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NME: UNKLE to play first ever live show. Stream: “Burn My Shadow” from upcoming album War Stories.

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See you later DJ Shadow

Seattle Powerpop is celebrating their one year anniversary tonight at the Sunset Tavern! Featured bands include: Sgt. Major, Dept. of Energy, Shake Some Action!, The Small Change, Andy Werth and The Knast.

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NME: Peter Hook on the new Joy Division biopic: “The way I always like to look at it is that you can judge how good a film is by how many people go to take a piss during it, and only two people went for a piss – Bernard and a 70-year-old woman.”

Aversion: Peace out Sub Pop. Rogue Wave signs to Jack Johnson’s label?

Weird new Art Brut vid for “Direct Hit” featuring pears and togas:

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TMT: I really enjoyed this Man Man write-up, but it’s probably not for everyone.

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NME: The Hold Steady warn Glastonbury against gambling.

Rolling Stone posts the 20 best angry love songs EVER. Mountain Goats’ “No Children” strangely absent, so we’re unsure of the legitimacy.

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#13 – Foreigner’s “Urgent”

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Brand new Interpol stream for Pioneer to the Falls with incredible Windows Media light show!

Janet Reno has her own 3-disc compilation called, Songs for America featuring Devendra and Andrew Bird.

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These fists were made for rockin’.

Aversion.com: Test Icicles guy goes country.

Catch The National live tonight on NPR around 10:00pm. Here’s the first video off their fifth album (Boxer) for “Mistaken for Strangers”:

Hood Internet: TV on the Radio vs UGK – “I was an International Player” [mp3]

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This week’s new releases: Art BrutIt’s a Bit Complicated, The White StripesIcky Thump, MapsWe Can Create, The Polyphonic SpreeThe Fragile Army, The Mooney SuzukiHave Mercy, and Bon JoviLost Highway (?).

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According to an Amazon.com editorial review, “The moods are many, but the core feeling is pure Bon Jovi.”

NME: Ryan Adams admits to snorting heroin with coke and taking the occasional speedball (and by occasional, I mean every day); Instead of dying, cranks out an assload of records.

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Preview new Caribou song “Melody Day” on MySpace.  Because it’s good.

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NME:  The Fratellis said, “No fucking way” to recording the official song for David Beckham’s first game as an LA Galaxy player.  Jon Fratelli added, “If we don’t get successful on our own terms then we won’t do it at all.”  Okay, so what about that ipod commercial?