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• RA: A Klaxons Bugged Out mix. Music News
  English new-ravers Klaxons mix the latest volume in the Bugged Out series, due in October.
  
  
• Pitchfork: James Murphy Talks Arcade Fire, FABRIC36, LCD LP3
  
  
• Map of Africa: Map of Africa: Pitchfork Record Review
  Thomas Bullock (Rub 'N Tug, A.R.E. Weapons) and DJ Harvey's polarizing Map of Africa debut LP-- which, like records from contemporaries Arboretum and A Mountain of One, feels like a re-creation of the 70s rock record they couldn't find secondhand...
  
  
• clapclap.org is the pivot chord: Videos featuring high school gyms
  Film your video at a high school gym and you're doing something very particular--you're trying to emphasize the teenage-ness of the music, whether ironically or sincerely, successfully or un. Here are some attempts, all linked by gyms...
  
  
• Videodrone: Fall Out Boy Use Their Celebrity For Good - Idolator
  Fall Out Boy teamed up with the non-profit organization Invisible Children to make the video for their new single "Me and You" and come out smelling like roses, unlike certain other rock bands who attempt to make a statement via music video.
  
  
• The FADER Magazine - Q+A: Foals
  Foals were birthed in the quaint university town of Oxford, England, but they are taking steps to distance themselves from the environment and trends that prey on many an English band.
  
  
• The FADER Magazine - How To: Make the "Peacebone" Video
  we asked Timothy to guide us through the making of the video, and after the jump you can read his insightful commentary along with production stills, storyboards and other behind-the-scenes goodies you will find nowhere else but here.
  
  
• twentyfourhours
  To celebrate the aforementioned Acarpenter 12", the Gucci guys recorded a tight little mix that's just too damn good not to be shared with you all...
  
  
• l'etoile magazine blog: Diplo @ Too Much Love 9/8
  the crowd at Too Much Love got quite a surprise: None other than legendary mixmaster DIPLO spinning a late-night set
  
  
• Pitchfork Feature: The Month In: Techno
  Ricardo Villalobos' Fabric 36 redefines the DJ mix-- and the artist album, too.
  
  
• Pitchfork: LCD Soundsystem's Deluxe 45:33 CD/LP Details Emerge
  Sure, LCD Soundsystem's iTunes-only (and then digital-only), Nike-commissioned 45:33 running mix was a treat to ears and feet alike. But what about those of us still rocking the Discman when we do our wind sprints (who also don't have CD burners or friend
  
  
• FRANZ ALOUD
  FRANZ Ferdinand star Alex Kapranos yesterday revealed his stunning new bandmates - Girls Aloud.
  
  
• Why Portland is America's indie rock Mecca
  The Indie City
  
  
• Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Animal Collective
  We recently talked to Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, about the making of Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam, the differences in writing as a solo artist as opposed to with his band, and the changes accompanying Animal Collective's growing popularity.
  
  
• MisShapes’s After-Party: A Global Nightlife Brand Tries to Grow Up -- New York Magazine
  Which is why, on September 8, they decided to pull the party's plug, with a night that also was designed to launch their 228-page photo book, a retrospective look at their five-year climb to becoming increasingly mass-market pop-culture darlings