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Live - Adele @ Webster Hall | NYC

The most immediately striking thing about Adele's live performance is her profound sense of confidence. Compared to the litany of UK vocalists usually bandied about in the same breath, at 20 years old, the London singer is the same age as her peers, but somehow totally owns her complete onstage persona....

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By Miguel Banuelos Sep 05, 2008 in NEWS, NEWS

Video - Deerhoof "The Tears And Music Of Love"

Deerhoof continues to be one of the best bands at both marketing themselves and making themselves accessible to their fans. One of the more interesting ways was when they released their entire upcoming album Offend Maggie as sheet music for the "Fresh Born" experiment, asking fans to cover the new songs before they've had a chance to hear them. Well, now they can hear how close they came to matching the original for at least one of them....

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By Derek Evers Sep 05, 2008 in NEWS

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By Derek Evers Sep 05, 2008 in NEWS

Flashback Friday Video - Huey Lewis And The News "I Want A New Drug"

In honor of the news that there may be a new "Ghostbusters" movie, we chose to give you some Huey Lewis And The News. What does Huey and Co. have to do with Ghostbusters you may ask?...

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By Derek Evers Sep 05, 2008 in NEWS

A New Ghostbusters Movie?

Straight from the Key Master's mouth.

Columbia Pictures is apparently in "serious discussion" about creating a new installment of its blockbuster "Ghostbusters" franchise. The studio has set "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a film designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson....

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By Derek Evers Sep 05, 2008 in NEWS

High Places Vs. Ponytail This Fall

Two of our favorite bands are teaming up this fall for a tour that has left many exclaiming, it's about damn time!...

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By Derek Evers Sep 04, 2008 in NEWS

Video - Fiasco "Oh, You Horny Monster!"

A few weeks ago we witnessed the premiere of the video for Fiasco's "Oh, You Horny Monster!". Seated on the floor of a dank Silent Barn, the band, their friends and the willing audience got a visual taste of their forthcoming LP Native Canadians. Now they're letting the rest of the world in on the fun. ...

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By Derek Evers Sep 04, 2008 in NEWS

MGMT Announce New Single Details

Man, the Brits do love them some MGMT, so it should come as no surprise that they have planned the release of another single just in time for their UK/European tour later this fall....

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By Derek Evers Sep 04, 2008 in NEWS

Photos - Portraits Of Past Reunion Show @ Death By Audio | Brooklyn

This past weekend the seminal - and non-existent for the past decade-plus - California hardcore band Portraits Of Past graced the stages of Brooklyn and New York City, exciting closet screamo fans from all boroughs....

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By Derek Evers Sep 04, 2008 in NEWS

RIP - Don LaFontaine 1940-2008

In a world far, far away... And a time not long ago... "Thunder Throat" Don LaFontaine was Hollywood's undisputed champion of the voiceover. It’s a fair bet that you don’t recognize the name or even the face, but the voice is as iconic to moviegoers of the last 40-years as any image the big screen might have displayed....

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By Derek Evers Sep 04, 2008 in NEWS