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[Updated: 3:04 P.M.]

NEWS:

    COACHELLA Dates Set for 2010
    Mark your calendars for April 16-18! The California desert fest is back for its 11th year — perhaps with Pavement? [Billboard]
    New ANIMAL COLLECTIVE EP Due This Fall
    The band gets dark, samples the Dead on the forthcoming five-song Fall Be Kind, to be released by year’s end. [Pitchfork]
    New RADIOHEAD Album to Drop Next Year
    Guitarist Ed O’Brien says the band will hit the studio this winter with long-time producer — and recent Thom Yorke bandmate — Nigel Godrich. [NME]
    AMY WINEHOUSE Readying Third Album for 2010?
    Island Records rep says the English diva’s Back to Black follow-up will “hopefully” be ready by 2010.[Gigwise]
    FLAMING LIPS Pop-Up Store to Launch October 15 in L.A.
    The space rock icons celebrate their twelfth full-length with sale of exclusive merch and CDs. [MySpace]
    LCD SOUNDSYSTEM‘s Murphy Talks New Album
    The brain behind the dance rock act blogs about his new album and the uselessness of art in a personal MySpace rant. [MySpace]
    New ROCK BAND App Coming to iPhone!
    Rock out to Pixies, Foo Fighters, and Smashing Pumpkins by tapping along with the new four-inch version of the game. [EW]
    BRENDAN BENSON Plots Fall Tour
    Raconteur plots 14 new tour dates, kicking off Nov. 13 in St. Louis. [MySpace]

MP3s & VIDEOS:

    DOWNLOAD: New Track from CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
    Head to the French actress’s website for the title track from her forthcoming Beck-produced album, IRM, out January 25. [charlottegainsbourg.com]
    New Song from DANIEL JOHNSTON
    Hear the outsider folk-star’s “I Had Lost My Mind,” a new track from his forthcoming SPIN-approved Is and Always Was. [Spinner]