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The National's new LP Trouble Will Find Me is out now. We spoke with them about it: @The_National @4AD_Official

Alex Aiono sounds like a mini-Justin Bieber and looks like a mini-Taylor Lautner! Meet newcomer Alex Aiono. He's only 16 years old and already plays five instruments (guitar, bass, ukulele, drums, and piano), which we suspect is probably four more instruments than you play! (Or maybe five, if for some reason you opted for "chorus'" over "clarinet" in elementary school.) Anyway, still fully NOT LEGAL, the singer-songwriter (think Cody Simpson meets Bruno Mars) has already cowritten songs with Babyface and signed a deal with BMG Publishing. In addition, his brand-new record, Young & Foolish, was cowritten with John Legend! AND did we mention that there's a video? And that it's so effing good, we're basically convinced that Alex is a mini-Justin Bieber who just so happens to look like Taylor Lautner circa the first "Twilight" installment? Yep, we thought you'd be interested. Watch Alex Aiono's "Young & Foolish" video after the jump.  In his straightforward, Marcel Chagnon-directed "Young & Foolish" clip, Alex sits in a wooden cottage (maybe it's a movie set, but roll with it!) as he casually strums his guitar and sings about the beauty and uncertainty of young love: "I'm young and foolish/ I don't know about much/ But I know this could be love." CU-UUTE! Also, kinda DYING to know if Alex had smizing coach for this video. Because if Alex's gaze isn't potent enough to win over the hearts and minds of America's teen/tween population, then we don't know what is! Future heartbreaker doesn't even begin to cover it. + Watch Alex Aiono's "Young & Foolish" video. Photo credit: Della Bass

Opera Review: Verdi's Falstaff at @glyndebourne, featuring @theoae

Opera Review: John Fulljames’ new production of Rossini’s La donna del lago at Covent Garden @RoyalOperaHouse

AUSTRIA! SCOTLAND! GERMANY! UK! you awake? me & #TheGrandTheftOrchestra are coming for you mofos (and many others):

The burning issue: should Chinese lanterns be banned at music festivals?

mp3 320 kbps Live from the Stora Scenen in Liseberg, Goteborg, Sweden September 1st, 1970 Audience disc one: 1. Spanish Castle Magic 2. Killing Floor 3. Getting My Heart Back Together 4. Message to Love 5. Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun) 6. In From the Storm disc two: 1. Hey Joe 2. Foxy Lady 3. Red House 4. Room Full of Mirrors 5. Straight Ahead 6. Purple Haze 7. Voodoo Child (slight return) Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox Link http://ul.to/ril9jdz9 or http://dfiles.eu/files/af770da5d

You don’t need a weatherman to know that it was a chilly London night in March when Lady Kamikaze joined us for Heavy Sugar at The Alibi. In no time though, she had the whole club positively sizzling with this eclectic mix of vintage tunes. From swinging soulful shimmyers to spicy Latin shakers, Lady Kamikaze had us in the palm of her hand all the way through. The tracklisting below is not wholly complete, there’s a large slab of Cumbia in the middle which you won’t miss. It was a massive privilege to share the decks with such a connoisseur of dancefloor dynamite. Willie Mitchell - Slippin' & Slidin' Bill Black's Combo - Don't Be Cruel Solomon Burke - Maggie's Farm Ted Taylor - I Don't Care The Raelettes - One Room Paradise Betty Everett - Hands Off Little Junior Lewis - Can She Give Me Fever Jackie Wilson - Baby Get It Chubby Checker - Twist It Up Roy Orbison - What'd I Say Rosco Gordon - Torro Cumbia Band - Cumbia Music Ella Fitzgerald - Ol' Man Mose Ella Fitzgerald - Can't Buy Me Love Nina Simone - Come On Back, Jack Gene Pitney - Quando Vedrii La Mia Ragazza Rhythm Addicts - Oomp Boomp The Chimes - Zindy Lou The Pearls - Zippity Zippity Zoom

A ton of great new releases hitting shelves today, here's a few we highly recommend picking up: The Burning [Collector#39;s Edition] with Exclusive Poster! Deformed caretaker Cropsy uses his clippers to trim more than  just hedges in this grisly summer camp classic. Check out my review...if you dare! The Town That Dreaded Sundown [with The Evictors on DVD] Charles B. Pierce's "We aren't

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