May 2011
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Clap Your Hands, back with new record soon
(via stereogum) They didn’t break up after all. Before Twitter there were still buzzbands, and the OGest of blog buzzbands was Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. They were from Brooklyn/Philly, they once played a show at the Knitting Factory that 31 people attended (30 with blogs, one named David Bowie), and overnight they were in the center of the music discourse. They became a model success story for...
May 19th
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The Head and the Heart on Fallon
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Manchester Orchestra - ‘Simple Math’ (Red Bull Session)
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Why? on Daytrotter →
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Warner Music Group, Sold! (For $3.3 Billion)
Warner Music Group Corp., the world’s third-largest recording company with such artists as Eric Clapton, Michael Buble and Paramore, is being sold for about $1.3 billion as a global decline in CD sales weighs down the industry. Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries is paying $8.25 a share and will take about $1.9 billion in Warner debt. The deal, announced by the companies Friday, comes as U.S....
May 6th
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Last Chance to Win (#MOcage Contest)
For your shot to win a brand-new (RED) iPod with Cage The Elephant and Manchester Orchestra’s entire catalogue (including MO’s new release Simple Math), sign up for Thrillist, the free daily email that sifts through the crap to find the best of what’s new or unknown in your ‘hood. Each day, you’ll get info on the one new gadget, restaurant, bar, event, or service you...
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Joan of Arc : Tour Dates
5/04 – Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon 5/05 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive 5/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 5/07 – Bozeman, MT @ Zebra Cocktail Lounge 5/09 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project 5/10 – Portland, OR @ Holocene 5/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord 5/13 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place 5/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell 5/16 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah 5/17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room 5/19...
May 4th
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Michael Stipe - Interviewed by Christopher Bollen
(via interviewmagazine) … Bollen: What happened in 1983? Stipe: I stopped taking drugs. There were a lot of things that led up to it. One thing was that a lover died. An ex of mine died in a car wreck and I was really trashed when I found out about it and I couldn’t cry. I woke up the next morning and I said, “That’s it,” so I quit then. It was horrible. A bunch...
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May 2nd
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Sadly, Bin Laden never got to hear 'Simple Math'
Now streaming at http://www.themanchesterorchestra.com Solve the puzzle.
May 2nd
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“‘I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with...”
– @DannyDelDonuts
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