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Bands rarely use up major labels and then toss them aside. It’s usually the other way around. But The Go! Team had the opportunity to exploit Sony’s massive resources without selling its soul with a one-time distribution deal that managed to sell a quarter of a million copies worldwide of its 2004 debut, Thunder, Lightning, […]

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Achtung, babes. All is definitely nicht gut with former Ash Ra Tempel guitarist Manuel Göttsching. After catching the .jpg-only cover of LCD Soundsystem’s sole-selling Nike commission 45:33 – which really does look a heckuva lot like the godfather of techno’s 1984 meisterwerk E2-E4 – Göttsching’s camp had this to say: “LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has […]

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In yet more nude dude news, 220-pound Oxbow front man Eugene Robinson has finished penning his ridiculously titled idiot’s guide to extreme grappling Fight: Or, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Ass-Kicking But Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked For Asking. Sounds like one of those Bertrand Russell riddles. (Although I guess it’s […]

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Famous urophiliac R. Kelly ain’t done with his serial slow-jamz soap opera, “Trapped in the Closet,” by a damn sight. Oh, goody. What began as a sprawling, subversive song in 12 parts has been expanded by 10 episodes, and all of the videos are available for streaming on the Independent Film Channel’s site. Meanwhile, the […]

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It only makes sense that the land that brought us both Bach and Beethoven and Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt would be the first to even think about transcribing Lou Reed’s 1975 hocus pocus opus. Back in March of 2002, saxophonist Ulrich Krieger and accordion player Lucca Venitucci had their 34-page, through composed score performed […]

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In an old post from 2002 by fake news satirists at The Onion, Battles guitarist/vocalist Ty Braxton pretends to be a temp at a Boston law firm:  “I have so much going on in my life right now,” Braxton said. “I’m helping a friend start up a little Cajun food stand, I’ve gotten way into this […]

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