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  Hear Arctic Monkeys' Sly Katy B Cover

  January 25, 2012 – Britain's finest rock'n'roll sophisticates took on one of last year's finest U.K. pop sensations earlier today in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. That's right, Arctic Monkeys covered Katy B's sinuously bass-dropping "Katy on a Mission" (rip by the NJ Underground, via Some Kind of Awesome). On last year's Suck It and See, Alex Turner and the boys gave the impression they had outgrown the U.K. and U.S. …
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  Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys Extend Arena Tour

  January 9, 2012 – The most riff-roaring double-headed rock arena tour of the upcoming season just added a new leg. Presumably also of the riff-roaring variety. The Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys have tacked on 16 new dates to their schedule of shows together, which means they'll now be playing Houston on April 24, Milwaukee on May 16, and a wide range of North American cities in between. …
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  Watch 3 Songs From Arctic Monkeys' Homecoming Shows

  December 21, 2011 – Arctic Monkeys singer-guitarist Alex Turner recently said the band is finally getting some love in the States, but the slang-loving rockers have always been most popular in their native England. And nowhere more than their hometown of Sheffield, where Arctic Monkeys played a pair of shows at Don Valley Bowl back in June. …
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  Arctic Monkeys and Black Keys Team for Arena Tour

  December 4, 2011 – What's black and white riddled with fuzz? No, not Jim James in a tuxedo... It's the Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys, who are spending 2012 together traipsing around North America on an arena tour kicking off March 2nd, a stone's throw away from Dan and Pat's Ohio hood. Live Keys! …
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  Arctic Monkeys Stay NSFW in 'Evil Twin' Video

  October 27, 2011 – Last month, Arctic Monkeys released the video for the title track from their fourth album, Suck It and See, which stars drummer (and Diddy BFF) Matt Helders as a gun-toting biker guy with a girlfriend who has a penchant for undressing. The recent SPIN cover stars return to what look like outtakes from that effort in the just-unveiled video for new song "Evil Twin," which will appear as the B-side to the "Suck It and See" U.K. …
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  Arctic Monkeys' Drummer Stars in NSFW Video

  September 16, 2011 – Ultramagnetic MCs famously offered to "Give the Drummer Some" -- and that's exactly what Arctic Monkeys have done in their video for the title track off the British rockers' fourth album, Suck It and See. In the clip, drummer Matt Helders stars as a musclebound biker dude who has a tempestuous relationship with his scantily (and sometimes un-) clad girlfriend. …
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  SPIN's Candid Portraits From Lollapalooza

  August 11, 2011 –  …
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  Arctic Monkeys & Guest Drop New Song

  August 9, 2011 – With their new single "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala," the Arctic Monkeys included a B-side titled "Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)." But it's not a hard-and-fast Monkeys tune: Alex Turner and Co. have dropped the cut under their alias The Death Ramps, a pseudonym they've used since 2007. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Unplugs

  July 6, 2011 – Arctic Monkeys have never been much for acoustic performances, preferring to deliver their taut Brit rock plugged in -- and loud. But at the band's recent cover shoot for SPIN's July issue, frontman Alex Turner stepped to the microphone solo and delivered a spare but stunning take on the title track from his band's fourth album, Suck It And See. …
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  Arctic Monkeys: The Graduates

  June 17, 2011 – After a historic debut and hype that would have undone lesser bands, Alex Turner and mates' fourth album in five years proves they're only getting better, if not quite bigger. …
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