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Peaches Goes 'Insane' for 'Show Stopper' Short Film

Wednesday marks the kickoff of Peaches' new YouTube channel, Peaches TV, which the singer and performance artist describes on her website is "as close as it gets to real-life ... Every little defect gets respect!" Peaches is kicking off her newest creative outlet by premiering a self-parodying semi-documentary video for her song 'Show Stopper.' ...

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Sunny Day Real Estate 'Stoked' to Be Part of 'Guitar Hero'

When the members of Sunny Day Real Estate announced their reunion tour, no one could have predicted that the underground emo-band's gathering would have coincided with the fact that their song 'Seven,' from their 1994 debut release 'Diary,' was going to be included in the new 'Guitar Hero 5.' "I was surprised," bassist Nate Mendel tells Spinner. ...

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Sunny Day Real Estate Aren't Looking Too Far in the Future After Reunion

It was 1992 when Sunny Day Real Estate first started getting reverential reviews in underground music circles, a point in time when the Internet was only just beginning to take shape, when "emo" music was only listened to by outcasts and music geeks, and when a sound called 'grunge' had just started hitting alt-radio waves. While other bands from ...

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The Cliks Challenge Gender With the New York Dolls

Although Cliks frontman Lucas Silveira was only three years old when the New York Dolls broke up (circa 1975), the two groups have more than a few similarities between them. The Dolls were one of the first rock bands to play with androgyny on and off stage. That said, even though their gender play was always evident, the main focus and appeal of ...

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Bif Naked Tackles Breast Cancer, Makes a 'Promise'

It has been just over a year since musician Bif Naked announced that she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. At that point in time, it was perceived that she went into hiding. The only difference? She never hid. The raw-food-eating, hardcore gym-addicted vegan tried as best as she could to have a "normal" life during her ...

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Black Cab Sessions Produces Live Videos in a Tiny, Rolling Studio

When it comes to concerts, let's be honest: Unless your band rocks a double kick drum and has ch-ch-chunky power chords, bigger is rarely better. Many die-hard music fans love to play the game 'I saw Modest Mouse in a club this small,' but there's one place on the Net where you can witness amazing, brief moments of musical glory in the smallest ...

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New Pornographers Singer Orchestrates Solo Work and Live Festival

Carl Newman (a.k.a. A.C. Newman of the New Pornographers) isn't sure whether to be excited or intimidated about the studio in which he is currently recording his sophomore solo album. "When I got here," he recalls about the Carriage House studio in Stamford, Conn., "I realized that this is the place where the Pixies recorded 'Doolittle,' so it is ...

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