Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a stop-gap EP entitled Is Is, partly to tide fans over between records and partly to re-ignite some excitement in the band after the lukewarm reception to Show Your Bones, the band’s slick follow-up to its raucous debut, Fever to Tell. Karen O does the obligatory chat with the Associated […]

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Liars self-titled fourth record is due out August 28 on Mute. The first single and video, “Plaster Casts of Everything”, precedes the full-length on August 14 digitally and on 7″. Then the band hits the road with rather unlikely tour mates Interpol in September.

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Stereolab’s “Brakhage” off Dots and Loops set to footage by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage.

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Elvis Costello recently added Fiona Apple to his celebrity playlist on iTunes, saying “Fiona is light years ahead of everyone else.” Very high praise. This video is from Elvis Costello’s VH-1 special from last year, where Apple joined him for a few songs, including “Tymps” off Apple’s Extraordinary Machine.

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Slow on the uptake nu-metal fruitcakes, Korn, have a ridiculous trailer on their website, proffering a philosphy Devo cultivated and mastered over 30 years ago that claims that “humans are evolving backwards.” And Devo’s Jerry Casale is none too pleased by the band’s ignorance and lack of respect, writing on Devo’s site: “We denounce this […]

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Devo has recorded a new single at Mark Mothersbaugh’s studio, Mutato Muzika, which will be available on iTunes very soon. Until then, the song can be heard in a new ad by Dell, which mimics Devo’s image and style. It’s been 17 years since Devo’s less than stellar Smooth Noodle Maps, but when your band’s […]

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In the meantime, the band has posted a live mp3 of “Diamond Hoo Ha Man” on its website, a slicker version of which will appear on the new record. The trio plans to release the follow-up to 2005’s Road to Rouen early next year. Two shows with the Arctic Monkeys are planned for this weekend […]

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