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  • Jack White on 'Bond' Duet With Alicia Keys: We "Screamed and Moaned"

    For R&B songstress Alicia Keys, collaborating with rock'n'roll heavyweight Jack White on "Another Way to Die," the theme song for Quantum of Solace and the first-ever duet in Bond movie history, was like a dream come true. But isn't about time six-string deity Mr. White chimed in?

    Well, we're in luck -- the elusive Raconteurs and White Stripes frontman has spoken:

    "After a couple of years of wanting to collaborate with Alicia Keys, it took James Bond himself to finally make it happen. Alicia put some electric energy into her breath that cemented itself into the magnetic tape. Very inspiring to watch. It gave me a new voice, and I wasn't myself anymore. I drummed for her voice and she mimicked the guitar tones, then we joined our voices and screamed and moaned about these characters in the film and their isolation, having no one to trust, not even themselves. Maybe we became them for a few minutes.

    Intense! And there's more…

    The Memphis Horns were there to help us out, along with some of Nashville's finest. Might be the first analogue Bond theme in twenty years, I don't know. We wanted to push soul into those tapes, and join the family of Barry, Bassey, Connery, and Craig."

    No word on the song's release date, but White better watch his back -- it's never smart for an apprentice to move in on his master's territory, and Keys is Bob Dylan's girl!

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  • Duffy Unveils U.S. Tour, Plus Dates With Coldplay

    Who? Welsh siren and SPIN cover belle Duffy, who exploded onto the international scene with the brass pipes and retro vibe of her debut album, Rockferry, which has sold over three million copies worldwide.

    More on SPIN.com:


    >> Watch Duffy Perform Live!
    >> Review: Duffy, 'Rockferry' (Mercury)
    >> Coachella 2008 Photo Gallery

     

    What? A 13-date outing featuring both headlining gigs and sets opening for Brit heavyweights Coldplay. Hot on the heels of numerous festival performances, Duffy will kick off the tour Oct. 9 in San Diego, hitting key spots out West like Los Angeles' Orpheum, before moving to Chicago and eventually the Northeast, including one-offs at New York's Webster Hall and Connecticut's MGM Grand. From there, Duffy will open a handful of dates for one of the world's biggest bands (and SPIN cover subjects), Coldplay.

    Should I Go? Yes. If you missed repeated chances to catch Duffy outdoors, it should be interesting to see smaller clubs attempt to contain the singer's epic wail. And no matter where you stand on Coldplay's mope rock, there's no question their anthems are made for cell-phone-in-the-air arena sing-alongs. Still need convincing? Check out video of Duffy performing live in Los Angeles right here, and strutting through an acoustic rendition of hit tune "Mercy" exclusively for SPIN.com, here.

    Duffy tour dates:

    10/9, San Diego, CA (Humphrey's)
    10/10, Los Angeles, CA (Orpheum)
    10/16, Vancouver, B.C. (Orpheum)
    10/17, Seattle, WA (Showbox SODO)
    10/20, Chicago, IL (Riviera)
    10/21, Cleveland, OH (Quicken Loans Arena)*
    10/22, New York, NY (Webster Hall)
    10/25, Mashantucket, CT (MGM Grand @ Foxwoods)
    10/26, E. Rutherford, NJ (IZOD Center)*
    10/27, E. Rutherford, NJ (IZOD Center)*
    10/29, Boston, MA (TD Banknorth Garden)*
    10/31, Washington, DC (Verizon)*
    11/1, Philadelphia, PA (Wachovia Center)*

    * w/ Coldplay

  • Check 'em Out: Pendulum

    For decades, overseas bands have hit America's highways and byways with lofty hopes of musical success. Some find it, and others call it quits at a rest stop outside Tupelo or Akron. The latest to brave the gauntlet: Australia's Pendulum. With their new album, In Silico, a mix of hard-rock-tinged, drum-heavy, electro bangers (check out the video for "Propane Nightmares" below), the sextet have topped the charts Down Under, in the UK, and elsewhere. There's just one problem: "The drum and bass scene in America never really took off," Pendulum vocalist Rob Swire admits to SPIN.com.

    The band, whose only live U.S. show to date was a slot at Coachella, spice up their former club-only sound with heavier, Linkin Park-like hooks and beats, resulting in a show that's the talk of the blogosphere. "I'm looking forward to seeing people's reactions to the live thing," Swire explains. "It's a bit of a move forward from the straight drum and bass."

