Vampire Weekend’s “Contra” debuts at #1

So the indie hipster four-piece (hey, c’mon, even the fans have to admit it’s an apt description) had the number one album this week by moving 124,000 units. While the achievement is impressive, some of the surrounding stats are more so: VW is one of 14 musical acts to have a number one album without a song in the Hot 100 – a list that includes Pantera, Bob Newhart, and N.W.A. VW’s debut album returns…

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Coachella 2010 lineup announced

Coachella, the first major festival of the summer, just revealed it’s entire lineup earlier today, after a pretty long period of waiting and waiting. Headlining the event will be Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz, joined by other incredibly talented acts like Them Crooked Vultures, Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer, The Dead Weather, Flying Lotus, Hot Chip, MGMT, Pavement, Ra Ra Riot, Vampire Weekend, The XX, Owen Pallett, Sly and the Family Stone or Thom Yorke???? (not sure…

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New Music Monday: January 18

Editors are finally releasing their third album in the US, “In This Light and On This Evening,” after a pretty well received follow-up to 2007’s An End Has A Start in the UK. Surprisingly or not, Eels are back in 2010 with a new album, titled “End Times”, only a year after their previous extraordinary full length effort’s release,  Hombre Lobo. One of our most anticipated records of 2010, Spoon’s “Transference” also sees its first,…

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Stealth Like a Canoe – Interview

A new, hip and alluring band, Stealth Like a Canoe, is bringing melodic love songs back to the windy city since Rue Royale left for the U.K.  Indie/Folk/Pop duo SLAC has a simple equation that is definitely working. Honest love songs from ironic lovers. Coincedently, Adam confirmed that, “Nicollette is his.” (In my interview with the band.) To get more of SLAC’s story, music and plans for the future check out the interview below. This interview…

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Sudan365: A Beat For Peace

Sudan 365 – A Beat For Peace is a humanitarian project founded by Faithless drummer Jamie Catto, aimed at creating awareness for the ever dire situation in Sudan, where the longest civil war in Africa is underway. Radiohead’s Phil Selway, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and The Police’s Stewart Copeland, among many other talented and multi-cultural diverse drummers, have added their support to the campaign striving to keep the peace in Sudan. As support shown to…

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The new M.I.A. album is set to be ‘her most honest yet’

In a recent interview for Rolling Stone, the flavorful Maya Arulpragasam or M.IA., as she most known in the in hip-hop scene, revealed a myriad of scrumptious details regarding her upcoming, still untitled, new album. She confesed to RS, among others, that she wasn’t all that happy with how Kala come out to be (for what’s it worth, we were very happy with it, Maya), and that her new material will be her ‘back to…

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New Music Monday: January 11

I haven’t published a New Music Monday feature for almost two months now, but this week’s a good a time as any to revive it. First up is Vampire Weekend’s highly anticipated sophomore release “Contra,” which also got featured on our 15 Most Anticipated Releases of 2010 list. It has already gathered unanimous stellar reviews and sells like hot donuts down at iTunes, but your opinion shouldn’t be influenced by hype or whatnot, so head…

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