Long-running Dutch gothic metal outfit Autumn released their fifth studio album, Cold Comfort, back in November on Metal Blade Records. Today, mxdwn brings you a premiere stream of “Truth Be Told (Exhale),” the eighth track from the aforementioned album. Check out the stream after the jump. Read more…
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2011 was a busy year for Baltimore-based folk rock duo Wye Oak, with the group most recently releasing a special EP in collaboration with the AV Club for the “Undercover” series this past Black Friday Record Store Day. Seeing a release from Merge on November 22, the EP features a performance of The Kinks’ “Strangers” and Danzig’s “Mother.” Read more…
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Odd Future group member Frank Ocean premiered his new track “Super Rich Kids,” which the artist says will appear on his upcoming album, during a Los Angeles-area performance late last month. Check out a video of the performance after the jump. Read more…
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Last month, Michael Stipe, former frontman of the now-defunct seminal alternative rock outfit R.E.M. stopped by the Stephen Colbert show for a special tribute from the man himself. Check out a video of Stipe performing Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me” with Colbert and famed English artist Brian Eno. Read more…
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Last month, rock icon Joan Jett joined the Foo Fighters onstage for an encore performance at their Madison Square Garden show—a spectacle that was repeated shortly thereafter when Jett joined Dave Grohl and company on the Letterman show to play her hit, “Bad Reputation.” Check out a performance of the video after the jump. Read more…
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Online music video giant Vevo turned two this month, and they’ve got a bill of $100 million in royalties paid to labels, artists and songwriters since 2009 to prove it—an interesting aspect, considering that music videos have traditionally been given away for free for record promotion since MTV began broadcasting in the 1980s. Read more…
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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the multi-talented Trent Reznor revealed that his Atticus Ross/Mariqueen Maandig collaborative project, How to Destroy Angels, will release their debut full-length sometime in the first quarter of 2012. Read more…
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English singer-songwriter Adele’s sophomore album, 21, has official been named the best-selling album of 2011—and not only that, but it’s the best selling album of the last seven years as well. Read more…
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It appears that U2 is still relevant in 2011, at least according to recent tour numbers published by the Hollywood Reporter. The long-running Irish rock outfit reportedly earned a sum of $293 million from their 2011 360° Tour, throughout which they played to a total of nearly three million people. Read more…
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Earlier this month, New York-based indie rock outfit the Rapture played a set for the Noisey Special Engagement series. Now, a director’s cut of footage from that performance has hit the web, and you can check it out after the jump. Read more…
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