In case you missed it, check out Grinderman's video for "Heathen Child."

Faith No More bassist Billy Gould just started a Twitter account for his record label, KoolArrow.

Guitarist extraordinaire Dave Miller (Algernon, Zing!, Blink.) has been posting lengthy interviews with a number of great Chicago jazz musicians and improvisers.  Yesterday's installment is with Tim Daisy, the multi-talented percussionist behind the new Vox Arcana album.

Soundgarden was pretty excellent at the Vic last night.  Despite some iffy vocal moments (likely because it was so loud), Chris Cornell still has it.  It was awesome to hear "Jesus Christ Pose," "Head Down," "Fourth of July," and other deep cuts.

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The track you've all been waiting for: a rap song about Ira Glass. Adam War Rock and Ruckus Robot Icus immortalize the bespectacled host of This American Life and bless the world with the new catchphrase "It's so Ira Glass."

Castanets wrote it, Sufjan Stevens covered it, Game sampled it: You Are The Blood

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First his uncle was running.  Now, reportedly, Wyclef Jean will run for president of Haiti.  Clearly, he'd be elected "two times, times…"

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Experimental electronic music fest Sonar Chicago will take place in Chicago the weekend of Sep 9. So far, artists include The Slew, Nosaj Thing, Martyn, and Efterklang. Sonar Cinema will be presenting films as well. More acts and events to be announced soon.

Check out "Chest Like Expansive Wings" by Devotionals, the new solo project by Tyson Vogel of Two Gallants. 

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.  Devotionals' debut was released via Alive Records on July 13.

The new Chrome Hoof album, Crush Depth, is so good.  More sci-fi doom funk.  Order it at Southern Records.

Publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Force's guest blogging began today at the Powells.com blog.  Read his first entry:
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Def Jux recently began accepting pre-orders for King of Hearts, the long-awaited posthumous release from Camu Tao.

Serbian classical guitar virtuoso Goran Ivanovic and his band Eastern Blok hit the road for 14 shows in August. They mix traditional Balkan folk music with Latin, flamenco and klezmer, and elements of jazz. Featured is bassist Matt Ulery's new work, “The Underwater Suite.”

I saw Tremor (of Buenos Aires) — who mix Argentine folk with rock electronics — at Beauty Bar last night. Catch them and the rest of the ZZK North American tour through August 15.

Two of Every Animal is the new project by Def Jux rappers Aesop Rock and Cage. They're going by Animal One and Animal Two, respectively.

Kid Koala confirms that the next Lovage album is "mostly done" and waiting on vocals from Mike Patton and Jennifer Charles.

Stream Cruel Hand's new album here.  The band is touring Europe now and will spend four weeks playing in the USA as of mid-August.

Mr. Lif freestyles from his kitchen.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Design Bureau launch event last night. Awesome performances by Zing!, Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic, and Herculaneum.

Needing only violin, cello, and drums, Judgement Day is more metal than you.

Listened to the Jay-Z / DJ Green Lantern mixtape Creative Control today. It's all right — definitely worth a free download.

Why can't Nine Inch Nails make anything as bad ass as the Broken EP? Also, how did I miss this crushing version of "Wish" with The Dillinger Escape Plan in Perth last year?

I love how the SF Weekly spells Jim DeRogatis' name wrong during this entire feature.

Son Lux has a bunch of cool versions of his song "Weapons," but "V" takes the fucking cake.  Super electronic and orchestral.  Listen here.

I really slept on Q&A by Qua. It's totally bananas in a great way. Really digging it.

You know how El-P remixed "Baby" by Justin Bieber? Supposedly because he lost a bet to XLR8R? Oh, no? You didn't hear about that?

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Beak and Cleric were great at Ronny's last night. Sorry, Cleric, we'll have to miss your gigs today and tomorrow at Exxxtacy.

Rodrigo y Gabriela have a short US tour in August. Check out the new video for "Hanuman."  Shredding!

Ratatat just announced a North American tour for September and early October.  Dates coming soon.

Black Milk's manager, Hex Murda, has leaked one of his new tracks, "How Dare You".

Iconic saxophonist Fred Anderson, an important figure of the free-jazz movement of the 1960s, has passed away at the age of 81.  He helped found the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in 1965, and his Velvet Lounge in Chicago is an important home to jazz musicians and improvisers.

Norway's Shining won the A-ha Grant, a fund from the famous creators of "Take on Me" that awards the winners roughly $125,000.  As a result, a new trip to the States may be in store.

Check out Afro-Punk's lineup for Saturday in NYC. Bad Brains, P.O.S, and God Forbid…

DeVotchKa is in the studio to record a follow-up to A Mad and Faithful Telling

Legendary jazz composer/trumpeter Bill Dixon has passed away at the age of 84.  (Read his obituary here.)  This news comes only a few days after Chicago jazz icon Fred Anderson, owner of the Velvet Lounge, suffered a heart attack and was reported to be in a drug-induced coma.

Mastodon's six-track EP of material from the Jonah Hex soundtrack is being released digitally on June 29.  The full score, with Mario Beltrami, comes out this fall.