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Deftones arrange charity auction for Chi Cheng
Watch: Vampire Weekend - 'Cousins'
Krist Novoselic dubs Dave Grohl 'greatest rock musician in the world'
Various - Rough Trade Shops - Indiepop '09
Polly Scattergood - Bunny Club EP
Ólöf Arnalds - Við og við
AA Bondy - When the Devil's Loose
New Shearwater record due early next year
Guillemots man Fyfe Dangerfield confirms solo shows and album
Watch: Bob Dylan - 'Must Be Santa'

Deftones arrange charity auction for Chi Cheng

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:13 AM PST

Around this time last year, Deftones bassist Chi Cheng was badly injured in an horrific car accident, leaving him in a coma, and with life-threatening injuries. Then, in May, he left intensive care, making the first steps to recovery. However, the recovery has not been complete and Chi has remained...

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Watch: Vampire Weekend - 'Cousins'

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:08 AM PST

Watch the new Vampire Weekend video, for 'Cousins'.

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Krist Novoselic dubs Dave Grohl 'greatest rock musician in the world'

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:54 AM PST

Former Nirvana bassist and general Washingtonian luminary Krist Novoselic has dubbed former bandmate and rock superstar Dave Grohl 'the greatest rock musician in the world today', in his column for Seattle Weekly.

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Various - Rough Trade Shops - Indiepop '09

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

As London's most influential record store for the past three decades, Rough Trade have been responsible for providing many a fledgling artist a stepping stone from the underground to a far wider audience...

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Polly Scattergood - Bunny Club EP

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:25 AM PST

Being something of a placeholder release was always going to be an accusation you could level at the Bunny Club EP: it's a reasonably lightweight package by any standards, but in Scattergood's defence, it doesn't really feel as though it's intended to be much more than that.

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Ólöf Arnalds - Við og við

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST

One recurring theme with Nordic artists appears to be that their records get released over here on average two years later. This is the case for Icelandic folk-maiden Ólöf Arnalds' debut, Við og við, which was originally set forth unto the world in 20

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AA Bondy - When the Devil's Loose

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:00 AM PST

When The Devil's Loose by AA Bondy is a good album, but some way short of being a great one.

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New Shearwater record due early next year

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:23 AM PST

Exciting times. For Shearwater fans.

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Guillemots man Fyfe Dangerfield confirms solo shows and album

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:48 AM PST

Guillemots frontman and all-round nice bloke, Fyfe Dangerfield, has confirmed a number of shows to support his blossoming solo career, for which there will also be a debut album in the year new.

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