Though I couldn’t find a video of them performing it at Bonnaroo, I did run across this video of Chairlift covering Snoop Dogg’s “Sensual Seduction” previously. I’m a little heartbroken to know they didn’t do it specially for being on the same festival lineup as Snoop, but I’m glad more people got to experience it.

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After twittering about recording the album (and leaving it on the subway) for months, Nick Diamonds has finally announced the name and release date for Islands’ third LP. Vapours will be out September 22 on Anti. And yeah, Jamie is on the record too.

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Pitchfork just announced the full schedule for their 2009 festival in Union Park. I’ve been to every one so far, and believe me, they aren’t to be missed. So if there’s any way for you to score a ticket and go — score a ticket and go. Full [...]

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For many years now I’ve had the idea that Grizzly Bear would absolutely kill at Bonnaroo. It’s a slight compromise in venue setting for what has to be one of the most receptive crowds they could ever see. It’s a grouping of tens of thousands of people who are into melodic, earthy music that has [...]

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I was sick for a day or two. It was that kind of groggy sickness where you go in to work, but are completely useless and frankly embarrassed to be such a zombie. While recovering from it, I overlooked the fact that Matador announced the signing of Austin’s Harlem. I’ve been digging the group for [...]

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Beck kicked off his record club with a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning.” For his record club, Beck assembles a group of people to record a classic album in one day. Sounds like they made a good choice this first time. Keep your eyes peeled to Beck.com for future updates.

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Karen says “no, thanks” to Kentucky’s David Pajo Is it wrong that the biggest thing I took away from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ show is that David Pajo is now playing with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? I apparently missed the memo on that one. But the Yeah Yeah Yeahs looked and sounded great. I only [...]

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My second time seeing Annie Clark in three days was only slightly less magical than the first. I say it was slightly less magical because, well, I didn’t get to stick around as much and it lost a bit of the awesome light-show-on-a-budget spectacle of the Dame show. But to say it went a half-step [...]

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Full Nine Inch Nails photos/review coming soon Without getting into the specifics (those I’ll save for the actual review), Nine Inch Nails’ Bonnaroo set was as bare-bones as NIN shows these days are. Sure there was a crazy light show, but it was nothing compared to the crazy screens they had last fall. But unlike [...]

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