Around The Net: April 28

R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, and Stone Temple Pilots will headline this year's Voodoo Fest in New Orleans. It will take place October 24-26.

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Consequence of Sound has the leaked info on this year's initial lineup for the Monolith Fest at Red Rocks Ampitheater in Morrison, CO. The festival will take place September 13 and 14.

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Death Cab for Cutie recorded a session for Daytrotter.

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The Cure's new cd will be released on September 13 and in anticipation the band will release four consecutive singles preceding the album on the 13th of each month from May through August. "The Only One" will be the first single. More info can be found here.

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Stereogum has some great pics (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) from Coachella. They also have pics of Portishead and the Verve from their sets.

Around The Net: April 21

Austin City Limits has added Adele and Blues Traveler to the 2008 Lineup.

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Pitchfork has an interview with She & Him.

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Spoon, Les Savy Fav, Dodos added to Pitchfork Festival Lineup. The festival is taking place July 18-20 at Chicago's Union Park. You can buy tickets here.

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Hot Chip perform on MPR, along with an interview. Songs performed: "Made In The Dark," "Nothing Compares 2U," "In The Privacy Of Our Love," and "Ready For The Floor." Thanks to The Music Slut for the heads up. They slow down "Ready For The Floor" and it sounds awesome.

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Gigwise has the tracklisting for Weezer's new self titled cd (released June 24). It was produced by Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee.

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Prefix interviews the guys from Cut Copy. They even have a video interview from SXSW.

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Perry Farrell has confirmed to Vh1 that the Lollapalooza lineup leak is true. He even added Lupe Fiasco to the list of performers. The official lineup will be released Monday 8 am on Q101.

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Sub Pop has the tourdates for The Flight of The Conchords. You can download two of their songs, "Ladies of The World" and "Business Time" for free over at CNET.

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Bona Fide Darling has the cover art for My Morning Jacket's new cd, Evil Urges.

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Lightspeed Champion announces tourdates.

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Jack White talks to Rolling Stone about Consolers of The Lonely.

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Radiohead performed at the BBC Radio Theatre in front of 300 or so fans on Tuesday. You can listen to the performance here.

**Update** Sixeyes has the tracks available for download, but you better hurry cause they be up for long.

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According to Austin360, Questlove will be spinning at Whisky Bar Saturday night after the Roots play UT earlier in the evening.

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Tokyo Police Club's new album, Elephant Shell, originally intended to come out on April 22 was released early. You can buy it now on iTunes.

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MuseWiki is a cool website for all things Muse. It includes news on the band, includes all the gigs they have played (including setlists), and much more cool stuff.

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Listen to Jens Lekman's SXSW performance on NPR. The setlist includes: "Sipping on the Sweet Nectar", "The Opposite of Hallelujah", "New Direction", "Black Cab", and "Shirin".

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Weezer announce a new album and it drops on June 17. It will be another self-titled cd.

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EAR FARM has pictures and live mp3 of Beach House's concert at Bowery Ballroom last night.

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Wolf Parade is releasing a new cd entitled, Kissing The Beehive, on June 17 via Sub Pop. It will have 9 songs and they will start touring in July.

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Pitchfork talks with Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead about the state of his band, practicing 70 songs in preparation for their world tour, and even discussing getting back in the studio to work on new stuff.

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Popmatters interviews Colin Meloy of The Decemberists.

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The Boston Globe chats with Stephen Malkmus.

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Mlive has a Q & A with Explosions In The Sky.

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We wrote about it on Saturday, but just reminding you that Stereogum releases Enjoyed, a tribute of covers to Björk's Post starting today. It's FREE to download by the way.

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The Village Voice's Status Ain't Hood interviews Dizzee Rascal.

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Daytrotter recorded a session with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. There are 5 songs to download and some info on the band.

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Oasis will be joined on the road by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals for 4 dates (Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary). You can buy tickets at Ticketmaster starting tomorrow (4/1).

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The Black Keys new album, Attack and Release, was produced by Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton. It will be released next week, but you can stream the album in its entirety here.

MOKB has The Black Keys tourdates and a contest to win their new album in vinyl.

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Stereogum has a new Black Angels song, "You On The Run". Their new cd, Directions To See A Ghost, will be released May 13 via Light In The Attic.

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According to Prefixmag.com, Liars are opening for Radiohead on the first leg of their North American tour. I'm not too excited, saw Liars open for Interpol last September and wasn't that impressed. The European tour gets Bat For Lashes.

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Blender.com has a list of awesome lists, as they put it. It includes: The 20 biggest record screw-ups of all time, the 100 greatest indie-rock albums ever made, 100 days that changed music, and a bunch more.

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Sold Out Shows:

• B.B. King (4/6) at Austin Music Hall
• Feist (4/15) at Stubb's BBQ
• The Cure (6/8) at Austin Music Hall
  

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Adobe releases free online version of Photoshop Express.

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Tapes 'n' Tapes are urging fans to Walk It Off for a good cause. They would like everyone to participate in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer in their local areas. The walks are meant to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research.

Fans can register under Team Tapes 'N Tapes for a walk event in their area. After fans have completed a walk in their city under the team, they can report how much money they raised and a winner in each city will received a personalized signed copy of Walk It Off.

For more info, check out Making Strides Against Breast Cancer or Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

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The Hives have announced some tourdates for May.

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Girl Talk talks with Billboard about his new album, Wild Peace IV: Feed the Animals, Raise the Dead.