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The must-discussed singer-songwriter mines familiar territory on this latest leak.

After hearing her covers by forebears

Last night Glasslands, the beloved Kent Avenue venue that’s no longer up in the clouds, hosted Montreal shoegazers No Joy, CMJ 2011 band Weekend and Brooklyn’s own Grand Resort. Photos by Chris Becker.

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Sigur Rós appear on The Simpsons this weekend, as animated characters and the ethereal music serving as the episode’s soundtrack. Up above is a really great promo poster, shared by the band’s label XL Recordings (via Pitchfork). And below you’ll find three clips from the episode.

The band wrote of their participation in the episode:

sigur rós have scored part of an upcoming episode of the simpsons. the episode, which will feature new, original music by sigur rós, as well as their take on the simpsons

There were many strong music videos this week, and a couple that I loved, from actual adults. But no grown-up is going to beat a charged-up mob of Minneapolis children rapping about bikes and school uniforms. I’m sorry. It’s just not ever going to happen. Our picks for the week are below.

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Looks like we have openers for Vampire Weekend's show at Barclays Center in September. That's a double dose of Dev Hynes associated pop. Tickets are still available.

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Professionally recorded and mastered live material to be delivered directly to your phone.

If you’ve been to a live show in the last few years you’ll be familiar with the problem, the humble cellphone has now replaced the lighter as the ‘in the air’ device of choice. It’s not simply used as illumination however, anyone who’s browsed these pages looking for advance listens of Kanye West (and plenty of others) will be used to hearing the crunchy distorted sound that results from a very loud source being recorded on a device that simply isn’t geared up for that kind of use. Sidelining the fact that the practice is illegal (imagine if two-thirds of the audience had been holding up tape recorders back in the 80s? You had to be discreet back then) and annoying for fans just trying to enjoy the show, it’s not the best look for the bands being recorded who would rather people were listening to their tracks at their properly-mastered best.

This is where Soundhalo comes in, and the app was debuted this week at an Alt-J performance at London’s Brixton Academy. The Android-only beta version is now downloadable from the Soundhalo site, and promises to allow users to “watch, download and share artist endorsed live music as it happens.”. Now that might sound a little vague, but the idea is that a production crew at the venue itself will combine soundboard rec...

The Wu-Tang Clan reunion is going strong, with a 20th anniversary album called A Better Tomorrow planned for this year, and a hologram of Ol’ Dirty Bastard joining the Clan on stage for their performances at Rock the Bells. It’s been a while since we’ve heard new material under the Wu-Tang banner, but you can now check an unreleased track titled “Execution in Autumn”.

Taken from “the personal vaults of the RZA,” the track features verses from Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, RZA and U-God in a tag-team, old school feel that brings back all kinds of memories of their first album 36 Chambers.

“Execution in Autumn” is also being released on a physical  7″ (b/w the instrumental) on a pay what you can basis until May 31st. Throw down whatever you think is fair for some Wu-Tang vinyl right here.

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At just the cost of an email address you can download two all new tracks from Liars,