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Rodrigo y Gabriela- Area 52
Reworked, Revived, Reborn What do you get when you mix hard rock and electrifying flamenco? The answer is Area 52, the fifth album from the brilliant duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. Be prepared to expect the unexpected, as it rearranges nine songs from...
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Lou Reed to Play 22nd Annual Tibet House Benefit
The 22nd annual Tibet House benefit has announced that Lou Reed will be joining Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Laurie Anderson, Rahzel and James Blake for the Phillip Glass-curated event, according to Spinner. The event takes place February 13 at Carnegie Hall...
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Listen: Stream New Party Systems (Kyp Malone and Greg Fox) - "We Are"
As previously reported, Kyp Malone of T.V. on the Radio and ex-Liturgy percussionist Greg Fox teamed up to record music to benefit and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement. That recording has now hit the web under the moniker New Party...
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Watch: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib "Thuggin"
Hip hop performer Freddie Gibbs and DJ, producer and MC (in that order) Madlib have teamed up for a six track EP entitled Thuggin, out now on Stones Throw, as reported by Pitchfork. A video for "Thuggin" is now available, check it out after the...
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R.I.P. Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis, "the godfather of rhythm & blues", passed away in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday, January 17 at the age of 90, as reported by Stereogum. Otis wrote the R & B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive", and was instrumental in sharing...
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Aphex Twin Reissues Selected Ambient Works Volume II on Vinyl
Aphex Twin recently announced he would be reissuing his 1994 album Selected Ambient Works Volume II on vinyl, due out March 6 on 1972 records, as reported by Consequence of Sound. The album has been described by Richard D. James himself as "like...
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Aborted - Global Flatline
A Definite Pulse Belgium-based Aborted have no interest in winning any contests to be the fastest, loudest, least coherent grindcore band out there, though they would be high in the running. Global Flatline is their seventh collection of...
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SOPA and PIPA Become More Likely Threats to Internet
The Senate is set to vote on PIPA (the Protect Intellectual Property Act) on January 24, 2012. This vote could determine how online information on sites like Google, and Wikipedia are released to the public. Sites like our own are voicing that this...
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