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The Home Of Grunge Closes

5499 days ago

XFM.co.uk — Smart studios, home to records by Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth, closes its doors. more info

Top 10: Directors With Great Taste In Music

5499 days ago

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — This week the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were handed out in L.A. in advance of the March 7th award show. With ten nominations for Best Picture this year and all but locked up races for the Best Acting awards it was difficult to be too up... more info

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New Lost Soundtrack EPs Hit iTunes

5500 days ago

411 Mania — The Who, The Specials, Hank Williams, Marvin Gaye, Skynyrd, KISS, Sonic Youth, The Roots and more make up the Lost Tracks... more info

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New band of the day â€“ No 714: Yuck

5506 days ago

Guardian Music — Don't pay any attention to their name â€“ these north London newbies are not yuck at all, they're pretty good, sounding like a shoegazey Sonic YouthHometown: London.The lineup: Jonny (drums), Daniel (vocals, rhythm guitar), Max (lead guitar), Ma... more info

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Ticketmaster - Live Nation Merger

5509 days ago

Troubled Souls Unite — The Tickets Are Our MastersIt's finally happened, and it's not good. After months (years?) of debate, the Justice Department finally gave the two ticket giants the go ahead to merge and form a monopoly.While it's upsetting, this shouldn't be a surpri... more info

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Fucked Up Explain "Cranking To Sonic Youth"

5509 days ago

Stereogum — FU recanted the dis track (cranking = "crying and wanking at the same time") saying "Cranking to Sonic Youth / 'Goo' in your hand, your favorite band / You love Thurston, you love Kim / You love art and you are thin" is "more of an homage to [SY's] f... more info

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Indie rocker Jay Reatard dead at 29

5519 days ago

Live Daily — Jay Reatard [ tickets ] was found dead in his Memphis home on Jan. 13. The garage rocker died in his sleep, according to local reports. He was 29. Reatard, whose real name is Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., was found in bed by his roommate at about 3:30 a.... more info

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Back from the dead: Why I welcome a Swans reunion

5522 days ago

Guardian Music — The fiercely independent, post-punk eardrum perforators are to reunite. But there's plenty of evidence that they are motivated by more than just a big pay chequeAsked in a 2006 interview if he would ever consider reforming Swans, the band he led from... more info

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Yoko Ono Recruits Clapton, Paul Simon for Plastic Ono Band Show

5523 days ago

Rolling Stone — Yoko Ono has recruited Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, Bette Midler and more artists for the first Plastic Ono Band show in 40 years: a special concert on February 16th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New ... more info

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