    More on SPIN.com:
    >> Video! Poolside at Coachella '08: Pendulum

    What do Pendulum hope to show curious U.S. bystanders with their maiden voyage? "Something that hasn't been done before, which is live electronic music, but actually done live," Swire boasts. "So much of the other electronic stuff, when it's done live, they might be playing from a sequencer or they might have most of their tracks playing from hard disks. At the end of the day we don't really see that as live. We're recreating music with all the instruments."

    And Swire thinks America just might be ready: "Two years ago, I would have never said that the Euro trance sound would have worked, but when you look at what Timbaland has done incorporating that sound into his R&B stuff -- it's taken off. I think if people get introduced to it the right way it could take off."

    If Swire's promise holds true, fans can be in for a wild ride. Decide for yourself and check out Pendulum's "full-fucking ear assault" this fall, as the band tours from coast to coast, starting with a show at Boston's Middle East venue Oct. 1.

    Now Watch This: Pendulum, "Propane Nightmares" music video

    And check out an exclusive mix the band made to honor the North American tour, aptly title "Tour of the Americas."

    Pendulum tour dates:
    10/1, Boston, MA (Middle East)
    10/3, Chicago, IL (House Of Blues)
    10/4, Toronto, Ontario (Kool Haus)
    10/5, Detroit, MI (IRock)
    10/7, Milwaukee, WI (Turner Hall Ballroom)
    10/9, Denver, CO (Blue Bird Theater)
    10/11, Salt Lake City, UT (Murray Theater)
    10/13, Los Angeles, CA (The Mayan)
    10/14, San Francisco, CA (The Fillmore)
    10/22, Atlanta, GA (The Loft)
    10/24, Baltimore, MD (Ottobar)
    10/25, New York City, NY (Webster Hall)
    10/26, New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom)

  • Cool Kids Heat Up in Austin

    The Cool Kids certainly had one hot night at Emo's in Austin, TX. Minutes after taking the stage, Evan "Chuck English" Ingersoll whipped off his shirt, while his co-emcee Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed panted, "I feel like I'm in the microwave!" But the heat didn't deter the sold-out, all-ages crowd from partying like it was 1999 to the duo's giddy old school tunes.

    More on SPIN.com:
    >> Cool Kids Throw a Pre-'Bake Sale' in Chicago
    >> Review: The Cool Kids, 'The Bake Sale EP' (Chocolate Industries)
    >> Artist of the Day: Cool Kids

    Reconfiguring samples from Dr. Dre, Wu-Tang, and 2live Crew, the duo created a hand-waving, fist-pumping, block party atmosphere perfect for the end of summer. Between songs off their new Bake Sale EP, the Cool Kids delighted by detouring into Wu-Tang's "R.A.W." and some classic Snoop Dogg selections, before diving back into their "A Little Bit Cooler" rhymes about Fruity Pebbles and video games. The crowd came for the deafening word-of-mouth buzz and stayed for the pair's all-smiles enthusiasm, and on the popular "What Up Man," even the hippest hoppers chimed in on the laid-back chorus. It's just like the Cool Kids spit during their song "Basement Party": "In the summer when it's hotter than an oven, we the coolest kids we know."

    Check out more pictures from last night on page 2.

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    Evan "Chuck English" Ingersoll of the Cool Kids. / Photo by Victor Yiu

     

     


    Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed / Photo by Victor Yiu

     

     


    Evan "Chuck English" Ingersoll of the Cool Kids. / Photo by Victor Yiu

     

     


    Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed / Photo by Victor Yiu

     

     


    Evan "Chuck English" Ingersoll of the Cool Kids. / Photo by Victor Yiu

     

     


    Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed / Photo by Victor Yiu

     

  • Turn Up the Vote: Broken Social Scene

    As one of nearly twenty musicians in Canadian collective Broken Social Scene, Brendan Canning is an expert in group politics. So it's no surprise that when SPIN.com sat Canning down at Coney Island's Siren festival, he chose a broad range of topics that require addressing in the U.S. presidential campaign, and further proved that outside America's borders, the world is paying close attention in '08.

    More on SPIN.com:
    >> Review: Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning, Something for All of Us... (Arts&Crafts)
    >> Artist of the Day: Brendan Canning
    >> Bonnaroo '08: Broken Social Scene, "Whatever, I Don't Know"

    Below, check out our neighbor to the north backstage at Siren, musing on political topics from alternative transportation to climate change -- issues he considers to be the biggest problems facing America's future.

    And to do your part, head to Headcount.org, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization devoted to voter registration and participation in democracy.

    Register To VoteClick the button here to visit their site, and register to vote!

    Now Watch This: BSS' Brendan Canning

  • The Cool Kids, Austin, TX August, 20, 2008

  • The Cool Kids, Austin, TX August, 20, 2008

  • The Cool Kids, Austin, TX August, 20, 2008