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Here's the lovely new TOPS single that we premiered on our Sirius XM show last week. Grab the dreamy, nearly 7-minute long "Hollow Sounds of the Morning Chimes" on iTunes here, and catch TOPS on their North American tour with Puro Instinct starting tonight in Minneapolis; the group will play 3 TX dates next week, including a stop at Club Dada in Dallas on November 5, and the very next n

This year is Fun Fun Fun Fest's 10th birthday, and as someone who's been with them from the very beginning (we're the same age, and we're practically neighbors), we feel comfortable declaring this their best lineup yet: Wu-Tang, D'Angelo, Grimes, Schoolboy Q, Ride, Rae Sremmurd, Neon Indian, Jane's Addiction, Afrika Bambaataa, CHVRCHES, Toro y Moi, Viet Cong, TOPS, Shamir, Alvvays + the list goes

We're teaming up with our homies at Fun Fun Fun Fest and Transmission again this year to present a sweet free FFF Nites afterparty on November 8 at the Mohawk, featuring Dum Dum Girls, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Eternal Summers outside, plus the amazing Julianna Barwick and Austin's own Technicolor Hearts on the inside stage...

All photos by Faith Silva on the Impossible Project instant film. Check out more of our polaroids + instagram coverage of the 2013 Fun Fun Fun Fest over at the Nordstrom Men's blog & at @NordstromMen on insta. little boots big freedia kurt vile hamilton leithauser // the walkmen antwon mac demarco

The seventh annual edition of our favorite music fest in the world goes down in just two weeks at Auditorium Shores in Austin. This year's lineup is arguably the strongest and most diverse bill yet, starring RUN DMC, De La Soul, Danny Brown, Rakim, Atlas Sound, WAVVES, Bun B, A$AP Rocky, Charli XCX, Schoolboy Q, AraabMUZIK, Santigold, Explosions in the Sky, David Cross, Dum Dum Girls, Real Estate

Austin's FUN FUN FUN FEST 2010 goes down on November 6 + 7 this year, and the fest will be leaking a few bands from the bill each week, leading up to the full lineup announcement (which is looking pretty amazing at this point) sometime next month...

From the same guy who brought us Wavves vs. the British Railway Council and that absurd Animal Collective x Phaseone clip comes this unofficial video for Best Coast's "Sun Was High (So Was I)." Not sure how this song -- which is like a week old -- already has two awesome unofficial fan videos, but this dude is officially 3-for-3: mp3: ************ elsewhere: yeah yeah yeahs My two favor

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More photos of the Clipse at Fun Fun Fun Fest '08 after the jump... **************************************

More photos of St. Vincent at Fun Fun Fun Fest '08 after the jump... *************************************