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The Postal Service Announce New Tour Dates With Jenny LewisMike Lawrie, Getty Images

The Postal Service announced a series of upcoming tour dates on their official website. Jenny Lewis (formerly of Rilo Kiley) will join Ben Gibbard and co. for their highly anticipated comeback. [Pitchfork]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds premiered a new music video for "Jubilee Street" (which you can watch below). Directed by John Hillcoat ("The Road") and guest-starring actor Ray Winstone ("The Departed"), the cinematic NSFW video follows the song's prostitute-centric narrative.

Beck recruited director Chris Milk and an "orchestra of 170 musicians" for a one-time live cover of David Bowie's "Sound & Vision" for the Lincoln car company's creative series, "Hello, Again." According to Beck's website, the performance, to be streamed on February 10, "will be recorded using 360˚ equipment," which viewers will be able to interact with live. [Stereogum]

Dave Grohl's rockumentary, "Sound City" -- which, the rocker of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame claims to be his life's "most important work" -- is now available for download for the low, low price of $12.99. [SPIN]

The title of Vampire Weekend's upcoming new album title was revealed from an unexpected source - an ambiguous ad in the New York Times Classifieds section, brought to the music world's attention via the band's Twitter. The follow-up to 2010's Contra was teased via a series of cryptic tweets with the hashtag #MVOTC, an acronym of the would-be title. [Pitchfork]

fun. has announced summer 2013 tour dates with Tegan and Sara. Tickets for the "Most Nights" tour go on sale on the band's website on February 6. [Alt Press]

You could pick up an old record player at a flea market for under $50. Or you could snag an official licensed Beatles record player on eBay for $12,000. [Ultimate Classic Rock]


Watch Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Jubilee Street" Video

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