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  FIRST LISTEN: Pixies' Frank Black Produces Pete Yorn

  July 29, 2010 – Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn has worked with a wide range of collaborators, including R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, actress Scarlett Johansson, and performer-producer Butch Walker (Pink, Avril Lavigne). His latest partner: Pixies frontman Frank Black. Yorn recruited the alt-rock pioneer to produce his self-titled new album, due September 28. Download the first leak, "Precious Stone," in exchange for a retweet, here, or listen below! …
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  New Pete Yorn Album Due This Fall

  June 9, 2010 – Pete Yorn will release his sixth studio album -- a self-titled LP produced by the Pixies' Frank Black -- on September 28. The singer-songwriter's first release since his 2009 collaboration with Scarlett Johansson, Break Up, was originally recorded in 2008, during the making of his previous solo record Back and Fourth. At that time, Yorn got an email from Black suggesting that they work together. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  March 29, 2010 – Lots of people tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  September 11, 2009 – Courtney Love made news this week, threatening to sue over Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero.Her rants on Twitter remain incoherent, so we talked to her unofficial translator to figure out what wild girl is trying to say. …
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  WATCH: Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn's Live Debut

  September 11, 2009 – It's fitting that Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson made their live performance debut last night on French television. After all, Yorn recently said that Parisian singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg's collaboration with French actress Bridgett Bardot inspired his own album of duets with Johansson. …
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  Lusty Fun: Scarlett & Pete's New Video

  August 13, 2009 – At her best, Scarlett Johansson drifts through our consciousness like a lusty apparition, or more accurately, like an apparition of lust -- she's barely there, but the shape and pace of her performance unveils a fantasy gateway. As an actress, she gets it, appearing most at ease when she submits to this ghost dance. …
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  Listen: Scarlett Johansson Duets with Pete Yorn

  July 29, 2009 – Safe to say: Pete Yorn has a soft spot for milky, busty actresses. Turns out, his new album of duets with Iron Man 2's Scarlett Johansson, Break Up, was inspired by '60s French sextress Brigitte Bardot. "After I kind of dozed off one afternoon for a few minutes, I just woke up and my heart was racing and I had this thing in my head ... 'I have to do a duets album, a guy-girl album,'" Yorn told Billboard.com. …
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  New Albums from Mars Volta, Gossip, and 13 More

  June 23, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: The Mars Volta, OctahedronDuo reinjects soulful noise into interstellar freakouts. …
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