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DAFT PUNK EMIT 'ELECTROMA' DVD Daft Punk have revealed that their experimental film Electroma will be released in dual... (more) NEWTON FAULKNER'S 'ROBOTS' INVADE US Newton Faulkner's debut, Hand Built By Robots, will reach the States... (more) OLD 97'S 'BLAME IT ON GRAVITY' Roots-stomping stalwarts Old 97's return with their first new studio album in four... (more) CRYSTAL CASTLES POSTPONE TOUR Crystal Castles, the electro-thrash duo long touted for breaking beats and... (more) NEW SILVER JEWS DUE IN JUNE It's been almost three long years since the release of Tanglewood Numbers... (more) MARTHA WAINWRIGHT HAS 'FEELINGS TOO' Martha Wainwright is following up her self-titled debut with I Know You're... (more) TOKYO POLICE CLUB GO COLLEGIATE Tokyo Police Club is reaching out to their own peers—college students, that is... (more) FLOGGING MOLLY Float Some bands are just critic-proof. To bag on something as indubitable as Flogging Molly's Gaelic rock would just seem heartless, or at least pointless. This pint-hoisting bunch never tried to claim they were completely akin to the quasi-political, mosh-pit street yobs who prop up the trashiest end of this sub-genre (along with, oddly enough, the jam crowd that makes up the other half of Molly's following). To actually be able to smoothly integrate the array of instruments on clover-hoedowns like this requires... (more) DOWNLOAD "The Story So Far"

"A lot of Top 40 music is trying too hard to be really complicated because it's making up for something that it's lacking at its core. I like to try it from the other way around and make it come to life." (more) 1. SISTERS3 - "Giggling Gremlins" 2. GIRLS LIKE CIGARETTES - "Combustible You" 3. LIA - "Say Oooh" 4. HANNE HUKKELBERG - "Cheaters Armoury" 5. BAD FLIRT - "Heart Of Darkness"

CMJ CHART RECAP: STEPHEN MALKMUS MAKES THE LEAP Hot Chip continues to fend off British Sea Power... (more) MERGE RECORDS LAUNCHES ONLINE STORE Do it your self, indeed. Merge Records recently launched an online store... (more) MAD DRAGON PARTNERS WITH RYKODISC MAD Dragon, Drexel University's student-run, full-service record label... (more) The onset of spring means a big release period for the music industry. Which album is most likely to live up to its hype? Gnarls Barkley's The Odd Couple Breeders' Mountain Battles Portishead's Third Death Cab For Cutie's Narrow Stairs Atmosphere's When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold

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