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  Deftones Prove Their Enduring Talent in Tour Kickoff

  April 15, 2011 – "I've never seen the Deftones playing better than they are right now," proclaimed Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato near the end of his group's opening set at the kickoff of the two bands' joint U.S. Tour at the Paramount Theater in Seattle Thursday night. …
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  The Kills Deliver Sexy Acoustic Performance

  April 14, 2011 – As the Kills, Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince usually crank out feedback-laced, drum machine-studded rock'n'roll, and they do it best when sweat-soaked on a small stage. …
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  Chris Martin Covers Oasis at London Pub

  April 14, 2011 – Pub-goers in London were gifted with a cool surprise Wednesday night: Coldplay frontman Chris Martin dropped by to perform a stripped-back acoustic set, which included a cover of Oasis' smash "Wonderwall." Shaky fan footage has hit the web, and you can watch it here (via Some Kind of Awesome). Martin popped into a bar in the Highgate section of London as part of a benefit organized by English actor Simon Pegg. …
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  My Favorite Things: Taylor Momsen

  April 13, 2011 – This week: Taylor Momsen, the 17-year-old Gossip Girl star-turned-rocker with her band the Pretty Reckless. Their debut album,Light Me Up, is out now. FAVORITE ALBUM:"Abbey Road by the Beatles. It's hard to pick a favorite Beatles record. A lot of people say Rubber Soul or Revolver. But Abbey Road has this finality to it. Plus, it has 'Come Together.'" FAVORITE NEW ARTIST:"Soundgarden. Wait... does that count? …
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  Explosions in the Sky: Blowing Up

  April 13, 2011 – With a little help from Friday Night Lights, Explosions in the Sky's "sad but triumphant" soundscapes have made them rock's unlikeliest success story. Explosions in the sky's most famous song is not actually by Explosions in the Sky. …
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  Foo Fighters Channel Beatles in Two-Hour Set

  April 13, 2011 – Tuesday night the Foo Fighters played an 111-minute set for Live on Letterman at New York's Ed Sullivan Theatre, honoring the Beatles by mimicking the look of the Fab Four's iconic debut U.S. performance in 1964 on the same stage. …
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  Foo Fighters, 'Wasting Light' (Roswell/RCA)

  April 12, 2011 – First Dave Grohl learned to fly. Then, in "Times Like These," he learned to love and live again. Grohl's latest lesson? "Learning to walk again," as he puts it near the end of the seventh Foo Fighters album. …
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  Atmosphere, 'The Family Sign' (Rhymesayers)

  April 12, 2011 – On the follow-up to surprise 2008 commercial hit When Life Gives You Lemons..., cagey MC Slug and producer Ant are joined full-time by guitarist Nate Collis and keyboardist Erick Anderson, but Family Sign is a spare, solemn affair. …
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  My Morning Jacket Debut New LP's First Track!

  April 12, 2011 – "We're going back to a similar vibe that we had on the first three records," bassist Tommy Blankenship recently told SPIN of My Morning Jacket's sixth album, Circuital, out May 31. "It's definitely more laid back than it's been in a while." And after months of laboring at a makeshift studio in a church outside their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Jim James and Co. have finally unveiled the first (and title) track from the LP. …
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  Breaking Out: Cults

  April 11, 2011 – Cults' Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin were aimlessly working toward careers in the movies when music got in the way. Oblivion interned for hotshot movie producer Scott Rudin (The Social Network, True Grit) while enrolled at NYU. Follin, meanwhile, argued over the meaning of Citizen Kane as a cinema theory major at the New School. …
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