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Festivals

Leaked: Noise Pop 2010 initial lineup

The initial lineup for the 2010 Noise Pop Festival is out, thanks to Pitchfork. So far the following acts are confirmed: The Magnetic Fields, Atlas Sound, Rogue Wave, Four Tet, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, […]

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New Releases

Pet Shop Boys Cover Madness on Christmas EP

On December 15 Astralwerks will release Christmas, the new EP from the Pet Shop Boys. Said Christmas present will include a new version of YES’s “It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas” as well as two […]

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MP3s & Streams

Playlist: December 5th Sirius XMU Download 15

Here’s the December 5th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]

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Design

Creative Alphabets

Thought you might enjoy some interesting design links today. I love this collection of 41 creative and unique alphabet charts compiled by Share Some Candy. While we’re at it, let’s continue with the creative alphabet […]

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Greater Good

GIVE Charity Compilation to benefit Arts Corps

Seattle coffee roaster Caffe Vita in collaboration with 30+ Seattle artists, businesses and nonprofits has released GIVE, a downloadable music and video compendium to benefit Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit arts educator, along with Ballard […]

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Cool Stuff

Objectified US television premiere on PBS

As we reported back in May, Gary Hustwit, Director of Helvetica, the documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, has a new project, Objectified. Objectified explores industrial design and the manufactured objects we […]

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Cool Stuff

Unfound Pleasures

Got Joy Division? Macclesfield Silk Museum is currently searching for interesting Joy Division artifacts for a proposed exhibition due to take place in May 2010. The exhibition is being curated by Jon Savage, and Peter […]

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MP3s & Streams

Song of the Day: No No Baby by James Husband

James Huggins has just released a catchy new track, “No No Baby” under the moniker James Husband. It starts out slow, acoustic and low-fi and quickly electrifies and builds into psychedelic yuminess. What can I […]