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Bjork Cancels More Tour Dates, Four Tet Sells Out in 10 Minutes, The Worst Tour of the Summer & More
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Bjork Cancels More Tour Dates, Four Tet Sells Out in 10 Minutes, The Worst Tour of the Summer & More

  • Posted on May 10th 2012 3:00PM by Theo Bark
Courtesy of Bjork After canceling a string of headlining performances in South America last month, Bjork has been forced to pull her appearances at Spain's Primavera Sound and Portugal's Optimus Primavera Sound, due to further issues with her vocal chords. No word as to her replacement -- we're hoping for Kraftwerk. [ConsequenceOfSound] ...

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Futurecop!, 'The Only Way' (Feat. Keenhouse) Video Premiere: Retro Mannequin Love

The Sleepover Party Manchester, U.K. synth-pop duo Futurecop!'s "The Only Way" video begins fittingly, with a reference to now-defunct production company Orion pictures (RoboCop, Terminator), then takes us to Norwalk, C.A.'s Golf N' Stuff, where '80's classic The Karate Kid was filmed. Our hero, Eric Isenhower ("Parks and Recreation"), is ...

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Skrillex, Diplo & A-Trak Remix Michael Jackson, New Joy Orbison/Boddika Track & More

AP Photo, Matt Sayles Bad news music fans! To celebrate the 25th anniversary or Michael Jackson's Bad, Pepsi has enlisted Skrillex, Diplo and A-Trak to remix songs from the King of Pop's 1987 classic. Insert Skrillex hair/Michael Jackson hair fire joke here. Terrible. [Billboard] While we're at it, The Daily Swarm collected some of ...

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Orcas Offer Exclusive Mix, Discuss Debut LP, Train Suicide-Inspired Single

Bob Hansen Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) and Rafael Anton Irisarri (aka the Sight Below) released their eponymous debut LP as Orcas on April 24, a collection of beautifully hazy, ambient sound beds accompanied by Meluch's haunting vocals, inspired by America's Pacific Northwest. The duo threw together some of their favorite ...

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Bjork Cancels Tour Dates, New Simian Mobile Disco Video, 2 Great Festival Lineups & More

  • Posted on Apr 27th 2012 12:00PM by Theo Bark
Courtesy of Bjork Bjork has been forced to cancel two upcoming performances in Argentina, including her headlining gig at Sonar Sao Paulo, due to an inflamed nodule which was recently discovered in her throat. No word as to whether she'll be forced to cancel her further dates, which include headlining slots at Primavera Sound Festival in ...

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America's Weirdest & Worst Dance Music Festivals: 'EDM' 'Til Your Casket Drops

  • Posted on Apr 26th 2012 6:20PM by Theo Bark
It's getting hard to tell all these music festivals apart, so we gathered some crucial info on America's worst events of 2012. If practicing yoga to dubstep on the Jersey Shore is your thing, then 2012 is basically one long Woodstock for you. Otherwise, feel confident in your decision to catch up on ...

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CFCF Discusses 'Exercises,' Rap Collaborations, Peter Gabriel-Inspired Singer-Songwriter LP

  • Posted on Apr 24th 2012 3:02PM by Theo Bark
Richmond Lam CFCF's latest EP Exercises is an eight-track array of airy synth ruminations, exquisite, tentative and masterful, diverging from the balearic pop of previous releases for territory somewhere between Philip Glass and Roger O'Donnell. We sat down the 24-year-old Montreal producer to discuss his favorite musical discoveries, ...

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