Vampire Weekend have released another track from their forthcoming new album, Modern Vampires Of The City. The new track “Ya Hey” only gets the lyric video treatment but at least you see some alright champagne shower footage in the background (just go with it). “Ya Hey” is set […]
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The Jay-Z Executive Produced soundtrack for The Great Gatsby is now available for streaming. NPR Music’s First Listen has put up for streaming the album featuring tracks from artists like Florence + The Machine, Lana Del Rey, and a Beyoncé/André 3000 collaboration. The soundtrack will be officially released
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We’d like to announce On The Grind Productions’ We R Hip Hop, a night of Chicago Hip Hop that will hit Reggies Rock Club on Thursday, May 9th. Grammy-award winning artist, Really Doe, will be headlining this show that’s highlighting Chicago talent like Julian Malone, Paypa, Auggie The
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMWxt-afylM] After finally releasing their latest album, Bankrupt!, Phoenix went on Late Show with David Letterman to play their track “Trying To Be Cool.” The Frenchmen put on an excellent performance and played one of the better tracks off the new album. See the clip above.
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Earlier this month on the Vince Vaughn-hosted episode of SNL appeared a mockumentary clip for “History of Punk” where they give a look at a Sex Pistols-like fictitious Punk band fronted by Fred Armisen. Ian Rubbish and the Bizzaros, like the Pistols, had a problem with British authority
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The 2013 Mad Decent Block Party lineup has been announced… The 13 city block party will host Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, Danny Brown, Riff Raff, Baauer, Diplo, Matt & Kim, Rockie Fresh, Nadastrom, DJ Sega, Dirty South Joe, Swizzymack and Jahan Lennon, among others. As we mentioned
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For the latest edition of Daft Punk’s “The Collaborators,” a series of interviews with the artists featured on the band’s forthcoming album, Random Access Memories. Gonzalez goes into why he ignored his usual sentiment about collaborating with other artists, the importance of harmony and melody in a song,
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As if there weren’t enough reasons around that make summer in Chicago awesome, our local Alternative Rock (is that still technically the term/genre?) radio station Q87.7, has announced the launch of its first PIQNIQ festival. The new festival will take place at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre on June
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Indie darlings Neutral Milk Hotel have announced a (mini) comeback! The band behind the classic album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea are reuniting to play some shows in the US and in East Asia. Although only 5 dates have been revealed, the band have announced:”More to come
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MU0UKhnDdcI] A new Atoms For Peace track has been released, titled “Magic Beanz.” According to the band’s frontman, Thom Yorke, who took to Twitter to say “The Z is v important,” and “I’d find u a link but I’m still in bedzzz.” The new track may never get
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Obvious Bicycle [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=weAsC-VTPw8] At a hometown show, New York band Vampire Weekend premiered two new songs from their upcoming third LP Modern Vampires of the City. The Roseland Ballroom saw “Everlasting Arms” and “Obvious Bicycle,” performed live for the first time last night. The Steve Buscemi-directed show was live
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For as long as there’s been popular music, one of the signs that you’ve got yourself an instant classic is when other artists start covering your songs not long after their release (like when Jimi Hendrix covered Sgt. Pepper… just 3 days after it was released). Daft Punk’s “Get
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