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Watch the NSFW Video for Flaming Lips and Erykah Badu's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

Watch the NSFW Video for Flaming Lips and Erykah Badu's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Here's the video for the Flaming Lips and Erykah Badu's cover of the standard "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which appears on the collab-heavy release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends.
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Primavera: Spiritualized, Mazzy Star, Purity Ring

Primavera: Spiritualized, Mazzy Star, Purity Ring | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Photos by Charlotte Zoller and Erez Avissar; above: Mazzy Star by Charlotte Zoller. More photos from Thursday at Primavera can be seen here.
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RYAN CASKEY: “Automatic” | JamSphere

RYAN CASKEY: “Automatic” | JamSphere | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
ShareTweet Ryan Caskey is an alternative-rock recording artist based in Los Angeles, California. Guitarist ... The Indie Rock Magazine & Radio Network! News · Indie ...
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Best New Releases, Week of May 22nd, Vol. II ... - Indie Rock Cafe

Best New Releases, Week of May 22nd, Vol. II ... - Indie Rock Cafe | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
The band have switched up their sound from their earlier orchestral pop to a more indie rock sound, another indication that the craze of orchestra pop from 2009 to 2011 is dying down, even though we still think the genre has a lot to offer, and...
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Smashing Pumpkins: Gish | All Things Music Plus+

For me that was a godsend because I was used to doing records for all the indie labels and we only had budgets for three or four days. Having ...
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Watch: Chromatics: "These Streets Will Never Look the Same"

Watch: Chromatics: "These Streets Will Never Look the Same" | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Chromatics have released the video for "These Streets Will Never Look the Same", taken from their fourth album, Kill For Love.
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Five New Bands We Love

Five New Bands We Love | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Starring Haim, Spector, Pond, Peace and Citizens!, here are the new bands we're most excited about right now. For more new band recommendations, visit NME.COM/newmusic.
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Bob Geldof: 'If I hadn't done 'Live Aid', I'd have been like Paul Weller or Sting'

Bob Geldof: 'If I hadn't done 'Live Aid', I'd have been like Paul Weller or Sting' | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Boomtown Rats man says his fundraising efforts 'damaged' his music career...
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LCD Soundsystem Documentary Film Shut Up and Play the Hits Coming to Theaters in July

LCD Soundsystem Documentary Film Shut Up and Play the Hits Coming to Theaters in July | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
The LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits will hit theaters across the U.S. on July 18 as a special "one-night-only engagement".
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Paper Trail: Fear of Music

Paper Trail: Fear of Music | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Paper Trail features conversations with the authors of noteworthy recent music books.
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Swans Reveal New Album Details

Swans Reveal New Album Details | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Photo by Will Deitz In March we learned that New York noise legends Swans will release their new record, The Seer, this summer via leader Michael Gira's Young God Records. Now, the Quietus reports that the two-hour-long record will be out August 27...
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A Private Press | Indie bands blog

A Private Press | Indie bands blog | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
A Private Press is a folk grass duo from Philadelphia in the USA.
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The Redundants | Indie bands blog

The Redundants | Indie bands blog | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
The Redundants is a four piece alternative indie band from Winchester in England.
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The xx Announce New Album

The xx Announce New Album | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Photo by Jamie-James Medina
The xx: "Open Eyes" (Demo) on Youtube. The xx have announced the eagerly awaited follow-up to their 2009 self-titled debut record. Coexist will be out through Young Turks on September 11 in the U.S.
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Archers of Loaf to Reissue All the Nations Airports and White Trash Heroes

Archers of Loaf to Reissue All the Nations Airports and White Trash Heroes | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
To round out their extensive reissue campaign, Archers of Loaf will put out remastered versions of their final two albums, 1996's All the Nations Airports and 1998's White Trash Heroes, on August 7 through Merge.
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The Vaccines unveil first track from new album 'The Vaccines Come Of Age' – listen

The Vaccines unveil first track from new album 'The Vaccines Come Of Age' – listen | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
The upbeat 'No Hope' premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show...
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Mumford and Sons reveal second album autumn release plans

Mumford and Sons reveal second album autumn release plans | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
The follow-up to 'Sigh No More' will be put out on September 24...
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Japandroids: Celebration Rock

Japandroids: Celebration Rock | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Unlike many of 2009's breakout indie bands, Vancouver's Japandroids weren't hanging onto their youth out of nostalgia. For this duo, it literally sounded like a matter of life and death.
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Listen to Liars' WIXIW In Full

Listen to Liars' WIXIW In Full | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Photo by Zen Sekizawa Liars release their sixth album, WIXIW (pronounced "wish you", in case you're not fluent in Liars yet), on June 4 in the UK, and June 5 in the U.S., both via Mute. You've heard "No.
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New music: Swimming – All Things Made New (Stand)

New music: Swimming – All Things Made New (Stand) | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
They may be fans of 'creative spatial choreography', but this Nottingham band are a lot more fun than they seemNottingham-based five-piece Swimming don't do normal gigs.
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Found in our music submissions: Neon Legion

Found in our music submissions: Neon Legion | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Surely few things are more provocative, in a NYC scene dominated by the humble lo-fi attitude, than a frontman who sees himself in grandiose terms.
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REVIEW: Craft Spells - Gallery EP

REVIEW: Craft Spells - Gallery EP | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
Craft Spells Gallery EP continues, rather than departs from, the sound featured on the band's 2011 debut, Idle Labor.  And that's fine with me.
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New band of the day – No 1,278: Of Monsters and Men

New band of the day – No 1,278: Of Monsters and Men | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
With their lusty and loud brand of stadium folk, this Icelandic band are a crashing, carousing dead-cert for summer successHometown: Reykjavik, Iceland.The lineup: Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (vocals), Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson (vocals, guitar),...
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NYC Album of the Month: Foxygen - "Take The Kids Off Broadway"

NYC Album of the Month: Foxygen - "Take The Kids Off Broadway" | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
A bit of advice: If you've just listened to the first track off Foxygen's debut LP 'Take The Kids Off Broadway' and are a bit puzzled, don't worry! That's just the band shifting your brain cells around to prepare you for what comes next.
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The Manic Shine | Indie bands blog

The Manic Shine | Indie bands blog | SongsSmiths | Scoop.it
The Manic Shine is an alternative progressive rock band from London in England.
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