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Metalhead politician wins lawsuit against 'The Sun' over alleged Nazi imagery

Leeds East Labor MP Richard Burgon won a lawsuit against British tabloid The Sun over a false claim that a metal band he sang with used Nazi symbolism in a Black Sabbath tribute.

Vallens ready debut LP (listen to mournful single "Devour") playing Northside Fest and other shows

Toronto’s Vallens will release their debut album, Consent, on June 24 via Hand Drawn Dracula. We’ve got the premiere of its first single, “Devour,” and like 2014 single “Tennessee Haze” (which reappears here), it’s druggy, mournful, shoegazy rock. Listen up…

What's going on Friday? (GBV, Protomartyr, DIIV, Owls, Phish, Beyonce & Jay Z, Titus, Iron Chic, !!!, Ought, Mentors, more)

Guided by Voices at Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Gretchen Robinette) Protomartyr at Sugarhill Supper Club (more by Joe McCabe) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

White Fence streaming new LP, added to Northside Fest line-up (Mac DeMarco, Nu Sensae, Kylesa, Torche & more too)

As mentioned, White Fence‘s new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer’s Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn’t seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia…

Jack White is pissed at NME, not a Lady Gaga hater

Jack White @ ACL 2012 (more by Glen Brown) PRESS RELEASE:Jack White has issued the following statement to correct an excerpt from his upcoming cover story in British Esquire that was taken completely out of context–and actually edited to change its original meaning–in an NME…