Q is reporting that Lou Reed will be touring his 1973 album, Berlin, across Europe beginning in June in Brussels. Says Reed, “I only do this every 30 years. One time, one time only.” Sort of a contradictory statement there. One time only every 30 years, what?

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Ugh.  So Amy Winehouse mentions weed in a song.  Who cares?  She says fuck all over the place and those songs remain.  One drug reference gets a track pulled?  Universal American should be horse-whipped. This is completely absurd. What are they trying to market her as?  I knew I should have just bought the import…  

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Lily Allen has accused Apple of bullying musicians into providing exclusive content for iTunes. Color me iSurprised. “Allen claimed Apple pushed her to quickly produce a new version of a song for sale on iTunes, so she planned to give them a “rubbish remix”.”

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One of my favorite albums of last year is finally coming out in the U.S. Amy Winehouse’s husky voice is a textured, powerful weapon. Her music could easily be mistaken for kitschy R&B, except her lyrics are intelligent, funny, and heartfelt. She’s a skinny white girl with a big black woman’s voice, and she knows […]

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In an interview with Spin.com, Greg Dulli reveals that his old band got back together to record two songs for a Rhino Records retrospective called Unbreakable, due out May 1st, and from the sound of it things haven’t changed that much (i.e. lots of piss and vinegar). Dulli is currently recording with Mark Lanegan as […]

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MCA told Billboard.com that a new Beastie Boys album could come out this summer, as the now wildly inappropriately named rappers headline a few festivals. Meanwhile, Yauch has just finished producing a new record by the original line-up of Bad Brains for Megaforce called Build A Nation.

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Former Jawbox frontman J Robbins and his wife Janet Morgan (Channels) have a child with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, so to help with the exorbitant medical costs, The D-Plan is playing a benefit in DC at the Black Cat on Saturday, April 28th. http://dismembermentplan.com

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