NEWSLETTER from CMJ: Destroyer's 'Troubled' Tour; Sun Kil Album; aVinci DVD Coded; Saul Williams' Rockets Glare; Free Yoav MP3

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA ROCK ESPN Just in time for the Super Bowl, acoustic heavy metal duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela will be... (more) DESTROYER DREAMS UP 'TROUBLING' TOUR Venerated indie-pop maestro Dan Bejar, the sole architect of Vancouver-based... (more) LYRICS BORN IS 'EVERYWHERE AT ONCE' Nearly five years since unfurling his debut and lone studio album... (more) SUN KIL MOON TO RELEASE 'APRIL'... IN APRIL Mark Kozelek has announced an April 1 release date for Sun Kil... (more) THESE UNITED STATES MAP OUT ALBUM RELEASE Much-lauded psych-folk collective These United States have... (more) TORCHE 'MEANDERTHALS' OVER TO HYRDRA HEAD Florida sludge-metal merchants Torche have signed... (more) SAUL WILLIAMS' TAR SPANGLED BANNER TOUR Smooth-talker Saul Williams can't get enough word play. Not only... (more) YOAV Charmed And Strange On this debut, Israeli-born, South African-raised Yoav offers 11 melancholy tracks that show he's really got the chops—and by chops, I mean a great, novel gimmick. Yoav uses only his voice and the guitar to craft his music, moving far beyond picking and strumming to create club-appropriate beats with unbelievable methods of banging and pounding. He plays with feedback like a pizzaiolo plays with dough, molding eerie soundscapes that float like a duck across a pond... (more) DOWNLOAD "Beautiful Lie"

"There's something to be said about being in a privileged position to have access to something, and abusing that resonates to those around you." (more) 1. SSM - "Deja Vu" 2. THE EYE THE EAR AND THE ARM - "The One With the Gold Tongue" 3. HERMAJESTY - "Turn To You" 4. LEFT LANE CRUISER - "Wash It" 5. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE PRESENTS: KEVIN DREW - "One Night Man"

SLIDESHOW SOUNDTRACKS NOW LEGAL Sequoia Media Group, LC, creators of the aVinci Experience, have partnered... (more) RHINO SCORES NUMERO UNO WITH 'JUNO' Rhino Records has scored its first number one on the Billboard 200... (more) SYSTEM OF A DOWN BASSIST LAUNCHES URSESSION.COM Shavo Odadjian, bassist for System Of A... (more) If Tom Petty were to have one of your favorite bands back him up at the Super Bowl, who would it be? Wu-Tang Clan Aphex Twin Gogol Bordello Cannibal Corpse Tiny Masters Of Today

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NEWSLETTER from CMJ: Gnarls In Charge Of New LP; Ladyhawk Doc Takes Flight; EMI In The 'News'; Hot Chip Hits CMJ Charts; Free Murder Mystery MP3

GNARLS BARKLEY TO GET 'ODD' Still crazy after all these years? Though it's yet to be determined if they'll have anything... (more) LONELY H TOURING THEIR 'HAIR' OUT Washington's very own indie-pop prodigies Lonely H are set to embark upon a... (more) THE RESURRECTION OF 'COOL' Hot on the heels of Yep Roc's February 19 reissue of Nick Lowe's 1978 power-pop classic... (more) PANTHER FINDS 'GOD' This Panther is about to pounce. The energetic, electro-funk duo will drop their second full length... (more) WANT TO COVER REFUSED? Refused once promised to bring us the shape of punk to come. Now, No Sleep Records wants fans... (more) LADYHAWK'S 'FICTIONAL' DOC British Columbian rawkers Ladyhawk are about to become movie stars. Well, sort of... (more) IDIOT PILOT GET A TASTE OF CHAOS Vociferous Bellingham, Washington duo Idiot Pilot has revealed that they will take... (more) MURDER MYSTERY Are You Ready For The Heartache Cause Here It Comes Remember Weezer's 1994 nerd anthem "Buddy Holly?" Well, New York City's Murder Mystery has the same stand-by-your-gal sentiment, only frontman Jeremy Coleman actually croons like the ol' Crickets leader himself. A collision of hip shaking '60s soda-shoppe pop and early '90s garage gems, the self-released Are You Ready For The Heartache... is essential jangly shy-guy-in-the-corner, break-up-and-breakdown rock... (more) DOWNLOAD "Love Astronaut"

"We... got to [record] onto two different mediums at the same time—one being more hi-fi, and another being more lo-fi" (more) 1. SSM - "Deja Vu" 2. THE EYE THE EAR AND THE ARM - "The One With the Gold Tongue" 3. HERMAJESTY - "Turn To You" 4. LEFT LANE CRUISER - "Wash It" 5. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE PRESENTS: KEVIN DREW - "One Night Man"

CMJ CHART RECAP: HOT CHIP MAKES A STRONG DEBUT No surprises this week, with Radiohead staying at No. 1 across... (more) MTVU GOES TO CABLE At last year's MTV Video Music Awards, Justin Timberlake challenged the station to play... (more) EMI, 'NEW YORK DAILY NEWS' OFFER FREE DOWNLOADS EMI has announced that they will be giving away free download... (more) If Tom Petty were to have one of your favorite bands back him up at the Super Bowl, who would it be? Wu-Tang Clan Aphex Twin Gogol Bordello Cannibal Corpse Tiny Masters Of Today

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