The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back, willingly, and after a two-year break they plan on making a new album. Although they have no specific plans for recording, they will follow their usual routine of jamming and songwriting.

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With the way technology is progressing, we’ll all be musicians someday—making music anywhere we’d like. To prove this, the first iPhone album was recently created by two New York music producers.

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Ever been wary about who was operating your subway car? You’re probably not the only one. This past Sunday Jules Cattie’s suspicions were confirmed when he saw a young boy riding in the operator’s compartment of an uptown Lexington Avenue express train.

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It’s been four years since Pixies came to the U.S., and 2009 marks the 20-year anniversary of their 1989 album Doolittle. In honor of this, the four Boston-hailing innovators will be doing a U.S. tour of nine cities, playing three shows in New York on Nov. 23, 24 and 25 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

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After several months of tension Chris Brown has finally spoken up—officially—in a video that is currently being broadcast on the internet. His public apology to Rihanna and his fans is a genuine acceptance of guilt, in which he says he will try his very best never to give in to the temptation of domestic violence again.

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The day after MCA’s announcement of cancer caused the Beastie Boys to cancel an upcoming tour, the Lollapalooza festival has announced a new headliner: Another NYC band,  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, will be filling an Aug. 8 spot.

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A desperate craving for cash often leads up to sketchy sidewalk ATMs, and throughout the city, these graffiti-covered devices are causing problems. A recent study by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer found that many of these ATMs are either unsafe or illegitimate.

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The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, has recently been diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland. This means that the band has canceled all remaining tour dates and postponed the release of their new album Hot Sauce Committee Part 1.

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Ever secretly wish you were a high-class fashionista, dramatizing your life on Gossip Girl? Now you can pretend on the new Gossip Girl Sites! tour, a vile parade of the places where Serena, Chuck and various other ghastly characters spend their time.

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Released today by Pitchfork, this Dead Weather video for “Treat Me Like Your Mother” is the exact opposite of how you should treat your mom. Jack White and Alison Mosshart from the Kills angrily stomp through a suburban-desert-turned-shooting range, firing shots at each other to the beat of this funky, violently passionate tune. Check it out...

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