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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 26, 2010 – This week, Eminem popped up at a downtown NYC club to help launch his new album; Radiohead leaked details about their next effort; and Drake topped the charts with Thank Me Later, the biggest hip-hop debut of the year. Meanwhile, M.I.A. …
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  WATCH: Creepy Interpol Video for "Lights"

  June 23, 2010 – The members of Interpol don't appear in the just-released clip for "Lights" (the first single off the band's self-titled fourth album, due in September), but the video echoes the song's brooding post-punk with beautifully shot, completely creepy visuals. …
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  Secret Machines, YYYs Members Join Interpol

  June 8, 2010 – Following the recent departure of Interpol's founding bassist Carlos Dengler, a.k.a. Carlos D, the New York band has announced his replacements -- that right: plural. Interpol said today that the Secret Machines' Brandon Curtis will join the band alongside new recruit Dave Pajo, an indie vet who has played with Slint, Will Oldham, Zwan, and, most recently, toured as a member of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. …
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  Interpol Plot Summer Tour Dates

  May 13, 2010 – Interpol promised to carry their upcoming fourth album "all around the world," and now they're delivering. The snazzy New York City alt-rockers have unveiled a worldwide summer tour, returning the quartet to the road for their first gigs in over three years. Interpol will kick off a 23-date U.S. …
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  Interpol Bassist Carlos D Quits Band

  May 10, 2010 – Bassist Carlos Dengler, a.k.a. Carlos D, has left Interpol, the New York City alt-rock outfit he co-founded in 1997. The departure was announced in a post to the band's website. "[Dengler] has decided to follow another path, and to pursue new goals," the post read. "This separation is amicable, and we whole-heartedly wish him great happiness and success. …
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  DOWNLOAD: Interpol Return with New Song!

  April 29, 2010 – Late Wednesday night, fashionable New York City post-punk quartet Interpol heralded their yet-to-be-titled new album, expected this summer, by leaking "Lights," a dark and brooding track that's about as vital to Interpol's sound as tailored suits are to their image. …
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  Snoop Dogg Headlines '90s Rap Night

  April 20, 2010 – "I hope he doesn't play any new shit," one guy said, while waiting in line for Snoop Dogg's rare small-venue gig at the 600-capacity Brooklyn Bowl Monday night. Inside the club -- a former iron factory in a row of unkempt warehouses in a desolate stretch of Williamsburg, Brooklyn -- DJ Fancypants spun some old shit, foreshadowing the fan's wish-fullfillment. …
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  Interpol Set for U2 Tour, First Gigs Since '08

  February 22, 2010 – Moody NYC rockers Interpol will support U2 on six stadium dates this summer, beginning June 27 in Minneapolis. …
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  New Interpol Album: "Elegant" and "Orchestral"

  December 18, 2009 – Interpol has a new sound -- and it seems fitting for the classy suits that the New York City quartet are known for wearing. The former SPIN cover boys are working on their follow up to 2007's SPIN-approved Our Love To Admire, and in a recent interview with BBC, frontman Paul Banks said fans can expect an "elegant, orchestral quality" to the new songs. What's behind this change in direction? …
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  Interpol Frontman Goes Solo at NYC Museum

  September 28, 2009 – The live solo debut from Interpol frontman Paul Banks -- nom de tune Julian Plenti -- Friday night at New York City's Guggenheim Museum was a highfalutin mind-bender: Where else can 200 dapper folks stand beneath a dizzying Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda, hear one of rock's chicest stars unleash brooding new tunes, and examine the brushstrokes of paintings from Vasily Kandinsky's Improvisations period? New Yorkers dressed for the  …
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