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MTVu Woodie Nominations 2011

MTVu, the dorm version of MTV that you might have watched a lot of in college because you and your roommate agreed not to get cable, will hold their annual awards ceremony in Austin during South By Southwest’s 25th anniversary festival.
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Moby Is A Friend To Tripping Trespassers

According to a post at his blog, Moby woke up Monday and found a dude named Robbie tripping on acid in the living room of his Griffith Park, Los Angeles home. The onetime rave king’s account is worth quoting: Read More...
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Lollapalooza Chile Lineup

It was announced previously that Lollapalooza’s branching from its usual Chicago home to South America: Lollapalooza Chile takes place at Santiago’s O’Higgins Park April 2/3, 2011. Now the lineup’s been unveiled.
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Panda Bear Tomboy Cover Would Make A Decent Tattoo

Art by Scott Mou. LP’s out 4/12, stream half the 7″s while you wait.
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Secret Cities – “Love Crime” (Stereogum Premiere)

We had just discovered BTW Secret Cities in April last year, when their debut (under the Secret Cities name) was about to come out on Western Vinyl. That album was the result of five years of work, so a nice surprising that they’re back so soon with their second album.
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Epstein – Sealess See

Epstein is Roberto Carlos Lange, the recently Brooklyn-based sound artist who we’ve seen both as leader of the project Helado Negro , and in support on Guillermo Scott Herren aka Prefuse 73’s more pastoral project Savath Y Savalas . Lange’s been working under the Epstein guise for 10 years now; last year Asthmatic Kitty re-released his back catalog, this week saw the digital/vinyl issue of his new LP Sealess Sea . The title suits the music’s post-structuralist ebb and flow, much as it does its track titles (“Jellyfish,” “Seashells And Starfish,” “And Octopus Tongue,” et sea tera)
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Light Asylum – “Dark Allies” Video

There’s a bar on the block I live called The Woods. It’s mostly a primo pickleback outpost that very occasionally utilizes a raised platform to double as a performance space
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Shockwaves NME Awards 2011 Nominations

NME announced their nominees for the Shockwaves NME Awards today. Kings Of Leon are nominated for Best International Band as well as Worst Album and Worst Band. It’s as if the NME is saying the best foreign bands aren’t as good as the worst British bands.
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Van Halen Recording With David Lee Roth

Maybe nobody believed it when they mentioned it last year , but hey, it looks like Van Halen have started recording their first album with David Lee Roth since 1984 (the year, the classic record). As NME reports , they’re apparently in the studio with recent Bon Jovi and Take That producer John Shanks, who tweeted “Here we go kids… VH” and posted a photo of Eddie Van Halen’s guitar amp next to a “ WTF! .” No word from the band regarding a release date.
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