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A ways back we filled you in on LCD Soundsystem’s Vinyl Saturday 12" featuring a cover of “the original Bye Bye Bayou” from M.I.A pal Alan Vega’s eponymous 1980 solo debut. Then you heard…   Read Story »
In that recent NME interview where M.I.A. cut-down Lady Gaga, she offered enthusiastic praise to her recent N.E.E.T. signees Sleigh Bells: The new Sleigh Bells album epitomizes how kids are feeling…   Read Story »
We'd spoken briefly about LCD Soundsystem's Vinyl Saturday 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's eponymous 1980 solo debut. Talk is cheap. Take a listen at HypeM. (While you're…   Read Story »
Record Store Day's Vinyl Saturday is 11/7, and to celebrate LCD will release a 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's 1980 solo debut Alan Vega. Buy it then at an independent…   Read Story »
Alan Vega and Martin Rev, aka dark lo-fi electro-duo Suicide, were amazing in their heyday, especially when you consider they formed in 1971, pre-dating and influencing a shit-load of post-punk,…   Read Story »