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I Read The News Today... For May 18, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 18, 2011 4:16 pm

Next major trend: orchestras playing indie rock. Case in point: The Jingle Punks Hipster Orchestra. Watch them do The Black Keys' "Tighten Up" and MGMT's "Time To Pretend." Not only are Devo playing North By Northeast this year, with a free show at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square on June 18, but they'll head out to the 'burbs...

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I Read The News Today... For March 10, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 10, 2011 3:19 pm

It's about fricking time. Lawrence Gowan (he of Strange Animal fame) is being inducted into the Scarborough Walk Of Fame, and will get a permanent star on it in a ceremony to be held May 12. Scarborough Walk Of Fame!The Barenaked Ladies, Bryan Adams, Daniel Lanois, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Deadmau5, K'Naan, Robbie Robertson, Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex...

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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 27, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 27, 2010 1:42 pm

Here's a tip: don't slice up a tendon in your hand, especially if you play guitar. Devo have been forced to postpone all their upcoming tour dates for the rest of the year because guitarist Mark Mothersbaugh severed a tendon when a glass shard cut his right thumb through to the bone. Yeowch. Someone has deemed Die Antwoord's video for "Zef Slide"...

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I Read The News Today... For July 17, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff July 16, 2010 4:10 pm

Weezer's new album is out Sept. 13. It's apparently full of "raw rock energy." —Spin Amy Adams will play Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic about the troubled '60s rocker. —CBS News Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was hospitalized after getting into a motorcycle accident on Thursday (July 16). —Rolling...

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I Read The News Today... For June 17, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff June 17, 2010 12:09 pm

Beck's next Record Club will feature Sonic Youth singer/guitarist Thurston Moore and Tortoise. —NME See, Bono really did have the weight of the world on his shoulders: U2 stand to lose up to $150 million over the world tour they were forced to cancel this year after Bono had emergency back surgery. —World Entertainment News Network Ozzy...

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Devo To Guest Star On Futurama

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 8, 2010 3:44 pm

Devo look like they crawled out of the future, what with their Energy Domes and jumpsuits. Actually, they probably looked more like they came from the future in the late '70s, but regardless... It's only appropriate that they'll appear on the upcoming 100th episode of Futurama, in which the series will tackle "mutant rights," according...

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New Devo Track Available For Free Download

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 23, 2010 3:25 pm

The newly blue Energy Dome-d Devo have a new track called "Fresh" available for free download through their website. To get the tune, all you have to do is provide the folks who handle Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale and Josh Freese's website with your email address. Upon entering your information, you'...

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R.I.P. Devo's Red Energy Dome Hats

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 12, 2010 4:25 pm

Devo's plastic red hats, which they call Energy Domes, are no more. Due to "safety concerns," Devo decided to stop wearing the red Energy Domes, which iconic pieces of post-punk and music history. "We'd been getting some reports back that red might not be the safest colour for an Energy Dome," singer Mark Mothersbaugh told...

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Santigold Producing New Devo Album

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 7, 2010 12:32 pm

Here's the first off-the-wall collaboration of 2010: Santigold is producing the new Devo record. The R&B singer formerly known as Santogold (informercial jeweller Santo Gold threatened legal action against her in 2008, after which she changed her name) told Paste magazine she's helming the legendary post-punk band's upcoming new album, which...

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Happy Holidays From Devo

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By CHARTattack Staff December 25, 2009 9:00 am

Devo want you to enjoy the holidays no matter what you're celebrating, and have created this special video with animations by singer Mark Mothersbaugh for their fans. Merry something to you.

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Devo Exercise Their Freedom Of Choice

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) November 25, 2009 1:22 pm

Devo had their work cut out for them to match the excitement of Monday night's Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! show, and they ended up falling a wee bit short with Tuesday's (Nov. 24) Freedom Of Choice concert. The audience wasn't as big or seemingly as rabid, which may have played a part. The fact that there was less guitar to drive the...

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Jockos And Homos All Love Devo

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) November 24, 2009 6:24 pm

I discovered Devo as a child, like I had with Talking Heads and The Specials, on Saturday Night Live during my musical awakening period in the late '70s and the dawn of the '80s. Devo performed a herky-jerky cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" while wearing yellow radiation suits on the 1978 show hosted by Fred Willard....

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