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  Phil Collins Quits Music, Garbage Plans LP + More

  March 7, 2011 – Phil Collins has announced he will be quitting music for good, citing health issues like hearing problems, dislocated vertebra, and nerve damage, which have made playing drums difficult, as reasons for his retirement. "I don't really belong to that world, and I don't think anyone's going to miss me," he said. …
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  Tough Questions for Alex Turner

  August 27, 2009 – In 2006, Arctic Monkeys sold more than 350,000 copies of their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, its first week out in the U.K., turning frontman Alex Turner, then just 20, into a tabloid stud overnight. …
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  New Albums from Arctic Monkeys, Jet, Matisyahu, and More

  August 25, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Arctic Monkeys, HumbugGrown-up and roughed up Arctic Monkeys struggle to find their inner mannishness.Read Review >> Matisyahu, LightSpiffed-up beats test the mishpucha's patience. Read Review >> Felix Da Housecat, He Was KingClub legend bites historic styles to sharpen shtick. …
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• Arctic Monkeys, 'Humbug' (Domino)

  August 24, 2009 – Oh, the predictable life of a Britrock sensation. Your debut is assured legendary status (for at least a year). You'll be feted for dissecting, celebrating, and sneering at the lives of common people. Your follow-up will be more "challenging" but won't abandon your roots. You'll date famous, beautiful, unconventional women. Your third album, though, will push, probably too hard, for the thrill of the new. …
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  Pope Gets Signed, Meth's Glorified Pellet Gun

  August 6, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news the Internet had to offer this week: Pope Benedict XVI has signed up with Snoop Dogg and Ashlee Simpson's record label to release an album called Alma Mater -- beating Kanye West to the punch, perhaps? [USA Today] The Pope's really more of a Franz Ferdinand fan anyway. [NME] What's better than Indonesian percussion?Indonesian percussion played by robots! …
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  Arctic Monkeys Extend American Tour

  July 13, 2009 – The Arctic Monkeys' upcoming third album might be called Humbug (out Aug. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 5, 2009 – Two of hip-hop's biggest stars, Eminem and Jay-Z, took the stage earlier this week for a rare joint performance in L.A. …
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  Arctic Monkeys Channel Black Sabbath on New Record

  May 20, 2009 – When they're not monkeying around with P. Diddy in his Miami mansion (and filming the whole thing!), Brit indie rock darlings the Arctic Monkeys are recording their new album for release this summer. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 17, 2009 – This week Green Day gave lucky fans a sneak peek of their summer tour, Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather, debuted live, Rihanna planned her comeback, and Phil Spector was convicted of murder. …
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  Video: P. Diddy Bromances Arctic Monkeys

  April 15, 2009 – Listen up HBO execs: There's a new Entourage in town -- and it has the makings of a hit show! P. Diddy has declared himself the fifth member of Brit indie rock outfit Arctic Monkeys, after partying down and forming a bromance with the lads during a house party at his Miami mansion. The best part? The whole thing was captured on film. …
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