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I Read The News Today... For June 14, 2011

Tom Hanks' production company is going to make a movie out of Green Day's American Idiot musical, which basically ensures it's going to be the least punk rock thing ever, even with Billie Joe Armstrong starring in it. Thurston Moore is going to be teaching writing classes at the Jack Kerouac School Of Disembodied Poetics, which is not a fake place...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 12, 2011

M.I.A. has released a surprise EP of remixes of "Internet Connection," which was a bonus track on last year's /\/\ /\ Y /\. —Pitchfork The Kills are releasing a new album titled Blood Pressures on April 5. It's the follow-up to 2008's Midnight Boom and was recorded at Michigan's Key Club Studios. Guitarist Jamie Hince produced it. Gorillaz have...
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I Read The News Today... For June 25, 2010

Here's another way to get iPod thumb or whatever the hell other repetitive strain injury PEDs are causing these days? Go ahead and download the Rolling Stones track pack for Guitar Hero on iPhone and iPod Touch. —Gigwise Apollo Ghosts are offering a free download of "Coka-Cola Admen," from their Mount Benson album. Hey, did...
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King Khan & BBQ Show Break Up... Again

You know what they say: live weird, die weird. And so, the ongoing saga of The King Khan & BBQ Show has come to an end... or has it? There are reports that after the big blowout in Sydney, Australia last week, the duo had either put their differences aside or at least had decided to honor their remaining tour dates. Either way, they arrived...
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King Khan & BBQ Show May Have Split Up In Australia

When Neil Young said that it's better to burn out than to fade away, I doubt he had a flying snake, four dancing Chinese girls, and a feast of stone crab and Peking duck in mind. Then again, when you're talking about a band as out there as The King Khan & BBQ Show, any breakup was bound to happen in spectacular fashion. In a lengthy article...
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Mark Sultan — $

Mark Sultan — who's perhaps better known as the BBQ, and who's a former member of the Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos and Mind Controls and one half of Canada's wonky, spaced-out King Khan And BBQ Show — has released one heck of a musical Frankenstein with $, his debut full-length. Imagine the sound of garage rock fused with swamp rock, blues, '50s...
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King Khan & BBQ Show Tour Manager Pleads Guilty To Possession Charge

Kristin Klein, the tour manager responsible for The King Khan & BBQ Show's current North American trek, has pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance, the band say. Klein, who was driving Khan (real name Arish Khan) and BBQ's (real name Mark Sultan) rented tour vehicle, was pulled over when the band were driving through Kentucky...
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The King Khan & BBQ Show — "I'll Be Loving You"

The King Khan & BBQ Show's clip for "I'll Be Loving You" is a pretty simple affair (if you don't count their get-up, that is) that places Arish Khan and Mark Sultan next to a dumpster near a building that's being demolished. "I'll Be Loving You" is on Invisible Girl, which is out now.
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King Khan & BBQ Show Cancel Gigs After Tour Manager Jailed

The King Khan & BBQ Show found themselves in some trouble on Thursday (Nov. 12) when their tour van was stopped by police somewhere near Oak Grove, Ky., near the state border with Tennessee. The band's tour manager, Kristin Klein, was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license and possession of a controlled substance (which...
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CHARTtrack: The Almighty Defenders' "Bow Down And Die"

The Almighty Defenders are perhaps better known as King Khan, BBQ and The Black Lips. They formed in February and will release their self-titled debut on Sept. 22 through Vice."Bow Down And Die" showcases a gospel-influenced sound that's a nice marriage of The King Khan & BBQ Show's soulful garage rock and The Black Lips...
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