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Domino Records Releasing Flexi Disc Zine For Record Story Day
February 24, 2012 7:50 AM EST Indie label Domino records and its subsidiary Ribbon Music today announced they are releasing a zine/flexi disc exclusively for 2012's Record Store Day. The five individual, multi-colored discs will contain exclusive, unreleased tracks by lab ...
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Arcade Fire Wins Canada's Polaris Music Prize
September 20, 2011 1:31 AM EDT After taking home the Grammy award and Juno award for Album of the Year, Arcade Fire 's "The Suburbs" has been named the best Canadian album of the past 12 months by earning the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, it was announced on Monday (Se ...
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Billboard Bits: Rihanna's Wax Figure, Green Day's Live Album
August 31, 2010 7:15 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Rihanna Gets Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds Rihanna is the latest star to receive a wax replica at Madame Tussauds museum in Washington D.C., according to MTV. The pop sin ...
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Caribou, Broken Social Scene Make Polaris Prize Shortlist
July 07, 2010 7:45 AM EDT The 10 Canadian albums that made the shortlist for the annual Polaris Music Prize have been unveiled. Five previous nominees make the shortlist - the Besnard Lakes , Broken Social Scene , Caribou , Owen Pallett and Shad . Pallett won in 2006 as Fina ...
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Caribou, Broken Social Scene Make Polaris Prize Shortlist
July 06, 2010 12:00 AM EDT The 10 Canadian albums that made the shortlist for the annual Polaris Music Prize have been unveiled. Five previous nominees make the shortlist - the Besnard Lakes, Broken Social Scene, Caribou, Owen Pallett and Shad. Pallett won in 2006 as Final ...
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Arcade Fire Announces U.S. Tour Dates
June 01, 2010 3:47 PM EDT A rcade Fire , the celebrated Canadian rock band that last week unveiled the first songs from its much anticipated album "The Suburbs," has announced a brief U.S. tour to coincide with the release. Between Aug. 1-11, the band will play hea ...
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Arcade Fire Unveil 'The Suburbs'
May 27, 2010 1:31 PM EDT Canadian rock band Arcade Fire 's new album, "The Suburbs," is set for release on Aug. 3, the group's label Merge announced today. The album's first single, also entitled "The Suburbs" and backed with "Month o ...
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Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz Top Coachella 2010 Lineup
January 19, 2010 10:25 AM EST J ay-Z , Muse and Gorillaz will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 16-18 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Also confirmed are LCD Soundsystem , Faith No More , Thom Yorke , Pavement and the Spec ...
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Arcade Fire Album Preview
January 12, 2010 3:11 PM EST Arcade Fire, Title TBD (Merge) Release Date: Second half of 2010 Merge confirms that an Arcade Fire album should be out in the second half of the year, but as yet there's little concrete info on the follow-up to "Neon Bible," which hi ...
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F---ked Up Wins Polaris Music Prize
September 22, 2009 10:53 AM EDT Of the all the acts on the shortlist for Canada's Polaris Music Prize, Toronto hardcore band Fucked Up seemed the least likely to take the $20,000 award. But that's exactly what happened as a jury of 10 Canadian music journalists, bloggers ...
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Pet Shop Boys Spread The 'Love'
January 16, 2009 11:15 AM EST Synth-pop veterans the Pet Shop Boys will release a new album, "Yes," March 23 internationally through Parlophone/EMI. A North American release has yet to be announced. First single "Love Etc" arrives March 16. The album is a col ...
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'Bible' Study
February 25, 2007 12:00 AM EST The Arcade Fire takes it sound to new and exciting places on its slavishly anticipated new album, "Neon Bible," due this week via Merge. The 11-track set was primarily recorded in a church outside the The Arcade Fire takes it sound to new ...
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The Arcade Fire Aims High On 'Neon Bible'
January 09, 2007 12:00 AM EST The Arcade Fire takes it sound to new and exciting places on its slavishly anticipated new album, "Neon Bible," which, as previously reported, is due March 6 via Merge. The 11-track set was primarily The Arcade Fire takes it sound to new a ...
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FINAL FANTASY, "He Poos Clouds"
July 18, 2006 12:00 AM EDT With nothing but a brief break to record a second album accounting for the slightest wane in Arcade Fire mania, the time seems right for all the inevitable side-projects to take center stage. With nothing but a brief break to record a second album a ...
