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Former REM frontman Michael Stipe has described the managers of YouTube as ”disgraceful and cowardly” after they removed a clip which has been made by the singer Perfume Genius.

The video, which advertised the new Perfume Genius album ‘Put Your Back N 2 It’, has been taken down from YouTube for apparently violating the site’s ‘adult image policy’.

The 16 second clip featured Perfume Genius, otherwise known as Mike Hadreas, embracing gay porn star Arpad Miklos,

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Reg Presley, frontman with The Troggs, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

The singer, whose band are best known for their hit singles ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Love Is All Around’, has also confirmed that he will be retiring from the band to focus on his recovery.

Writing on the band’s official website, Presley confirmed that he was undergoing chemotherapy and was doing well, but had realised he could not continue to perform with the band.

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Franz Ferdinand have been confirmed to headline Poland’s Open’er Festival this summer, while dance act SBTRKT has also been added to the bill.

The festival, which takes place at Gdynia-Kosakowo Airfield in Gdynia between July 4 -7, is already confirmed to feature Bjork, The xx and Justice.

Franz Ferdinand, who haven’t played a billed gig for more than two years, are preparing to make their live comeback this summer, with dates at Primavera Sound (set for May 30-June 3) and Field Day (taking place

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In celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary, Roxy Music will embark on a career-spanning reissue campaign. On April 2, Virgin will put out an eight-CD/four-DVD box set called Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982. It includes eight Roxy Music studio albums: 1972′s Roxy Music, 1973′s For Your Pleasure and Stranded, 1974′s Country Life, 1975′s Siren, 1979′s Manifesto, 1980′s Flesh and Blood, and 1982′s Avalon, along with “high-resolution audio” versions of the albums on DVD.

The set will also feature a bunch of bonus material, including non-album singles, B-sides, and remixes. Check out the full tracklists at fansite Roxyrama.

Below, watch footage

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This spring, Saddle Creek will reissue six early, out-of-print Bright Eyes releases on vinyl.

The first reissues, on March 6, will include Bright Eyes’ 1998 debut release, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 and the 2001 split EP with Son, Ambulance, Oh Holy Fools – The Music of Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes.

On April 3, they’ll reissue 1998′s Letting Off the Happiness as well as 1999′s Every Day and Every Night EP. Finally, on May 1, Saddle Creek will reissue the 2000 classic Fevers and Mirrors, as well as 2002′s There Is No Beginning to the Story EP. The

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Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds/Grinderman collaborator Warren Ellis (also of Dirty Three) have teamed up for yet another film score. As TwentyFourBit reports, Cave and Ellis have penned the original score for the documentary West of Memphis, premiering this week at Sundance.

Directed and written by Amy Berg, and co-produced and co-written by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings), the film analyzes the controversial case of the West Memphis Three, three men originally found guilty in 1994 of murdering three eight-year-old children, who were Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PitchforkLatestNews/~3/q4WB_t1gQbs/

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The Flaming Lips have posted up audio of their forthcoming collaborative LP with Bon Iver and Yoko Ono online.

Frontman Wayne Coyne took to Twitter to upload his collaboration with the former.

He wrote:

Yesssss!!! Bon Iver track is coming along!!! http://moby.to/yebwc1

Other collaborations on the record, which is due for release for Record Store Day on April 21, include Nick Cave, Ke$ha, Lykke Li and Erykah Badu.

Speaking about the collaborators, the singer previously said:

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Peter Hook has revealed that he has instigated legal proceedings against his former bandmates in New Order over the use of the group’s name.

New Order announced in late 2011 that they had reformed and that Hook would not be part of their line-up. Instead keyboard player Gillian Gilbert, who hadn’t performed with the band for over 10 years rejoined and bass duties were taken up by Tom Chapman, who was part of New Order frontman Bernard Sumner’s recent

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Disney’s Joy Division inspired Mickey Mouse t-shirt has been withdrawn from sale.

Pitchfork reports that a representative from Disney has said: “As soon as we became aware there could be an issue, we pulled it from our shelves and our online store to review the situation further.”

Peter Hook recently spoke to NME to say that he felt it was “quite a compliment” that Disney used Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ artwork in the Mickey Mouse item of clothing. The former bassist with New Order

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Neal Medlyn’s latest “bomb ass music based extravaganza” to quote the artist, is built around the music of the Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and the worldwide opaque brother and sisterhood of the Juggalos. The show will revolve around Medlyn’s dark specter versions of ICP songs, male bonding activities, flashlight wrestling, terror and horror, face paint, underground Midwestern horror rap, Faygo showers, clown love, and much more. “Fuckin all out buck wild behavior is to be expected,” Medlyn says. “This will be the freshest presentation of all time. This will be the Wicked Shit. Wicked Clown Love. The most chaotic fucking

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