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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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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 Thinks Even Black Metal Can Be Sexy

Mark Sultan, the latter half of the duo King Khan And BBQ Show, fully admits his combination of garage punk and '50s-style doo-wop isn't for everyone. But with his latest album $ being released on Last Gang Records — home to Metric and The New Pornographers — the Montreal-based songwriter is making it clear that this is his most adventurous —...
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Besnard Lakes Retain #1 For Fourth Week

The Besnard Lakes are the chart champions for the fourth week in a row, as Are The Roaring Night remains at #1 for the week of April 11 to 17, 2010. The Lakes overall chart totals dropped down to the mid 800s, down from their earlier dominance of almost 1,200 points two weeks ago. The difference between #1 and #2 was less than 40 points....
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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 Touring North America

The King Khan & BBQ Show, featuring King Khan and BBQ (a.k.a. Mark Sultan) have announced a North American fall tour in support of their upcoming new album, Invisible Girl. The disc is out Nov. 3 through In The Red Records and features more garage rock crossed with doo wop from the Canadian duo. The tour kicks off in mid-October and runs...
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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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