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  WATCH: Explosions in the Sky's Trippy First Video

  June 23, 2011 – Austin, TX's Explosions in the Sky are known for their instrumental post-rock songs, some of which have been featured movies and TV shows like Friday Night Lights and One Tree Hill. But after 12 years and six albums, they've never had a music video of their own. Until now. The band just released a clip for "Last Known Surroundings," from their latest album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, via Wired magazine's blog. …
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  Buzz Band Cults Dazzle at SPIN Rooftop Gig

  June 22, 2011 – When the singles "Go Outside" and "Abducted" showed up online last spring, both by some band no one had ever heard of called Cults, the first thing everyone did (besides Googling them and finding nothing) was to wonder how the hell anyone had managed to capture the entire musical zeitgeist so easily with two pop songs. …
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  OK Go, '180/365' (Paracadute)

  June 21, 2011 – For a band that specializes in one-shot videos, this live album culled from the YouTube kings' 2010 tour sure has a lot of edits. Featuring 15 songs -- ten from last year's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky -- performed in 14 cities, it starts jarringly, ?occasionally segues abruptly, and fails to contrive a complete, satisfying show over its 58 minutes. …
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  Arctic Monkeys: The Graduates

  June 17, 2011 – After a historic debut and hype that would have undone lesser bands, Alex Turner and mates' fourth album in five years proves they're only getting better, if not quite bigger. …
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  My Morning Jacket Deliver Brilliant Bonnaroo Set

  June 11, 2011 – For generations in the South, one little-discussed ritual of youth has had a persistent influence -- the ceremonial cranking of southern rock (ironically or not) in your parents' car while driving to the laser light show. …
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  Black Lips: The Road Warriors

  June 10, 2011 – Or,How to Succeed in (the Music) Business Without (Looking Like You're) Really Trying (and While Occasionally Peeing in Your Best Friend's Mouth). The Black Lips clean up just fine. …
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  Skylar Grey: The Changeling

  June 10, 2011 – The radical transformation of the woman behind some of hip-hop's biggest hits. Holly Brook didn't have a problem fitting in. Instead, as a prim singer-songwriter who cooed chamomile lullabies in a lilting voice, she fit in so well that she never got noticed -- not even after appearing on a hit single. …
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  Bright Eyes Bring Fireworks in New Clip

  June 10, 2011 – "Jejune Stars" is one of the highlights from Bright Eyes' latest album The People's Key - a balls-out, New Wave-style "song of redemption." Conor Oberst and Co. …
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  Patrick Stump: The Gambler

  June 8, 2011 – Fall Out Boy's frontman wagers his personal fortune on a new solo project, and he'll sleep on the floor if he has to. Patrick Stump says he made enough money as the singer for pop-punk chart-toppers Fall Out Boy to retire, modestly...to a suburb. But his band's hiatus afforded him the chance to make what he calls an "outsider R&B" project, and he's staking his own earnings to bring Soul Punk (out this summer) to life. …
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  The-Dream X-Rated, Black Keys Diss Gaga

  June 8, 2011 – Days after announcing his September album The Love, IV (Diary of a Mad Man), The-Dream has released the album's first two tracks: the industrial-tinged R&B number "Body Work" and the X-rated, future-funk number "Fuck My Brains Out," which would make R. Kelly blush. …
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