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  Grimes Goes Bird-Watching for Misty 'Venus in Fleurs' Video

  May 6, 2013 – Grimes famously wrote earlier this year that her Tumblr is "not a news source," which means that this news post probably won't make Claire Boucher happy. This past weekend, Boucher shared an old but unreleased video for "Venus in Fleurs," a mostly wordless meditation off her 2010 debut album, Geidi Primes. "We were supposed to release [this video] ages ago and somehow it didn’t happen," Boucher wrote on Tumblr. …
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  Internet Names Frank Ocean Person of the Year

  April 30, 2013 – Frank Ocean just scored a major publicity coup, landing on TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People list, and now the channel ORANGE author can add another honorific to his long list of awards: Ocean has been named the Webby Awards' Person of the Year. According to the Webby's official site, "Frank Ocean has had a truly remarkable, impactful year as both a musician and cultural icon, showing a deep understanding of the Internet  …
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  Vampire Weekend, Kanye West Confirmed for 'SNL'

  April 26, 2013 – Vampire Weekend announced on Twitter today (April 26) that are scheduled to appear as musical guests on Saturday Night Live's May 11 broadcast. Former SNL castmember (and Bridesmaids star) Kristen Wiig will host the episode. …
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  Grimes' Anti-Sexism Manifesto Is Required Reading (Even if You're Not a Fan)

  April 24, 2013 – After assembling one of 2012's most discussed indie albums, the all-embracing and promisingly ambitious Visions, Grimes mastermind Claire Boucher almost quit social media. "Bye Internet," the Internet-fueled Canadian electro-pop artist wrote earlier this year, in a Tumblr post that has since been deleted. …
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  Yeah Yeah Yeahs, fun., Kendrick Lamar Headline Kanrocksas 2013 Festival

  March 1, 2013 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kendrick Lamar, fun., Killer Mike, Miguel, and more have been tapped to perform at Kanrocksas Music Festival this year. …
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  Roots Picnic Official Lineup Bears Out Our Predictions, Adds Naughty by Nature

  January 22, 2013 – ?uestlove dropped some major hints about the lineup for the sixth annual Roots Picnic yesterday (January 21) and SPIN took some guesses as to who the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader had booked for the Philadelphia concert. …
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  ?uestlove Teases Roots Picnic Lineup: Gary Clark Jr., Grimes, Solange Expected

  January 21, 2013 – ?uestlove teased the lineup to the sixth annual Roots Picnic festival through a series of cat-and-mouse tweets today (January 21), hinting at appearances from Gary Clark Jr., Grimes, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Hit-Boy, Solange Knowles, Robert Glasper, Joey Bada$$, and Gaslamp Killer. …
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  Grimes Comes Clean: Synth-Pop Provocateur on Her Big Year

  December 6, 2012 – Whether you admire her go-for-it ambition and wildly layered cultural references or think she's a cutesy walking meme with an annoying penchant for appropriation, it's hard to deny that Grimes inhabited (and sometimes infuriated) the 2012 zeitgeist like few others. …
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  Grimes Nixes Three Shows, Citing 'Hearing Loss, Tinnitus'

  October 17, 2012 – Grimes has canceled a handful of Canadian shows due to ear problems. …
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  Yigal Azrouel Shines With A Razor-Sharp Spring '13 Collection

  September 13, 2012 – Most people fumble their way through sewing on a first button, learn to do their hair from a YouTube tutorial, or Rosetta Stone the crap out of Italian a few months before a trip to Rome. Yigal Azrouël, on the other hand, is a completely self-taught fashion designer, and a killer one at that. …
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