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Long Long Long - “Mandarin Collars With Women” “It's all a matter of perspective,” neither Kira nor Hillary were listening as Mr. Hennesy, that perv, prattled on and on. They were whispering in the dark as he read aloud off the overhead. “It's all how you look at it. If you want to livetweet having sex with Jordan for the first time, then who is he to say no?” Kira had her entitled whispering voice on. Mr. Hennesy, in his old gross plaid shirt with chest hair coming out the top, was moaning about the moral landscape under which it's permissible to have an abortion, fuckin' perv. “Even so,” said Hillary, “I don't think I'm gonna tell him...”

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Paste, Dinner Party Download, and Spoonfed, interview the members of the band Tennis.

On sale at Amazon MP3: R.E.M.'s New Adventures In Hi-Fi album for $3.99.

Tapes 'n' Tapes visit The Current studio for an interview and live performance.

Invisible Oranges lists the 10 most anticipated metal albums of 2011.

It’s been a long time coming, but the Infinite Best remixed/remastered vinyl edition of Dark Green Sea, the debut album from Chicago’s Distractions, is finally here. Well, as of next Tuesday, it’s finally here. Combining Arthur Russell detail and Bill Callahan sentiment on a Scott Walker sized stage of weird, this is a record you’ll want to check out– and by a stroke of good fortune, you can check it out, right here at MBV. Click, listen, and enjoy, and take note that the LP pressing is limited to 500 copies. And we’ve got one copy to give away! Just enter your email address below, and we’ll pick a winner on Monday.

At the Atlantic, Michael Chabon explains how hip-hop music returned to his life.

Rocks Off lists the 11 best rock duos.

Members of Oh No Oh My talk to Speakeasy about being music blog darlings.

Now punctuation-free, the members admit being a music blog darling helped their career, but they don't necessarily think blogs represent bands very well. "They [blogs] just burn through different bands so fast," Hoxmeier says. "You have such a wealth of music to go through. People just make snap judgments based off of five seconds of music or something in the comment section or some word somebody said instead of listening to the music." he added: "It[s a great way of discovering music, but I don't think it’s a good way of judging music."

PopMatters recaps 2010 in music journalism.

Guest of a Guest predicts this year's Coachella music festival lineup.

Hey Ladies shares a streaming music mix featuring the women of post-punk.