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Fans counting down the seconds until the April 2 release of the Flaming Lips' 13th studio album, 'The Terror,' will have to reset their stopwatches -- the band has pushed back the disc's release two weeks, to April 16. But that doesn't mean we'll have to wait nearly a month to hear the songs on 'The Terror,' because frontman Wayne Coyne and co. premiered the album in its entirety over the weekend SXSW -- and lucky for us, one dedicated fan managed to capture audio of the whole set and has post it online for our listening pleasure. 

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Like most SXSW performers, indie pop chanteuse Sky Ferreira had more than a couple gigs lined up at ths year's edition of the annual Austin gathering. Wednesday's bill at the House of Vans alongside the Specials, Iggy Pop and the Stooges and Japandroids was her highest-profile of the week, but sometimes its the low-key ones that really rock.

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The Flaming Lips know how to throw a party, and the band certainly kept things festive during their SXSW performance Friday night in Austin. After teasing fans with the possibility of a surprise appearance from Justin Timberlake, a man with a green cloth mask wrapped around his head strolled onstage to perform 'Do You Realize??.' But the mystery guest turned out to be not JT, but My Morning Jacket's Jim James.

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Attention, Phish fans: At least part of your summer has been planned out, as frontman Trey Anastasio and the boys have confirmed details of a summer trek that's slated to kick off on July 3 in Bangor, Maine, and run through an Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 Labor Day weekend stand in Commerce City, Colo.

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Late Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone's widow Linda thinks the iconic punk band's legacy is pretty well taken care of, save for one missing thing: a Hollywood movie. Linda isn't certain if it will be a full-band biopic, or whether it will be based on Johnny's autobiography, 'Commando,' or something else, but she insists there's something in the works.

"I have offers right now to do a Ramones movie, because there hasn't been one yet," she recently told Rolling Stone. "That's really the only thing left."

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Dave Grohl sure has been busy on the late-night talk show circuit lately, what with appearances on 'Chelsea Lately,' 'The Colbert Report' and the 'Late Show with David Letterman' all in the last month or so. Add 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to that list, as Dave brought his Sound City Players there Tuesday night for a two-song performance that included Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Fortunate Son' (watch above) and Rick Springfield’s Sound City collaboration, 'The Man That Never Was' (watch below). CCR's John Fogerty and Rick Springfield were, of course, along for the ride.

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Airborne Toxic Event's much-anticipated third album, 'Such Hot Blood,' doesn't drop until April, but frontman Mikel Jollet and company won't make us wait that long for new music. The four-song EP 'The Secret' arrives March 11, and Diffuser.fm is proud to premiere the closing track (listen below), an epic slab of moody, orchestral alt-rock sure to satisfy fans of the band's previous work. 

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Johnny Marr was joined onstage by Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood at last night's (Feb. 27) NME Awards, where the two teamed up for a performance of the Smiths classic 'How Soon Is Now?' Check it out above.

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Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem, reggae-tinged festival faves Michael Franti & Spearhead and electronic duo Big Gigantic are among the artists that have been added to the lineup of Mountain Jam 2013, scheduled for June 6 through 9 at the Hunter Mountain ski resort in Hunter, N.Y.

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Soundgarden are headed back out on the road. Fresh off a round of U.S. dates in support of last year's 'King Animal,' their first album in more than 15 years, the veteran grunge goliaths have announced a second U.S. tour leg that's slated to kick off on May 3 in Atlantic City, N.J., and roll through May 28 in Broomfield, Colo. 

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Nine Inch Nails will return to the stage in 2013, with shows booked for this summer and a full-scale U.S. arena tour planned for this fall, NIN mastermind Trent Reznor has announced. The veteran industrial act is "reinventing itself from scratch," according to a statement from Reznor, with a lineup that includes Jane's Addiction's Eric Avery, King Crimson's Adrian Belew and Telefon Tel Aviv's, plus previous NIN collaborators Alessandro Cortini and Ilan Rubin.

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album 'Specter at the Feast' doesn't drop until next month, but the band is treating fans to a free EP in advance of the disc. To download the set, simply visit blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com and enter your email address to join their mailing list. Moments later, the 'Let The Day Begin' EP will be in your email inbox.

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