as scheduling conflicts go: If you're looking to see Feist AND Ludacris (you are, right?), Flying Lotus and Big Freedia, Bad Brains and Das Racist, Santigold and SBTRKT, the Roots and Mogwai, Skrillex and GZA, the Beach Boys, the Antlers, and the War on Drugs, you'll have to prioritize a little bit, because each pair is scheduled in the same time slot.

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Jack Peñate News: New Board (Taken with instagram)

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:49:00 +0100

New Board (Taken with instagram)

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Jack White News: Third Man Selling "Triple Decker" Jack White Poster

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:17:00 +0100

In its unending quest to perpetually outdo itself, Third Man Records is this week offering a new "Triple Decker" Jack White poster, created, designed and printed by Matthew Jacobson and Bryce McCloud. When the project's three individual posters-- black, white, and blue-- are layered on top of one another, they create an image of Jack's face. (See the result here.) It's "kind of a 'fourth wall' inter-dimension type thing," according to the label's website.

The black poster is letterpressed, with images of "a peacock and vulture egg," while the other two are lasercut. The white poster features Jack's autograph.

In order to collect them all, you'll have to venture to Nashville. The white and blue posters will be available at the Ryman Auditorium, where Jack performs tonight and tomorrow, in a limited edition of 75 each per show. The black poster will be available exclusively at Third Man, also today and tomorrow beginning at 3 p.m., and also in a limited edition of 75 for each day.

Watch a short video on the making of the posters directed by Leigh Jurecka:

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Radiohead News: What do you think of David Cameron's taste in music?

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:48:00 +0100

The PM has named Dark Side of the Moon as his favourite album of all time. How do you rate his musical tastes?

David Cameron has named Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as his favourite album of all time.

The Prime Minister revealed his choice on Facebook as part of the GREAT campaign, an initiative designed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to promote the UK abroad.

Given that the campaign "aims to deliver long-term economic benefits" from interest in the UK generated by the Olympics, a financially successful British act such as Pink Floyd is logical choice.

Cameron is not shy about sharing his music tastes. Appearing on Desert Island Discs in 2006, his selection included Bob Dylan's Tangled Up in Blue, Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees, Perfect Circle by REM and This Charming Man by The Smiths. Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph earlier this year he revealed he'd been listening to Lana del Rey and Band of Horses.

We've collected together a few of his top tracks into the playlist below, so that we might all listen and perhaps gain an improved understanding of what it's like to live inside David Cameron's head.

What does his professed love of these songs reveal about our leader? And how do you rate his tastes?

1. The Smiths â€' This Charming Man

2. Lana Del Rey - Video Games

3. Mendelssohn â€' O for the wings of a dove

4. Pink Floyd â€' Money

5. The Killers â€' All These Things That I've Done

6. Radiohead â€' Fake Plastic Trees

7. Bob Dylan â€' Tangled Up In Blue

8. Benny Hill - Ernie

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Beck News: R.I.P. Celso Chavez of Possum Dixon

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:11:00 +0100

Celso Chavez, at right, with Possum Dixon

Celso Ricardo Chavez, guitarist for the 1990s alt rock band Possum Dixon, died May 9 due to complications from pneumonia. He was 44.

Possum Dixon were beloved among the 1990s scene in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. In March of 1995, they were first to perform at the indie rock club Spaceland, on a bill that included Beck, Lutefisk, and the Foo Fighters (their first show ever). Possum Dixon formed in 1989 and signed with Interscope in 1993. Following a self-titled LP that spawned the band's radio and MTV hit "Watch the Girl Destroy Me", the band released two more records: 1996's Star Maps and 1998's New Sheets.

"His infectious smile could light up any room he walked into," said Rob Zabrecky, Possum Dixon's frontman. "He was a mysterious and beautiful person. Celso was the heart and soul of our band."

Chavez's family asks that donations be made to the MusiCares/MAP Fund.

"Watch the Girl Destroy Me":

"Crashing Your Planet":

"Nerves":

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The White Stripes News: Alabama Shakes: 'Jack White is our dream collaborator'

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:49:00 +0100

Band say they'd love to work with the former White Stripes man again

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M.I.A. News: Mia Hansen-Love: Goodbye First Love

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:30:00 +0100

Youthful passion and teenage melancholia colours the filmmaker's third feature film

Filmmaker Mia Hansen-Love started her career at the age of 18 as an actress in Olivier Assayas’ Fin Aout, Debut Septembre. Now 31, she and 57-year-old Assayas are married and have a child. For her semi-autobiographical third feature, 'Goodbye First Love', Hansen-Love draws on her experience of youthful passion, teenager melancholia, and of meeting her future husband. Here, she tells Dazed why she chose to tell this story now.

