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Art Brut and Black Francis confirm battle with Satan

Back in December, Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos blogged about how his band was working on its next album, Art Brut Vs. Satan, with Pixies frontman Frank Black/Black Francis. Now, we have more details. And of course, the typically quotable Argos was happy to provide more news fodder with a recent statement:...  read more

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Frank Black takes on Satan with Art Brut

Armed with no more than about 20 songs, the British ramble-rockers in Art Brut are set to take on the Lord of the Underworld for their third LP, Art Brut vs. Satan. But they've got some strong-armed help: Pixies' Frank Black has now been confirmed as the producer. Blogged frontman Eddie Argos of the collaboration:...  read more

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Art Brut and EMI part ways

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"Dearest Internet," writes Barnaby Fudge on ArtBrut.org.uk, "It looks like our much loved adventurers just couldn't work it out with EMI after all. That's right, after staying up well into the night talking it over, they have both decided it best if they see other people." Fudge then goes on to use a bunch of other jokes about amicable breakups, lightly but effectively communicating the main point here: another band has split from EMI. It's not that surprising, based on recent events concerning these two parties. In February, EMI apparently released a digital single without informing the band or its...  read more

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Art Brut Perfects Its Rock Talk

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Considering Art Brut’s charismatic lead sing-speaker, Eddie Argos, specializes...  read more

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Art Brut announce new album, mini-tour

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In anticipation of their forthcoming sophomore LP, London rockers Art Brut just announced the titles to five tracks from the record, namely “Pump Up The Volume,” “Direct Hit,” “Post Soothing Out,” “Late Sunday” and first single “Nag Nag Nag Nag.” Though only a mini-tour for late April has been announced thus far, expect tons more dates throughout the summer with fellow Brits Maximo Park in tow. Tour dates include: April 17 - New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom 18 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Studio B 19 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Mod Club 20 - Chicago, Ill. @ Subterranean 21...  read more

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