The 50 Best Beatles Covers of All Time

The 50 Best Beatles Covers of All Time

Few songwriters have been so thoroughly covered as Lennon/McCartney, and the diversity of Beatles covers is a tribute to the Fab Four's unmatched mark on pop music.  read more

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Photos Ft. Modest Mouse, Raekwon, Pavement, Best Coast, Many More

Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Photos Ft. Modest Mouse, Raekwon, Pavement, Best Coast, Many More

Photos by Gavin Paul...  read more

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St. Vincent, Os Mutantes, Liars Join Beck's Record Club

St. Vincent, Os Mutantes, Liars Join Beck's Record Club

Beck’s Record Club project in which he collaborates with other artists to record an entire cover album in one day—is now on its fourth installment. This time, Beck’s getting help from St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes, according to Spinner.com....  read more

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Big Ears Fest Finalizes Lineup With Sufjan Stevens, Adrian Belew, Liturgy, More

Big Ears Fest Finalizes Lineup With Sufjan Stevens, Adrian Belew, Liturgy, More

The second annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn. features an eclectic lineup for music fans who may not be able to make it to one of the bigger East/West coast festivals. The March 26-28 weekend will feature special performances, including the only planned live performance of Clogs’ The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton with guest vocalists Sufjan Stevens and Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of The National. The festival will also mark punk anarchist band The Ex’s the first performance below the Mason-Dixon line....  read more

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Pavement, Modest Mouse, St. Vincent to Play Pitchfork Fest 2010

Pavement, Modest Mouse, St. Vincent to Play Pitchfork Fest 2010

[Photo by Gavin Paul] This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago is shaping up to be quite an event. The fifth annual three-day fest, which kicks off July 16 in Chicago’s Union Square Park, will feature performances from Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, St. Vincent and a recently reunited Pavement....  read more

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A.C. Newman Talks Upcoming New Pornographers Album, Together

A.C. Newman Talks Upcoming New Pornographers Album, <em>Together</em>

The head Pornographer discusses collaborating with St. Vincent and Ted Leo, and being inspired by Hüsker Dü...  read more

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David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Santigold, More Commemorate Imelda Marcos

David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Santigold, More Commemorate Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, is perhaps best known now for collecting 2,700 pairs of shoes during her 20-year tenure, if not fleeing the country with crates of gold and pesos. But former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has realized, there is more to Marcos than her material wealth....  read more

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Knoxville's Big Ears Fest to Feature Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Many More

Knoxville's Big Ears Fest to Feature Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Many More

Knoxville, Tenn.’s Big Ears Festival should be much bigger than its inaugural event last year, continuing to highlight the best in music, visual art and film with a weekend of concerts, exhibitions, screenings, lectures and workshops. The event, which will go down March 26-28, has expanded to host over 30 artists and bands that are expected to perform about 50 concerts in eight different venues. Tickets went on sale late last week via the festival’s website, BigEarsFestival.com....  read more

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Get Moving: Fourteen Songs By Which To Pack And Unpack

Get Moving: Fourteen Songs By Which To Pack And Unpack

If you live in the Atlanta area and are wondering why it's 90 °F and ferociously thunderstorming all weekend, well, that's because I'm moving. Hooray! Hopefully my trusty helpers (read: parents and boyfriend) and I will make it through all the packing and unpacking without getting totally drenched and/or struck by lightning—and then I can commence to getting my new place in order with the musical assistance of this moving-day playlist....  read more

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All Points West 2009 Day Two: White Rabbits, ...Trail of Dead, St. Vincent, Kool Keith, Neko Case and More

All Points West 2009 Day Two: White Rabbits, ...Trail of Dead, St. Vincent, Kool Keith, Neko Case and More

“New York’s a pretty cool place,” lisped Tool’s Maynard Keenan from the All Points West main stage...  read more

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