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  Phish Cover TV on the Radio!

  November 30, 2009 – Now here's one for the hippies and the hipsters: Vermont jam band gods Phish covering indie rock illuminati TV on the Radio at their Albany, NY, gig on Nov. 27. …
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• Massive Attack, 'Splitting the Atom' (Virgin)

  October 7, 2009 – Suggesting enormous dread through anxious details, this four-track preview of the Bristol trip-hop collective's long-awaited 2010 album slithers like adelicate monster. "Splitting the Atom" is a high-resolution snapshot of economic collapse, while "Pray for Rain" features TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe crooning over ominous piano and drums, then harmonizing with himself in a fleeting patch of sunshine. …
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  Q&A: Massive Attack

  September 8, 2009 – Bass rumbles in the background of Massive Attack MC Daddy G's mobile phone, and the gentle coo of frequent collaborator and reggae legend Horace Andy is barely audible over the din. "I'm looking at [Andy] as you're talking," Daddy G says excitedly, yelling over the noise. Yes, the group that essentially invented trip-hop has finally returned nearly seven years after their last studio album -- and the sound of their ongoing U.K. …
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  Q&A: Aziz Ansari

  July 1, 2009 – What was the first album you bought with your own money? Vanilla Ice's To the Extreme, but let's not put it all on me. Plenty of people were into the Ice Man. It's not like Vanilla Ice sold ten records, and I'm one of the ten people that bought it. We all got fooled. I just happened to be at the age when it was the first album I bought. Who comes after Prince on your iPod?Prinzhorn Dance School. They're a DFA group. …
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  TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone Goes Solo

  June 23, 2009 – TV on the Radio singer-guitarist Kyp Malone has revealed plans to release a solo album this fall under the moniker Rain Machine. …
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  Erykah Badu's Festival Memories: Family, Friends, Collaborations

  April 23, 2009 – [Editor's note: For our May issue's summer festival section, SPIN spoke with a number of artists on the festival circuit, from Gaslight Anthem and Metric to Doves and Jane's Addiction. Among them is neo-soul songstress Erykah Badu. Here, she tells us about her favorite moments backstage and waxes on music's power to bring people together. …
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  Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Beastie Boys Play S.F. Fest

  April 13, 2009 – Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and the Beastie Boys have been announced as the headlining performers for San Francisco's second Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, which is scheduled to hit Golden Gate Park August 28-30. Other highlights include Jack White's new band the Dead Weather, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, the Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Ween, Deerhunter, Q-Tip, Built to Spill, Thievery Corporation, Mastodon, and Band of Horses,  …
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  Nat King Cole Re:Generations Album Party

  March 13, 2009 – On March 10th, Capitol / EMI held a private reception at the Crewest Galleryin downtown L.A. …
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  TV on the Radio Announce Tour

  February 20, 2009 – Brooklyn's TV on the Radio have announced a tour in support of their latest release, SPIN's Album of Year winner Dear Science, set to kick off May 12 in Louisville, KY. The 15-date jaunt will hit major cities along both coasts and Canada before concluding June 8 in Washington, D.C. Pre-sale tickets for all dates are available now via TVOTR's official website. TV on the Radio Tour Dates:5/12, Louisville, KY (Headliners Music Hall) 5/1 …
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  Stars Sing to Save Children's Lives

  February 19, 2009 – Next Tuesday, War Child International will release Heroes, a compilation of younger artists (Beck, Duffy, TV on the Radio) covering songs by superstars (Bob Dylan, the Ramones, David Bowie), with the proceeds going to aid children in war-torn countries like Afghanistan and Sudan. For music fans looking to do good, it's a worthy way to spend $10. …
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