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Jack White References Amy Winehouse 'Punch' at Glastonbury

Jack White, appearing for the fifth time at Glastonbury festival, made reference to the infamous Amy Winehouse "punching" incident of 2008 during the Dead Weather's Saturday afternoon show. The band played a scheduled slot this time around, after popping up unannounced during the "special guest" billing at the tiny Park Stage last year. White ...

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Radiohead Duo Play Surprise Set at Glastonbury

Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood made a surprise appearance onstage tonight at Glastonbury festival. Crowds gathered at the remote Park Stage, as rumours swelled that either the Strokes or Radiohead would appear for the now customary "special guest" slot, which has in recent years played host to Klaxons, Franz Ferdinand and the Dead ...

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Pavement Kick Off Primavera Sound's Eclectic Delights

"I got in the elevator with Mark E. Smith, Colin from Wire and two members of Mission of Burma," said Pavement's Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg, as the band kicked off their opening night headline set at Primavera Sound 2010. "It was a punk rock wet dream." Stephen Malkmus explained by way of reply, "That's just another day at the office for ...

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Editors, 'Eat Raw Meat=Blood Drool' -- Video Premiere

Editors return with their new, internet only video, with the search engine challenging title, 'Eat Raw Meat=Blood Drool'. Sounds like typically cheery fodder from the Birmingham foursome then. Directors Lennox Brothers say of their eerie, dystopian animation: "Ultimately the video paints a truthful picture of the lies which affect our current ...

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Good Shoes, 'The Way My Heart Beats' (Acoustic Live Version) -- Video Exclusive

In a recent Spinner interview with Good Shoes, singer Rhys Jones told us that the title of the band's latest album, 'No Hope, No Future' focused on the end of a relationship. "It's about breaking up with my ex-girlfriend" he explained, "so it's as much about relationships that have no hope or no future." In our exclusive video premiere, Rhys ...

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The Drums, 'Best Friend' -- Video Premiere

The Drums must swiftly be learning a thing or two about the hype machine. The Brooklyn natives, fresh from winning the NME Awards' Philip Hall Radar gong, have a BBC Sound of 2010 nomination and a tour support slot with last year's news, Florence And The Machine under their suitably skinny belts and it's still only March. ...

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Take on Hostile Crowd at ATP Festival

Hitting the main stage to a chorus of boos, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' frontwoman Karen O's opening gambit to the amassed Friday night 10 Years of ATP crowd was: "Shut up b------! We just got here you mother----ers!" Forty oh-so fashionably minutes late to the party, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs weren't going to let the resounding jeers get in the way of having a ...

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