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Jack White News: One Direction for iTunes festival

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:06:00 +0100

One Direction and Usher to play the iTunes festival with Jack White and Norah Jones also performing at the month-long free music event in London.

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Jack White News: Jack White, One Direction, Usher confirmed for London's iTunes festival

Admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:58:00 +0100

Norah Jones is also confirmed for the run of shows at London's Roundhouse

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Jack Peñate News: Pompeii Ladies (Taken with instagram)

Admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:11:00 +0100

Pompeii Ladies (Taken with instagram)

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Friendly Fires News: New music: Swiss Lips â€' Danz

Admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:00 +0100

Fans of MGMT, Friendly Fires and the Rapture will find this Manchester band's latest single irresistible

This Mancunian five-piece may look like shy indie urchins, but given their name is slang for female genitalia and their artwork tends to feature naked flesh, perhaps all is not what it seems. While their latest single, Danz, doesn't appear to be about anything carnal, there is some pretty suggestive hip-swivelling going on in the video, which features a man dancing in a shopping centre, at a skate park and, most impressively, out Morrissey-ing Morrissey outside Salford Lads Club. Mind you, it's hard not to indulge in light toe-tapping once Danz gets into full swing. Mixing elements of MGMT, Friendly Fires and the Rapture it shifts from percussive verses to a sky-scraping chorus. Expect to be throwing some fairly awful shapes to it in a field somewhere this summer.

Michael Cragg

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Adele News: Adele becomes fourth British artist in five years to top global sales charts

Admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:46:00 +0100

'21' singer follows Coldplay, Amy Winehouse and Susan Boyle in achieving globe-straddling achievement

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Adele News: Prime Minister praises UK music

Admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:04:00 +0100

Prime Minister David Cameron says he is "determined" to support British creative businesses after a rise in global sales for UK acts, led by Adele.

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Monkey News: Animal Collective Announce New Album

Admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:33:00 +0100

Photo by Francis Chung

Update: Domino have now announced the album's tracklist, which you can read below.

On Animal Collective's website, there's the below video that announces that the band's follow-up to 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion is called Centipede Hz and will be out in September on Domino. The video also offers a list of words and phrases that may or may not make up the tracklist on the album. Listen to two new Animal Collective songs, "Honeycomb" and "Gotham", here.

Centipede Hz:

01 Moonjock
02 Today's Supernatural
03 Rosie Oh
04 Applesauce
05 Wide Eyed
06 Father Time
07 New Town Burnout
08 Monkey Riches
09 Mercury Man
10 Pulleys
11 Amanita

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Adele News: Gossip's Beth Ditto: 'Adele is beautiful'

Admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:51:00 +0100

"She gives me chills," says 'Perfect World' singer

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Adele News: Adele: 'I don't want to be a celebrity'

Admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:56:00 +0100

'21' songstress says she's only interested in singing

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Beck News: Watch Doug Aitken's Happening at the Hirshhorn Museum Tonight on Pitchfork.tv on YouTube

Admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:00:00 +0100

Tonight, in Washington, D.C., Pitchfork partners with the Hirshhorn Museum and Wired to present one of multimedia artist Doug Aitken's "Happening" events for his public art project "SONG 1". The "Happening" features musical contributions from Animal Collective's Geologist, Nicolas Jaar, Oneohtrix Point Never, No Age, High Places, Tim McAfee-Lewis, and Leo Gallo. You can watch the whole event at Pitchfork.tv on YouTube starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Since March 22, "SONG 1" has transformed the exterior of the cylindrical museum into something of an outdoor cinema, casting nightly 360-degree projections onto the 82-foot building. The project's soundtrack has featured spliced-together renditions of the crooner staple "I Only Have Eyes for You" by Beck, Oneohtrix Point Never, No Age, Devendra Banhart, Lucky Dragons, and more.

At tonight's "Happening", the pre-recorded "SONG 1" soundtrack will be replaced by a live, continuous soundscape. Across multiple stages, artists will perform in accordance with a script organized by Aitken. Their various interpretations of "I Only Have Eyes for You" will blend seemlessly with help from Animal Collective's Geologist, who will DJ various versions of the song in between bands. Nicolas Jaar will sample and loop the set preceeding his own; No Age will perform with gospel singers. The program will run 75 minutes. Pitchfork editor Brandon Stosuy is tweeting from the event. Follow him at @brandonstosuy

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