The Pixies in 2013: What Exactly Did Kim Deal Even Quit?

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The Pixies in 2004
The Pixies reunited in 2004 for the sake of nostalgia and money. There can't be much doubt over this. They never hinted at new music (apart from the bizarre one-off soundtrack single "Bam Thwok") and unashamedly toured Doolittle to within an inch of its life. Last Friday, entirely apropos of nothing except perhaps a recent revival in the Breeder's fortunes with the 20th anniversary tour of Last Splash, Kim Deal quit a band that hasn't played a gig since late 2011.

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As I Lay Dying Singer Tim Lambesis Posts Bail, Faces Charges of Plotting to Kill His Wife

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Tim Lambesis, on left.

Talk about falling from grace. Tim Lambesis, the 32-year-old lead singer of the Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying, is accused of plotting to kill his wife. He posted a $2 million bail on Friday.

Lambesis must wear a GPS monitor and stay away from his estranged wife and children.


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Did Rapper Tim Dog Fake His Own Death? Arrest Warrant Says "Yes"

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Tim Dog: RIP?
As long as there have been celebrity deaths, there have been celebrity death sightings. A quick Internet search will turn up allegations of people spotting Elvis Presley in the steamy Memphis heat, or Jim Morrison in a Parisian cafe. There are those who would swear on a stack of polygraph machines that Tupac Shakur is alive and well, or that it's actually Andy Kaufman underneath the Tony Clifton makeup.

Usually the celebrity in question is safely deceased. In the case of rapper Tim Dog, however, it's looking more and more likely that rumors of his February 2013 death have been greatly exaggerated.

See Also:
- Bronx Rapper Tim Dog, RIP


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The Day RFT Music Died

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Say goodbye to this annoying sight.
You may have noticed over the weekend, starting on Thursday, that RFT Music was largely inaccessible. Users of Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox and likely others were blocked by warnings of malware, looking very similar, if not identical, to the one you see above.

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Brad Paisley's "Accidental Racist": Why This Song Sucks

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Brad Paisley
Monday, Brad Paisley, a white man, joined hands with LL Cool J, a black man, and attempted to end racism with a song called "Accidental Racist" (below), wherein Paisley addressed the debilitating dread of being an affluent white male in America and LL panthered around in the background, high-fiving Robert E. Lee and implying that gold necklaces aren't that dissimilar from slave chains.

I mean...

See also: Why Brad Paisley's "Accidental Racist" Doesn't Suck

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Spelling Bee Outs "Joe Sly," Alleged Undercover Cop Posing as Punk Fan

Categories: DIY, WTF

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Courtesy Spelling Bee
This super real looking profile is allegedly the concoction of a Boston police officer.
We here at RFT Music can barely breathe this is so awesome.

St. Louis's own Spelling Bee has apparently outed an undercover police operation in Boston. The cops' goal: Breaking up DIY punk shows by posing as fans.

"Basically I think the cops should have something better to do," says drummer and vocalist Joseph Hess.

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We Test the ICP "Juggalo Locator" App, for the Sake of Journalism

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While perusing Insane Clown Posse's Twitter timeline, like a person does, I came across something interesting: our favorite rap clowns announced a new update to their official smartphone app, which I didn't even know existed. For the advancement of pop journalism and human knowledge in general, I hereby volunteer to investigate.

See Also:
-Juggalobook.com: Social Networking for Wicked Clowns

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Why Does Spotify Keep Ripping People Off?

Categories: Fiesta!, WTF

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By Emily Lundquist

Ten dollars a month is a small price to pay for practically every piece of recorded music except The Beatles. Which is why, late last year, I signed up for Spotify. Only two months in, however, I was out, and feeling like I'd been ripped off. Turns out I'm not the only one.

See also:
-Streaming Services Like Spotify and Pandora are Destroying Music
-How Has Streaming Changed the Way Albums are Made?

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Fine, Damnit, We'll Write About the Harlem Shake

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The Harlem Shake, in Indonesia
In recent music news, Radiohead will begin working on a new record in September. Nine Inch Nails is reforming. Pearl Jam is releasing another undoubtedly awful new record. And somehow, Iggy and the Stooges are gearing up for a new release.

But more importantly, the Harlem Shake is a thing.

See More:
-Top Ten Awkward Dance Move GIFs
-The Ten Best Dancers at LouFest: GIFs

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Candles As Band Merch: An In-depth, Intensive Look with GG Allin, Mumford and Sons

Categories: WTF

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Perhaps you have seen that in addition to the T-shirts, hoodies, posters, and brass boat necklaces (?) found in their online merch section, Sigur Ros has introduced their "Vardeldur candle" for the princely sum of $23.50. The site describes its scent thusly:

The smoky, slightly briny smell of a flotsam campfire on a distant black beach under a wan midnight sun. And, most recently, the smell of Sigur Ros's studio, while they go about the quasi-mystical business of making the magic happen. Specially developed to the band's olfactory specifications, this candle burns for 35 evocative hours of "instant Iceland, or something like that.

Much to our delight, upon perusing the merch sections of a few other artists' websites we discovered that they, too, had candles for sale.

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