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  Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'Stage Whisper' (Because/Elektra)

  November 2, 2011 – French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg's voice is small and unaffected (a stage whisper, indeed), but Beck, her producer-songwriter for 2010's celebrated IRM, tends toward the opposite extreme. He completes her, as demonstrated by the mirror-balling "Paradisco," the baroque psychedelia of "White Telephone," and two other tasty IRM leftovers among the eight new tracks here. …
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  GZA & Wavves, Hammond Jr. Taps Vaccines + More

  August 26, 2011 – Wu-Tang Clan's GZA hit up FUEL TV's show Daily Habit to perform his classic 1995 track "Liquid Swords" — and he was backed by Wavves for the spot. Watch it below (via The Audio Perv). Play Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has teamed up with British upstarts The Vaccines for a new track, titled "Tiger Blood." The collab makes sense: Hammond Jr. has also produced music for rising bands like The Postelles. …
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  Charlotte Gainsbourg Returns With Pretty Folk Ditty

  April 13, 2011 – It's been two years since actress-turned-singer Charlotte Gainsbourg released her excellent, Beck-produced album IRM, and now the daughter of legendary French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is releasing a new single, "Memoir." The track will be released Saturday on a limited-edition 7-inch via independent music retailers as part of the annual Record Store Day festivities, but you can stream a lengthy excerpt of it now. For the song, Gains …
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  The 30 Biggest Concerts of 2010

  December 23, 2010 –  …
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  SPIN's 20 Best Photos of 2010

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  Charlotte Gainsbourg Plays Her First-Ever Concert

  January 20, 2010 – "Set the night on fuckin' fire, Charlotte!" hollered a fan at Charlotte Gainsbourg's first live performance ever Tuesday night at Brooklyn's Bell House. The French pop princess did just that, delicately, sensuously, using her five-piece band as the lighter fluid. Not bad for a rookie. The 60-minute set was a testament to the power of setting the mood. …
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• Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'IRM' (Because Music/Elektra)

  January 14, 2010 – Best known as an acclaimed, risky actress -- she starred in the disturbing Antichrist -- Charlotte Gainsbourg has had a scattershot musical career. In 1984, she duetted on the yucky "Lemon Incest" with legendary French raconteur Serge Gainsbourg (a.k.a. …
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  DOWNLOAD: Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck Single

  October 9, 2009 – If French actress/chanteuse/pop-royalty Charlotte Gainsbourg's last album 5:55 was a fairly conventional singer-songwriter affair, then the first taste of her upcoming collaboration with Beck promises something far more adventurous. "IRM," the title track off the album due in January, was inspired by the brain hemorrhage she suffered two years ago -- IRM is French for MRI. …
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  Beck Collaborates with Charlotte Gainsbourg

  November 19, 2008 – Charlotte Gainsbourg is all about family -- both hers, and, it seems, Beck's. Gainsbourg (the daughter of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and actress-cum-singer Jane Birkin) worked with Beck's father, David Campbell, on the string arrangements for her 2006 album 5:55 -- which also featured Jarvis Cocker, Air, and the Divine Comedy. But now Gainsbourg is set to collaborate with Beck himself. …
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