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Watch Queens Of The Stone Age Play Like Clockwork In L.A.

Queens of the Stone Age shook the sold out Wiltern Theatre with a performance that was worthy of arenas.

Photos: Vampire Weekend @ Keller Auditorium, Portland 5/23/13

Last night, Portland’s Keller Auditorium played host to Vampire Weekend. The band ran through hits from their first two albums and played a significant chunk of their excellent new record Modern Vampires Of The City. We sent Colin McLaughlin to check it out.

The Faces Albums From Worst To Best

We begin our discussion of the Faces, as we must, with “The Rod Conundrum” — one of the thorniest in all of rock and roll lore.

Watch Grizzly Bear Play Ellen

I’m not sure if this necessarily qualifies as a career milestone for Grizzly Bear, since they’ve already been on a million TV shows.

Watch Shout Out Louds Play Leno

Sweden’s Shout Out Louds performed on last night’s Leno to promote their album Optica. Following interviews with guests Tyler Perry and Isla Fischer, the band performed album cut “Walking In Your Footsteps.” Check it out below. Optica is out now via Merge.

Ghost B.C. Waiting for the Night Depeche Mode Cover)

The theatrical Swedish metal band Ghost B.C.

have already shown that they have a way with the incongruous cover song; we posted their version of Abba’s “I’m A Marionette” back in January.

The National"s Matt Berninger On Trouble Will Find Me, That Six-Hour MoMA Performance, And Going Back On The Road

If it seems as though we’ve been talking about the National’s excellent new record Trouble Will Find Me for weeks now it’s because we have.

Stream Gucci Mane Trap House III

When Gucci Mane cranks out way more (excellent) free music than anyone could reasonably be expected to process, it might seem a bit weird when he makes a new mixtape and actually asks people to pay for it.

Charli XCX Take My Hand Video

True Romance, the excellent debut album from the British pop singer Charli XCX, is pretty much nothing but potential hits, and now another one of them has a video.

Turntable Interview: The Boy Least Likely To

The Boy Least Likely To reached a certain level of fame in the ’00s on the strength of their debut album The Best Party Ever and the singles Paper Cuts and “Be Gentle With Me” (the video for which featured a young Rashida Jones).