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  The Roots Are Making a Very Complex Concept Album

  October 17, 2011 – Late-night TV's coolest house band, the Roots, have unveiled details for their first concept album, undun, due December 6. …
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  Bjork Teases Album, Roots Plot Concept LP + More

  June 6, 2011 – Björk has released a 30-second trailer previewing music from her upcoming album Biophilia. The clip shows the Icelandic singer behind the wheel of a car as a jungle-y, avant-garde jam blasts from her speakers. björk - road to crystalline from Björk on Vimeo. For the follow-up to last year's How I Got Over, the Roots are planning to record an orchestral-heavy concept disc for release as early as November. …
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  Christina Aguilera Arrested, Kings of Leon Baby

  March 1, 2011 – Christina Aguilera was arrested for public intoxication early this morning in Los Angeles after her boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, was pulled over for driving under the influence, according to TMZ. …
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  Patti Smith, Roots, J Mascis Honor Neil Young Live

  February 11, 2011 – The watershed moment of Thursday night's star-studded Neil Young tribute concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall came just 20 minutes into the two-hour-plus set, as 65-year-old soul singer Bettye LaVette finished her jazz-flecked rendition of "Heart of Gold." "I was the only black chick in the inner city singing that in 1972," she joked. …
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  Grammys: Who Will Win? And Who Should Win?

  February 9, 2011 – Doing an office pool for this year's Grammy ceremony, which airs Sunday, Feb. 13, at 8:00 PM on CBS and features performances by Eminem, Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and many others? SPIN has a highly scientific guide to who's going home with the most trophies on music's biggest night. (Hint: we totally broke into the offices of the accounting firm that counts up the ballots. …
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  Sundance Rocks: Seven Must-See Concerts

  January 20, 2011 – Sundance isn't just about indie-film screenings anymore - plenty of top musicians invade Park City, Utah, to perform intimate shows at local hotspots like HarryO's. And with so many music documentaries premiering at the fest in 2011, surprise collaborations are sure to happen (see: Joan Jett rocking with The Runaways stars last year). Check out our picks of the top scheduled shows - from Lou Reed and St. …
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  Watch Paul McCartney's Goofy 'SNL' Spoof + More

  December 13, 2010 – After poking fun at his Beatles hit "Yesterday" on Fallon earlier in the week, Paul McCartney appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend, and filmed a hilarious digital short with Andy Samberg and host Paul Rudd. …
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  Black Eyed Peas' Dizzying Video + More

  November 24, 2010 – Pop some Dramamine and check out the Black Eyed Peas' über-futuristic, dizzying video for "The Time (Dirty Bit)" here. Download two more full-length (and free!) albums from Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox here and here. South by Southwest has announced the second batch of performers for the annual Austin, Texas blowout, which takes place in March. …
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  Eminem Recording with Dr. Dre, Free Pixies Download

  October 29, 2010 – Eminem is working on fresh tracks with Dr. Dre. "I'm in the studio with Dre now, let's just say that," the rapper said in an interview on Sirius' Shade 45 radio station. "Pretty soon he's going to make a beat and I might rap on it." Eminem didn't reveal whether the track was for Dre's long-delayed Detox album. …
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  John Legend & the Roots, 'Wake Up!' (Columbia)

  September 9, 2010 – A proudly dependable source of silly little love songs, John Legend makes for an unlikely heir to Marvin Gaye's conscious-soul crown. Yet, here he is backed by the Roots on covers of protest-pop classics such as Eugene McDaniels' "Compared to What" and Bill Withers' "I Can't Write Left Handed" (which the group stretches well beyond the 11-minute mark). …
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