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Hot Hot Heat Shuffle Lineup for 'Future Breeds'

Two years after they locked themselves away in a Vancouver studio, purposely shutting out everything but creative influences, the men that make up Hot Hot Heat are finally ready to emerge with their first album in three years, 'Future Breeds.' "It's extremely melodic, but it sounds like a record made by a bunch of dudes that are pretty weird ...

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Futureheads Get 'Cosmic' on New Album

When Spinner caught up with bespectacled Futureheads member Ross Millard two years ago, he had taken a defiant stance against Facebook. On tour at the time in the UK, Millard found himself baffled to the point of annoyance by his bandmates indulging in status updates and joining frivolous groups like what he imagined could include the "I Want to ...

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Temper Trap to Perform New Songs on Upcoming Headlining Tour

Australia's Temper Trap will hit the road Wednesday in Los Angeles, kicking off a headlining tour in support of their debut album 'Conditions.' It's safe to say, thanks to the recent use of 'Sweet Disposition' in a commercial or two and a handful of television show promos, months after it was first put in '500 Days of Summer,' there are plenty ...

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Gomez Drummer Tries to Find Time for 'Lost' on Tour

Gomez will hit the road later this week for a month-long trek, but fans may want to be a little kind to drummer Olly Peacock if he seems distracted on Tuesday nights. He might be thinking of what's happening to Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley on the final season of 'Lost.' "I've not really gone through this before," he tells Spinner of trying to ...

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Field Music Hope to Revive the Album Format

Field Music, the Northern British outfit fronted by brothers David and Peter Brewis, will introduce their first album in three years on Feb. 16, ahead of a U.S. tour kicking off March 15 in Minneapolis. The semi self-titled effort, 'Field Music (Measure),' is made up of a whopping 20 songs, and although it has been some time since the outfit ...

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Litte Boots Prepares to Release 'Hands' in the US

Almost a year after she put the finishing touches on her debut album in Los Angeles, British electro-pop chanteuse Little Boots is dropping that effort, 'Hands,' stateside. "We just wanted to do America properly," Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, tells Spinner. "So many people just go over there and almost do it as an afterthought, go over for ...

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Vampire Weekend Bassist 'Not Offended' by 'Jersey Shore'

Since its premiere, MTV's 'Jersey Shore' has created a stir thanks to its outrageous cast members with big hair, perma-tans and what some groups have said are a bunch of 20-somethings living up to negative Italian-American stereotypes. And while he may be an educated man, Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio isn't immune to Snooki and the ...

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