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  New Pornographers' A.C. Newman and Neko Case Reunite for 'Encyclopedia' Zinger

  September 21, 2012 – "Don't you know there is a war on here?" asks A.C. Newman on "Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns," the newest track to emerge from the New Pornographer's upcoming Shut Down the Streets. Fellow NPs all-star Neko Case follows Newman into battle, and although her backing vocals might be disappointingly understated for fans of the belter once pegged as alt-country, she blends in seamlessly with Newman's jaunty, melodically lush track. …
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• Various Artists, 'Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac' (Hear Music/Concord)

  August 14, 2012 – Does our intimate knowledge of Fleetwood Mac's internecine drama enrich our experience of the band's music? Or does the excellence of that music endow that drama with the weight of real meaning? Those questions swirl like Stevie Nicks' windblown shawl around Just Tell Me That You Want Me, a new 19-track Fleetwood tribute album assembled by big-shot Hollywood music supervisor Randall Poster. …
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  Gaga on 'SNL,' M.I.A. + Chris Brown = ???

  April 21, 2011 – Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake have been tapped for the season finale of Saturday Night Live, airing May 21. Gaga will appear as the musical guest and Timberlake will host. [New York Post] According to Polow da Don, M.I.A. and Chris Brown have hit the studio with the producer to record music together. "I've waited on this moment my whole career!!!!" he Tweeted. "It's happening. …
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  Adele Plots U.S. Tour, Sasquatch Lineup + More

  February 7, 2011 – Adele will kick off a U.S. tour in support of her new album 21 on May 12 in Washington, D.C. The 21-date trek includes a May 19 gig at New York's Beacon Theatre and wraps June 20 at Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium. …
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  WATCH: Okkervil River Debut Song on 'Fallon'

  January 11, 2011 – Hyper-literate Austin, Texas, folk rockers Okkervil River won't release their next album, I Am Very Far, until May 10, but they debuted a first taste of the new material last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon -- watch them perform "Wake and Be Fine" below! Sporting a shaggy beard and maintaining his trademark disheveled professor look, frontman Will Sheff led his band through the mid-tempo number with a ferocious urgency more akin  …
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  Zooey's Groupie TV Show, Aretha Recovering + More

  December 16, 2010 – Zooey Deschanel is set to co-produce and star in an HBO show based on the life Pamela Des Barres, the notorious rock groupie who hung around with Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, and Jimmy Page. Six Feet Under scribe Jill Soloway is writing scripts for the show, which is described as a "dramedy." [L.A. Weekly] Aretha Franklin has returned home from the hospital after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment. …
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  LISTEN: New Pornographers' Complete New Album

  April 26, 2010 – The New Pornographers can't wait to bust out their summertime jams. The Canadian collective are streaming their fifth studio effort, Together, a week before its official May 4 release via NPR. Click here to listen! Together -- the band's first release since 2007's SPIN-praised Challenger -- features vocals from the band's triumvirate of singers (A.C. …
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  New Pornographers to Release Fifth Album

  January 21, 2010 – Canadian pop collective New Pornographers will return with their fifth studio album, titled Together, on May 4, according to a post on the band's website. The album -- their first since 2007's Challengers -- was finished on New Year's Eve (according to singer-guitarist Carl Newman's very entertaining Twitter), and was recorded in four different locations: Brooklyn, Vancouver, Woodstock, NY, and Catskill, NY. …
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  Neko Case: Pet Sounds

  February 25, 2009 – Neko Case's biggest fans bum-rush her at her front door. "Hi, guys!" she singsongs as four large dogs come clattering over floorboards to fill the entrance of her Tucson, Arizona home with sheer body-wiggling desperation. You'd think she'd been on tour for weeks, not at alocal café for two hours. Dropping a canvas tote, Case bends to bestow kisses and back scratches. …
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  A.C. Newman Rides Submarine in Sweden

  January 30, 2009 – New Pornographers leader A.C. Newman released his second solo album, Get Guilty, last week. One its best tracks is "Submarines of Stockholm" (below), a power-pop number about a disorenting trip to Sweden. He explains: "When the New Pornographers were touring [behind 2007's Challengers], I woke up on the bus in Stockholm. …
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