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A new photo book chronicling the early years of the Pixies will arrive this fall — that’s if it reaches a Kickstarter goal of $150,000. Sean T. Rayburn, who operates the band’s official website, is spearheading the project and hopes to release three volumes of photo books in the future. A Visual History, Volume 1 will contain rare or unseen photos of the band between 1985 and 1993.

Rayburn explains the project and his decision to launch a Kickstarter campaign:

Some of you may be wondering, “so Sean, WHY do you need a Kickstarter to put this project together?” The answer is that book publishing is very expensive, especially to do it right. To make this a great project, I am meeting with hundreds of people from all over the world, people who have worked with the band, labels and press and managers, and roadies and fans. I am also going to be meeting with the band members themselves. And their families. Pretty much anyone who has a story and some photos or memorabilia, I am coming to see you. Speaking of which, if you have a story to tell, something that would be great for this project, I want you involved! I am starting a website to handle submissions and additional project info, so if you have something to contribute and would like a free copy of the book and some contributor credit, look for an announcement in the coming weeks.

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Arizona pedal-mashing heavy psych band Destruction Unit are currently on tour with Merchandise and Milk Music, which ought to give you some idea how much noise they make; at least one friend has called them the loudest band he’s ever seen. The band’s got a new album coming in August, and they recorded “Sonic Pearl,” half of a new 7″ single, during its sessions. The track is halfway between basement-punk scrape and Spacemen 3 whoosh, and you can hear it below.

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Not content with just two bands, Vivian Girls/La Sera singer Katy Goodman has formed Books of Love with Hush Sound's Greta Morgan. Please don't confuse the duo with '80s synthpop band Book of Love. (You probably won't, though they still exist.) Of the union:

While hiking past the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, friends Katy Goodman and Greta Morgan were struck with the idea to record a song together: A song about physics and love, science and romance, space and time. Have you ever felt the lovesick pain of falling for someone from a different dimension? We have too.

The next morning, the girls recorded "Space Time" in Greta's tiny rehearsal space in Glassell Park. While "Space Time" may not be a hit in this dimension yet, the song is topping charts in many others. The girls have plans to tour the Andromeda Galaxy this summer, appear in Bode's Galaxy this Fall, and make an appearance at the Omega-Palooza Festival to break up the 2.9 million light-year long trip home.

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Surprise, surprise: director Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides) has put together another hip-as-hell soundtrack for tweens, teens, and shattered twentysomethings. This time around, she’s snagged the likes of Kanye West, Frank Ocean, deadmau5, M.I.A., Sleigh Bells, Azealia Banks, Can (!), and her hubby’s band, Phoenix, whose tunes will sugarcoat her latest picture, The Bling Ring.

What’s more, she’s recruited Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin to score the film. For this project, Lopatin’s again working with Brian Reitzell, who serves as executive soundtrack producer and music supervisor (the two previously worked together on music for Kelsey Grammar’s television show Boss).

The Bling Ring is based on a true story of L.A. teens who robbed celebrities’ homes, originally covered in the 2010 Vanity Fair article, “The Suspects Wore Louboutins”. Emma Watson and Leslie Mann both star.

The soundtrack hits stores June 11th via Def Jam, with the film due in theaters on June 14th.

The Bling Ring OST Tracklist:
01. Sleigh Bells – ” Crown On The Ground”
02. Rick Ross [ft. Lil Wayne] – “9 Piece”
03. Rye Rye [ft. M.I.A.] – “Sunshine”
04. Azealia Banks - ”212″
05. Oneohtrix Point Never &#821...

Given what we now know about Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore’s breakup, we shouldn’t hold our collective breath for a Sonic Youth reunion anytime soon. Instead, we should probably settle in with Moore’s new band Chelsea Light Moving, who have a new video for their skronky hardcore anthem “Lip.” The clip chops up band-performance footage and images of protesters clashing with riot cops. It’s credited to “Eva at Ecstatic Peace Library,” and that probably means Eva Prinz, whose name has been in internet circulation a bunch lately. Watch the video below.

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Crazy allegations in the case of the ‘Fuck Compton’ rapper.

In February, the 46-year-old rapper reportedly died from a diabetes-related seizure. Tim Dog was best known for West Coast diss

The dream duo of Thom Yorke and Dominic West, a.k.a. Jimmy McNulty from The Wire, have joined forces for a new feature-length documentary.

Written and directed by Mark Donne, The UK Gold chronicles tax evasion within the United Kingdom. Set against last summer’s Olympics Games in London, the story follows “a vicar from a small parish in the London Borough of Hackney as he goes head to head with an ancient and mighty heavyweight, revealing its central status as the tax-haven nerve centre of the world.”

Yorke, along with Massive Attack’s Robert “3D” Del Naja and Elbow’s Guy Garvey, contributed to the film’s score. West will serve as the film’s narrator.

The UK Gold is set to premiere in London next month.

Chairlift @ Capitale, Feb. 2013 (more by Dylan Johnson)

As mentioned, Bear in Heaven are playing short film showcase Tropfest which happens in Prospect Park's "Nethermead" on June 22. Since that post, the full line-up was announced: Chairlift, Bear in Heaven, Ghost Beach and People Get Ready will perform, and Neon Indian will DJ. Free tickets are still available.

Meanwhile, Chairlift will play DJ, strangely enough, also in Prospect Park's Nethermead this Friday for GoogaMooga. between Flaming Lips and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Chairlift's Caroline Polachek provided vocals on Ice Choir's track, "Everything is Spoilt by Use" and you can check out the recent video for that song and more tour dates below.

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Books Of Love is a duo comprised of Vivian Girls/La Sera’s Katy Goodman and Greta Morgan of the Hush Sound. The union was conceived when the two were walking by Griffith Conservatory in Los Angeles and wanted to write a song about finding love in another dimension. Check out their song “Space Time” and its delightful video, featuring Goodman and Morgan searching for a green man to love, below.

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Laura Marling’s Once I Was An Eagle is out later this month and she’s released its third single “Once.” While all of our Marling’s output gurgles with sweetness, this one particularly smacks with it because of it’s stripped down instrumentation gives all the more legroom to her voice. Check it out below.

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photos by Samantha Marble

Juicy J / A$AP Ferg @ Iriving Plaza, 5/14/2013

Memphis hip hop favorite and Thee 6 Mafia member Juicy J played his second show in two days at Irving Plaza on Tuesday (5/14), part of the "Stay Trippy" tour with A$AP Ferg. Pictures from the show are in this post.

As mentioned, Juicy J performed a show the day prior, an RSVP-only affair as part of a FADER issue launch party that saw him perform three songs before calling it a night (pictures). No word as to how many trippy sticks, xanny bars or purple drank was consumed during his tenure in the city.

Juicy J is part of this year's Rock the Bells tour, though no word on whether he'll be part of the rotating line-up when it hits NYC.

In other news, A$AP Ferg released a video for the "Work" remix featuring A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad James & Schoolboy Q. Check that out, along with more pics from Irving Plaza, below.

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One of the best tracks on Daft Punk’s new album Random Access Memories is “Giorgio By Moroder,” which has a long spoken reminisce from the Italo-disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder and which pays tribute to the endlessly tick-tocking dance beats that he created in the ’70s. And now Moroder himself has returned in a fittingly strange way: He’s done the soundtrack for a new Google Chrome game called Racer. Moroder’s new track “Racer” exists at a halfway mark between the hypnotic tracks of his past and the pounding Euro-house of our shared present. Listen to it below.

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