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    Goldfrapp, 'Rocket (Richard X Eight Four Remix)' -- Song Premiere

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 10:50AM by Adam Horne
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    goldfrappElectro-pop duo Goldfrapp embraces their positive side on 'Rocket (Richard X Eight Four Remix),' the club-ready single off their forthcoming fifth album, 'Head First.' "I got happy," Alison Goldfrapp admitted to Rolling Stone in a recent interview, attributing the group's newfound optimism to a series of unnameable life decisions.

    While the London musicians are no strangers to synthesizer-based pop, they put extra emphasis on songwriting this time around. According to Will Gregory, "It was more about the way the songs work melodically than it was about being a big electronic racket. We're just trying to evolve, get closer to the essence of what a bloody good song is."

    Have a listen to the exclusive song premiere after the jump.

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    Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced Today

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 10:40AM by Dan Reilly
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    Rivers Cuomo of WeezerRather than take the traditional route of making a big lineup announcement, Bonnaroo organizers are taking a different tack this year: they're letting the artists make the announcements themselves.

    Starting at 10AM ET today, bands booked for the annual festival have been revealing their plans to head to Manchester, Tenn. this June. So far, Weezer, Phoenix, OK Go, Flaming Lips, Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Beck and John Fogerty are confirmed, and organizers will publish the full list later today. Spinner will provide an update once more is revealed.

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    MGMT Reveal New Album Details

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 10:30AM by Michael D. Ayers
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    MGMTMGMT are set to release their second album, 'Congratulations,' on April 13, with a few special guests, Spin reports. The record features Royal Trux's Jennifer Herrena helping out on vocals, Spaceman 3 principle Sonic Boom producing and the group's live band contributing as well. They also tapped 'Oracular Spectacular' producer Dave Fridmann for mixing duties and spent time recording in upstate New York, Brooklyn and Malibu.

    While we've known that one of the tracks, 'Lady DaDa's Nightmare,' was indeed about the ubiquitous pop star Lady Gaga as well as Kanye West, we're now learning that the group has rounded up a bevy of other influences this time on the nine-track set. The title track is said to be about fame and the current economic climate and the tune 'It's Working' was inspired by lead singer Andrew Vanwyngarden's new found love of surfing.

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    Celeb Doppelganger: Ke$ha and Debbie Gibson

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 10:00AM by Kim Davis
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    Ke$ha (left) and Debbie Gibson (right)

    It was the 'Tik Tok' singer's golden locks and smoky eyes at this year's Grammy Awards that reminded us of Ms. 'Electric Youth' herself. While Gibson's teen-dream image was far cleaner than her pop-music lookalike (Ke$ha unapologetically sings about brushing her teeth with Jack Daniel's), they share the same pouty mouths, elongated faces and high cheekbones.

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    Ringo Starr Honored With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 10:00AM by Steve Baltin
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    Ringo StarrThe famed Capitol Records building at the corner of Hollywood and Vine has frequently been at the epicenter of Beatle-mania over the last four decades. Monday night saw the phenomenon in full swing once again as Vine Street was closed down and Beatles fans jammed in front of the label home to see Ringo Starr receive the 2,401 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 45-minute ceremony featured Starr's friends Joe Walsh, Don Was and Ben Harper sharing their memories of the Beatle drummer.

    The setting was perfect as Starr himself joked, "It's nice to look at a building you helped pay for."

    The event started around 5PM with fans in the street watching a pre-ceremony reel of Starr highlights roll again and again on a large video screen in the middle of Vine. Then the man himself came out to a huge ovation around 7PM., feted by a 21-drum salute from local students.

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    Kasabian Unveil England World Cup Away Kit in Paris

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 7:11AM by Julian Marszalek
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    In a break with tradition, the new England away shirt for the 2010 Football World Cup was launched last night (Feb. 9) not by an England player but by Kasabian singer Tom Meighan (pictured) in -- of all places -- Paris.

    The singer took to the stage at the Olympia Theatre for an an encore of 'Fire' wearing the new Umbro strip. Perhaps confident of the England team's chances in South Africa this summer, the red away strip is based on the World Cup-winning 1966 away design with the added extra of white cuffs.

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    Blondie Lined Up for Forest Gig

    • Posted on Feb 9th 2010 6:41AM by Barnaby Smith
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    Blondie are the latest addition to the series of summer concerts put on by the UK Forestry Commission, and will play at the Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire on Jun. 20.

    According to their website, the enduring New York new wave band are about to put together a new album, with this rural show one of two UK gigs this summer -- Blondie are also to play the Main Stage at the Isle of Wight Festival on Jun. 12.

    The Forestry Commission's live music initiative was launched in 2001 with the purpose of attracting more people into the countryside with outdoor concerts in nature reserves across the country. Over the years there have been shows from Pulp, the Beach Boys, Paul Weller, Crowded House, Elbow, Massive Attack and Van Morrison.
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