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  Why Lana Del Rey, Cults, and More Indie Heartachers Lurk in the Shadows of 'Twin Peaks'

  April 27, 2012 – "There was something a bit wrong about the bands we were playing with," says Jimmy Lee, guitarist for Trailer Trash Tracys, four hazy London dream-catchers who felt suffocated by the fashion-first factions of U.K. dance-punk. "I think those bands were too shy or too afraid to be slightly romantic or talk about love. We wanted to be unashamed about all those concepts. …
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  The Week's 9 Controversial, Baffling, and Excellent Covers

  April 27, 2012 – It may have been a sluggish week for Internet goodies, but it was a great one for cover songs. From the excellent and deliberate to the spontaneous and cringe-worthy, here are the week's nine most noteworthy: The Blog-Baiting: 1. Azealia Banks on Lana Del Rey's "Blue Jeans," as Remixed by Smims&Belle We already showed you this today, but Azealia Banks did the inevitable and put herself on a Lana Del Rey song. …
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  You Can Hear Azealia Banks on a Lana Del Rey Remix, But Can't See Her Live (For Now)

  April 27, 2012 – The gap between real-life accomplishment and its online facsimile has arguably never been bigger — hey, even unfairly maligned internet-hype-cycle poster children Black Kids had live performances under their belts before raving to all of our friends about "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You." That divide between our physical and virtual worlds is highlighted again today, as wildly talented, Breaking Out New Y …
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  Lana Del Rey Sings on Spanish TV, Drops 'Carmen' Video, Grows More Mysterious

  April 23, 2012 – Lana Del Rey, after a promotional blitz that saw her performing songs from Interscope debut Born to Die on Saturday Night Live, Late Show With David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has been uncharacteristically coy lately. …
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  Lana Del Rey: Beloved By Mansons

  March 23, 2012 –  …
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  Shallow, Grave: Watch Lana Del Rey's 'Blue Jeans' Video

  March 19, 2012 – Nothing wakes up the post-SXSW masses on a Monday morning like a new Lana Del Rey video. The fresh clip is for "Blue Jeans," and while the single's cover art has drawn some controversy for the way Del Rey seems to be inviting a strangling (or a pulse-check!), this film-noirish music video is fairly tame by comparison. …
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  Hand in Glove: Hear a Lana Del Rey-Smiths Mash-Up

  March 2, 2012 – Steven Patrick Morrissey and Elizabeth "Lizzy" Grant are both singer-songwriters with a clear love of cinema and a distaste for the bland, the bourgeois, and the unglamorous. As Buzzfeed points out, these two dedicated followers of fashion meet at last in a new track by mash-up artist Reborn Identity. …
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  Brit Awards Breakdown: Adele Is Sassy! Blur Return! Lana Del Rey Is Adored!

  February 22, 2012 – The U.K. press is well-known for its ruthlessness, but last night at the Brit Awards, which took place at London's O2 Arena, they came off as far more forgiving than our own media. Not only did Adele, who naturally won top accolades for British Female Solo Artist and Mastercard British Album of the Year, get away with what M.I.A. …
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  Watch Lana Del Rey Improve on 'Kimmel'

  February 14, 2012 – The world of late-night musical guests is oft a mixed bag, and yesterday's lineup was predictably unpredictable. …
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  Who Charted? Lana Del Rey Fails to Beat Adele

  February 8, 2012 – First! Adele held on to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart for a 19th non-consecutive week. The British singer's 21 sold 122,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That means Adele's sophomore LP has now spent more weeks atop the chart than any album other than The Bodyguard soundtrack, whose 20-week mark she can match if she holds off this week's releases by Van Halen and the Fray to keep the top spot next week. …
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