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HuffPost Video Exclusive: R.E.M.'s "Überlin," Plus Conversations with David Lowery and Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roxy Music, Michael Timmins, Ryan Adams, Rem, Alan Anton, Live Nation, Bob Hillman, The Beatles, David Lowery, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Morand, Bowling for Colmbine, Adult Swim, Peter Buck, Cheap Trick, Alan Weatherhead, Uso Tour, The Velvet Underground, Cowboy Junkies, Jacknife Lee, Robin Zander, Johnny Hickman, Bryan Ferry, Mike Mills, Iggy Pop, Playboy, Cracker, Sal Maida, Vic Chesnutt, Nycd, Camper Van Beethoven, Milk ?€™N? Cookies, Natalie Merchant, Sparklehorse, Michael Moore, Cartoon Network, Apocalypse Now, Margo Timmins, Michael Stipe, Peter Timmins, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The following video, "Überlin," is R.E.M.'s latest offering, premiering exclusively on HuffPost.

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PLAY > SKIP: Five Albums You Should Have Played This Year

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arcade Fire, Sparklehorse, Lost-in-the-Trees, Kanye West, Danger Mouse, The Black Keys, Best Music of 2010, Top 5, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Who has time for Top 100 lists? Be honest, you're lucky if you'll listen to 10 new albums, much less 100. So let's split the difference. Here are five defining albums from 2010.

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MUSIC: Sing Along With David Lynch on 'Dark Night of the Soul'

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Velvet, David Lynch, Artsbeat, Dangermouse, Sparklehorse, Twitter, Angelo Badalamenti, Arts News

Ambiguity, discursiveness, leaving you with the feeling that you know less at the end than you did at the beginning -- these are the hallmarks of the ...

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The Dark Night: Danger Mouse Talks New Album

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Shins, Sparklehorse, Iggy Pop, Danger Mouse, New York City, David Lynch, Brian Burton, Morrison, Emi, Broken Bells, Cee-Lo, Flaming Lips, The Strokes, Gnarls Barkley, Mark Linkous, Dark Night of the Soul, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

While his new album features: The Strokes' Justin Casablancas, Iggy Pop, The Flaming Lips and filmmaker David Lynch, Danger Mouse wants people to know "Dark Night of the Soul" wasn't simply thrown together to "compile names of all stars."

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PLAY > SKIP: New Music for July 13

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: m.i.A, Sparklehorse, Crowded House, David Lynch, Sting, Danger Mouse, Maya, Korn, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Brothers and sisters, welcome to the new music week. You all are busy people with busy lives in need of a soundtrack. So let's get to it, shall we? If you only play one this week, this is it.

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RIP Mark Linkous: Beautiful and Crazy

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Dansby, Depression, Deaths, Mark-Linkous, Suicide, Obituaries, Sparklehorse, Music, Mark Linkous, Entertainment News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Mark Linkous, singer and songwriter with indie band Sparklehorse, shot himself through the heart on March 6. He was 47.

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Mark Linkous Suicide: Sparklehorse Singer Dead, Dies At 47

AP | CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sparklehorse, Mark Linkous, Mark Linkous Dead, Music, Mark Linkous Suicide, Mark Linkous Dies, Sparklehorse Suicide, Entertainment News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself ...

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Monday Music Quarterback

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guardian, Tori Amos, Conor Oberst, Tyrone Wells, Denison Witmer, Country Joe McDonald, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Comic-Con, Dan Fogler, , Henry Goodman, Sling Blade, Jonathan Groff, Rosa Agostino, Eric Rosse, Porno for Pyros, Matt Hires, John Mayer, Arcade Fire, Vienna Film Festival, Eugene Levy, One Tree Hill, Silver Mt. Zion, Martyn Lenoble, Screaming Trees, Sufjan Stevens, Gossip Girl, Queens of the Stone Age, Guy Picciotto, Elvis Costello, Mike Patton, Cowboy Junkies, Jem Cohen, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Battlestar Galactica, Modest Mouse, Rick Rubin, Dmetri Martin, Beth Ditto, Robert Moses, Brace Paine, P-Vine Records, Entertainment Weekly, Ry Cooder, Laurel Canyon, Marc Broussard, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gossip, Supernatural, Vic Chestnutt, Townes Van Zandt, Emile Hirsch, Elephant Six, Robert Francis, Constellation Records, Farscape, Speed Racer, Michael Stipe, O.a.R., Danny Elfman, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Elf Power, Myspace, Melanie, Richard Warren, Imelda Staunton, Steve Earle, Grateful Dead, The BQE, Stephen Halker, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, World's Fair, Paolo Nutini, Rosie Thomas, Osso Quartet, Janis Joplin, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Hannah Billie, Woodstock, Bill Frisell, The Hives, Mark Lanegan, Chinese Zodiac, Love, Richard Hawley, Empires of Tin, Spunk Records, Danielson Famile, Crosby Stills & Nash, Elliot Tiber, My Brightest Diamond, Npr, Liev Schrieber, Canned Heat, Iron Man II, Rough Trade Records, Howard Bilerman, Jason Pierce, Dennis Herring, The Doors, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Red Ghost, Richie Havens, Itunes, The Band, R.E.M., Taking Woodstock, The Observer, Bruce Springsteen, Clash, Mutemath, Fugazi, Lambchop, Sparklehorse, Spiritualized, Viewmaster, 92ytribecca, Japan, Athens-Georgia, Detroit-Michigan, Louisiana, Tampa-Florida, Seattle-Washington, Montreal-Canada, Canada, New York-New York, Los Angeles-California, Salt Lake City-Utah, United Kingdom, Australia, New Orleans-Louisiana, Oxford-Mississippi, San Francisco-California, Chicago-Illinois, Portland-Oregon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

As you're recovering from the joyful overkill that was this year's Comic-Con, take a few moments to catch-up on a handful of the more interesting new press releases.

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