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Peaches Slams DJ Culture Sexism, Says Bio Film Features Trannies, Old Strippers -- Exclusive Video

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She's the reigning queen of electro dance smut, but the Toronto ex-pat known to musical perverts around the world as Peaches is hoping to conquer another genre -- opera.

When Spinner caught up with Peaches at Lollapalooza Brazil she explained that she's about to start a proper opera in Berlin called L'Orfeo.

"Right now I'm doing real opera," Peaches tells Spinner in an exclusive video interview. "It's called Orpheus, it's like the first opera ever written in like the 1600s by Monteverdi and I'm playing the role of Orfeo -- Orpheus -- and everyone else is an opera singer but me. So that's what I've been doing for the last five months, actually."

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Rufus Wainwright vs. Bea Arthur, Skrillex the Guitar Hero & More -- NEWS!

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Rufus Wainwright once met Bea Arthur at a party, and the result is one of the funniest things you'll read today. [Village Voice]

Leonard Cohen, coming to a North American city near you! [Pitchfork]

Spin starts their "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list with Skrillex. Yes, that Skrillex. We refused to click through to find out who topped the poll, so we'll just assume it's a cat spraying crap all over a discman. [Spin]

A music-biz veteran relives the time he missed seeing Bob Marley because he had to work for Dexy's Midnight Runners. [The Daily Swarm]

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

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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 Skrillex's "finest tweets," which include "I sound like a bad nickelodeon film," "Home lizard just tried to attack me" and "Poo flinging is always a bad look especially of your'r inherent race isn't monkey." Unfortunately, they missed this gem: "I wish I was aloud to use the n word sometimes (in a non racist way of course)." Did not realize how much Skrillex tweets sound like Anal Cunt song titles. Pretty rad. [DailySwarm]

Having recently collaborated on much-heralded single "Swims," Joy Orbison and Boddika have a new 12" (finally) hitting shelves via their SUNKLOWUN label, "Dun Dun"/"Prone." A snippet from "Dum Dum" leaked a while back, but "Prone" is the one. [SoundCloud]

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Kitten Berry Crunch, 'Black and Blue' -- Free MP3 Download

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Artist: Kitten Berry Crunch
Hail From: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Song: 'Black and Blue'
Album: 'Dreams' EP [iTunes]
Sounds Like: Animal Collective, Reptar

In Their Words: "'Black and Blue' is about that beautifully awkward moment when you're starting a new romantic relationship. Everything is all puppies and roses and unicorns and sunsets. Then you remember "Oh shit, I've got a lot of baggage!" and have to figure a way to rationalize all your flaws to this wonderful new person that all the mistakes you've made have been a blessing in disguise, that they've all led you to this one moment with this one person ... Or if that sounds too cheesy, I just really wanted to do a song with a reggae sample." -- Singer Shaun Hettinger

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

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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 tracks as part of an exclusive mix for Spinner/RPM (which you can stream after the jump), featuring everyone from Talk Talk and Talking Heads to Spacemen 3, Arthur Russell and Tim Hecker, and gave us a brief explanation of the songs they chose, their various inspirations, and shared musical tastes.

Why did you guys decide to work together?

Benoit Pioulard: Raf was the co-curator for Seattle's annual Decibel Festival [an electronic and digital arts festival] when we first met. He booked me as Benoît Pioulard in 2009. It was a somewhat intimidating thing for me, since I'd so far only done one short tour, but following the show he and I kept in touch and began experimenting with guitar setups at his studio a few months later, which eventually led to adding vocals and aiming for more "proper" compositions -- even though there is still a major improvisatory influence on the outcome.

Rafael Anton Irisarri: Working with Tom was very harmonious, as we have very similar thoughts in regards to aesthetics. Tom is an amazing singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and genuinely fun to hang out with. At the time we started working, Tom was living in Portland, Oregon. He would drive up to Seattle for a couple days at a time and we would spend time in my home studio, just working on different sound collages and ideas. Sometimes, by the time he was headed back home that week, we would have a few sketches finished. Tom wrote all the lyrics, sometimes on the fly, as we were going to track some vocal ideas. We split the instrument duties fairly equally. I think our collaborative efforts complemented each other's areas -- for instance, Tom would be playing on a glockenspiel with a bow, and I would sample that playing and manipulate the sound until it is completely unrecognizable as the original instrument. The same could be said about the voice, as I sampled lots of snippets of Tom's vocals and constructed percussive kits with it. We also had some contributions from a few other friends, which is always nice. For instance, [electronic/ambient artist] Loscil sent me a very nice drone he made and I sampled it on one of the songs.

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Creamfields Follies: Man Survives Horrific Fall From Scaffolding at Australian Show

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Fans at a Creamfields concert in Sydney, Australia over the weekend were left bemused and then horrified when a fan bypassed security, scaled and stood atop stage scaffolding, then fell off it.

As reported by Undercover and posted on YouTube, a shirtless man is shown scaling the right hand side of the main stage scaffolding at Moore Park as fans – watching DJ Alesso's set – cheer and look on.

The bare-chested man, who was later identified by Australian television station Channel 9 as Hektor Wrotniak, balances himself on the top beams, waving a towel or t-shirt over his head. Looking as if he's contemplating a massive (and possibly lethal) stage dive into the crowd, the man then screams while arching backwards. And then is when all hell breaks loose.

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

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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 Barcelona and Porto, or how her voice will be affected. [SonarSaoPaulo]

Simian Mobile Disco have returned with an animated video for "Put Your Hands Together," one of our favorite tracks from their forthcoming Unpatterns LP. [YouTube]

Check out a teaser clip from Shit Robot's forthcoming 12" release "Teenage Bass" b/w "Space Race," out May 21 on DFA. The single is the first in a 3x12" series called "The Green Machine." Sounds good. [YouTube]

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