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Happy Birthday, Resident Advisor! Win Limited Edition Poster

August 17, 2011, By Marisa Aveling

It may sound cliche to call something a worldwide authoritative voice over electronic music, but for Resident Advisor, it’s the downright truth. The site ...

‘Contra’ Model Drops Her Lawsuit Against Vampire Weekend

August 16, 2011, By Kate Shapiro

Indie pop band Vampire Weekend has settled its lawsuit with model Kirsten Kennis, whom you may know as the cover subject of the band’s ...

Grieves Is Creepy, But We Will Still Post His Tour Dates

August 16, 2011, By Marisa Aveling

Although Grieves has a propensity to do things that are possibly inappropriate/borderline creepy, from all accounts he’s a pretty good guy who works ...

David Lynch Logs Some ‘Crazy Clown Time’ With Solo LP

August 16, 2011, By Kate Shapiro

Experimental filmmaker David Lynch is making his solo debut as a musician later this year. Lynch plans to release his debut LP, titled Crazy Clown ...

Wooden Indian Burial Ground Returns With New 10″

August 16, 2011, By Kate Shapiro

Portland-based experimental folk band Wooden Indian Burial Ground is back with a new 10″ set to be released August 16 via Mon Amie. It’s been three ...

James Pants’ New Video Needs A Drug Reference

August 16, 2011, By Marisa Aveling

Even though James Pants is a curry king, probably straight-edge kind of guy, with its neon colors and Magic Eye (Who remembers Magic Eye? ...

Dr. Dog Launches North American Tour

August 15, 2011, By Elissa Stolman

As long as Philadelphia rock band Dr. Dog is pounding the pavement, good ol’ American rock ‘n’ roll still lives. Starting August 30, the band ...

Download A Free Album From Fool’s Gold’s Danny Brown

August 15, 2011, By Marisa Aveling

There is little-to-no information on the new Danny Brown album that Fool’s Gold is currently giving away on its website, apart from a Mulligrubs-style ...

Video Premiere: Flatliners’ “Count Your Bruises”

August 15, 2011, By Elissa Stolman

Canadian-bred punk troupe the Flatliners has shared its new video exclusively with CMJ. The footage goes with the title track to its upcoming EP, Count ...

Feist Releases First Single From ‘Metals’

August 12, 2011, By Elissa Stolman

Up until the announcement of her upcoming album Metals, iPod indie singer-songwriter Feist had been keeping pretty quiet since she made it big with “1 2 3 4″ in 2007. ...

No Relaxing For Das Racist: Rappers Announce Massive Tour

August 12, 2011, By Ari Lipsitz

Das Racist, those New York smartasses who rap about race relations and pop culture, will finally be releasing a proper album on September 13. After years ...

Com Truise Embarks On Huge World Tour

August 11, 2011, By Kate Shapiro

Chillwave DJ Seth Haley, aka Com Truise, is set to embark on a fall world tour with Neon Indian and Active Child. The tour will ...

Pujol Announces Debut EP On Saddle Creek

August 11, 2011, By Sasha Patpatia

Nashville-based rocker Pujol has announced his debut Saddle Creek EP, Nasty, Brutish And Short, to be released October 18. The EP is Pujol’s 10th release ...