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Download Them Crooked Vultures' "Mind Eraser, No Chaser"

Download Them Crooked Vultures' "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" for free from iTunes here.Them Crooked Vultures' self-titled debut album comes out Nov. 17 on Interscope....  read more

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Nickel Creek/Toad the Wet Sprocket Supergroup Preps Debut

It seems like hardly a day goes by that we're not reporting on new supergroup shenanigans, and today is going to be no exception. On Sept. 15, the eight-member group WPA (Works Progress Administration), whose members have played with everyone from Toad the Wet Sprocket to Elvis Costello, will release its self-titled album....  read more

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Dave Grohl/Josh Homme/John Paul Jones Supergroup Info Slowly Trickles Out

As of last month, all anyone really knew about the Dave Grohl/Josh Homme/John Paul Jones collaboration was that it was happening and that Grohl told Mojo in 2005 that the group "wouldn't suck." Finally, we know that the group has a name (Them Crooked Vultures), some decent social-networking skills and, potentially, a hush-hush gig coming up....  read more

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Download a Monsters of Folk Song for Free

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The Conor Oberst-Jim James-M. Ward-Mike Mogis collaboration Monster of Folk has released its first song, "Say Please," from the band's forthcoming album. Fans can stream the track on the band's website or download it directly after entering a super-easy-to-figure-out code. (Hint: It's the track title. Good to see the Monsters at least have decent manners.)...  read more

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Black Keys Drummer Forms Supergroup of Drummers, Calls it Drummer

Supergroups are coming out of the woodwork these days, from The Dead Weather to Tinted Windows to Bad Lieutenant. So perhaps it makes sense, then, that five drummers, looking to venture away from their role in the band as necessary-team-player, would join forces to create a new band called Drummer....  read more

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New Order and Blur Members Form Bad Lieutenant

For those who mourned the final break up of New Order in 2007 and still cling nostalgically to Joy Division's final album Closer, a new source of solace can now be turned to. A collaboration among the members of the two bands, along with Blur's Alex James, has spawned a project called Bad Lieutenant....  read more

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Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr Plan Collaboration

A collaboration to end all collaborations? Probably not, but this one's awfully notable nonetheless. Sir Paul McCartney, his fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, and Bob Dylan are joining forces to collaborate on new material....  read more

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Vampire Weekend/Ra Ra Riot Supergroup's LP Gets Date

What happens when members from two of the most buzzed-about bands of '08 join forces? Apparently, quaint chamber pop + afrobeat ditties = club jamz. That's what early tracks have led us to expect from Discovery, the side project of Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot singer Wes Miles. Their fun-loving debut album, LP, will hit streets July 7, just in time to rival some our favorite songs of summer. ...  read more

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Hanson + Cheap Trick + Smashing Pumpkins + Fountains of Wayne = Tinted Windows

In one of the strangest bits of supergroup news in, well, a good while, former Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha, a grown-up Taylor Hanson, Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger are set to release their debut album on April 21 as new band called Tinted Windows....  read more

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Operation Aloha supergroup to feature members of Phantom Planet, Maroon 5, Gomez and more

For 30 days, members of Gomez, Phantom Planet and Maroon 5, amongst others, took to Hawaii and formed a supergroup called Operation Aloha. Their self-released and self-titled album, recorded in the island of Maui, will be released on May 12....  read more

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