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  EXCLUSIVE: My Morning Jacket Cover the Muppets

  July 12, 2011 – For the next Muppets movie, Disney has cooked up an ace tribute set titled Muppets: The Green Album, which features top artists like Weezer, Paramore, Andrew Bird, Sondre Lerche, Evanescence's Amy Lee, and others covering classic songs from the Jim Henson songbook (out August 23). …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Mayhem in Atlanta With the Black Lips

  July 11, 2011 – Riding mattresses down the street and lighting guitars on fire may be wild shenanigans for the average Joe. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Unplugs

  July 6, 2011 – Arctic Monkeys have never been much for acoustic performances, preferring to deliver their taut Brit rock plugged in -- and loud. But at the band's recent cover shoot for SPIN's July issue, frontman Alex Turner stepped to the microphone solo and delivered a spare but stunning take on the title track from his band's fourth album, Suck It And See. …
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  Beirut Set for First U.S. Tour in Four Years

  June 30, 2011 – Globally-influenced indie rockers Beirut, led by New Mexico native Zach Condon, will tour the U.S. around the release of their third studio album, The Rip Tide, which hits stores Aug. …
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  A Perfect Circle Kick Off Six-Week Tour

  June 30, 2011 – Dropping "An Evening With" in front of a band's name is usually a good indicator that there will be no opening acts. There's a slight air of pretension in that prefix as well -- this is going to be a more sophisticated sit-down, less fist-raising kind of a rock show. The fact that A Perfect Circle led off their six-week U.S. …
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  Watch Coldplay's Colorful First Single

  June 29, 2011 – Coldplay are a colorful bunch. The Brit band lit up the music world with the fuchsia-friendly, Sgt. Pepper's-esque paramilitary uniforms designed for their last album, 2008's Viva La Vida, and in their new music video for "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall," the lads haven't lost their touch – the clip is like a spin-art painting come to life. Frontman Chris Martin and Co. …
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  Eminem's Lover Suicide, ft. Sasha Grey

  June 27, 2011 – Word of advice for the ladies: Don't mess with Eminem's heart. He's a tender, emotional, and volatile guy – and you don't want him to get violent, do you? Porn star (and Entourage guest) Sasha Grey doesn't take that advice in the Detroit rapper's new video for "Space Bound," an elegant and dark jam from Em's smash album Recovery. In the clip - filmed in California with director Joseph Kahn (Katy Perry, Dr. …
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  Coldplay Debut Two Gorgeous New Songs

  June 24, 2011 – On Sunday, Coldplay will release an iTunes EP Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall,which will lead with the title track they debutedearlier this month. The three-song set will also be bundled with two new tracks: "Major Minus" and "Moving to Mars," which you can hear here. The songs will also be included on the band's still-untitled fall album, co-produced by Brian Eno, who helmed their 2008 set Viva La Vida. …
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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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