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Iggy Pop is proud of 'Kill City,' the 1977 album he recorded with late-era Stooges guitarist James Williamson. With Williamson and Pop back together in the Stooges after three decades of estrangement, the project's Oct. 19 reissue couldn't be better timed.
"'Kill City' to me was a very good minor work," Pop told ...
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With Guided by Voices fans stoked about news of the group's upcoming reunion trek, the timing is perfect for mastermind Robert Pollard -- whose cut and paste artwork has accompanied a number of the band's releases -- to announce his very own New York art show. Slated for the 45 Space in Manhattan's Bowery on Aug. 27 and 28, Pollard's ...
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Pete Yorn has released the first single from his upcoming self-titled album. Titled 'Precious Stone,' the rollicking new song, which is part of an 11-song set produced by Pixies frontman Frank Black (aka Black Francis), can be had at Yorn's official website.
The track is in keeping with Black's comments on the project, which started ...
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Australian goth-rock icon Nick Cave is reportedly set to take over writing duties on a remake of the 1994 action-thriller film 'The Crow.' According to the Wrap, the onetime Bad Seed has been tapped by producer Ed Pressman ('Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans') to rewrite a screenplay initially penned by director ...
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Neil Young has revealed plans to release four lost albums that have been in storage since the 1970s as part of his upcoming 'Archives Volume 2' series. According to Young's official website, long-buried studio projects like 'Homegrown', 'Oceanside-Countryside' and 'Chrome Dreams', plus 'Odeon-Budokan Live' -- a ...
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Influential Las Vegas punk rocker Todd Sampson, who played in the underground bands M.I.A. (no relation to the singer/rapper), Self Abuse and Samsons Army, died early Sunday morning after a performance at the city's Black Door venue. While the cause of death is unknown, the Las Vegas Weekly reports that the 46-year-old had to be helped ...
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Don't expect immediate word on that much-ballyhooed Beach Boys 50th anniversary reunion. According to singer Mike Love, the group hasn't even hatched a plan yet to celebrate the five decades since its debut single 'Surfin'' next year.
"There have been a lot of ideas floated, but nothing decided," Love told ...
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