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R.I.P. Captain Beefheart

Rolling Stone's Twitter reports that the legendary Don Van Vliet, better known asCaptain Beefheart, has died. Van Vliet's work influenced virtually every strain ofavant-garde rock that followed. He was 69.

Van Vliet collaborated with Frank Zappa before adopting the Captain Beefheart persona and forming Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, his constantly shifting backing band, in 1964. On the strength of the blues-rock single "Diddy WahDiddy", Beefheart and his band signed to A&M. After the label rejected their debut album, Beefheart and co. re-recorded many of the songs and eventually released them as the classic 1967 debut album Safe as Milk.

After signing with Zappa's Straight Records, Beefheart released the legendary 1969 double LP Trout Mask Replica. Following that surreal masterpiece, Beefheartrecorded and released more albums, seesawing back and forth between euphoric bizarreness and more conventional rock. Beefheart retired from music after 1982'sIce Cream for Crow, retreating to the Mojave Desert and focusing on his visual art. Though his art career was quite successful, he disappeared from public life, reportedly suffering from multiple sclerosis.

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New Kanye Song Leaked!

By Andy Greene

December 15, 2010 4:05 PM EDT

Twenty-three years ago Run-D.M.C. told the world about "Christmas In Hollis," and now Kanye West is taking the sentiment to another New York City borough for his new track "Christmas In Harlem." The final version, which is reportedly going to hit iTunes tomorrow (today), features Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild and Big Sean. "Wonderful night to be alive baby," raps an unusually cheerful West. "I'm so happy I'm with my baby. And we a lil late wit' the Christmas gifts. Rushin' for the mall, don't trip, you know I drive crazy."
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The track, which will likely be West's final release of 2010, caps off an incredible year for the rapper. His fifth album My Dark Twisted Fantasy, debuted at the top of the Billboard chart and was named the best album of the year by Rolling Stone and many other outlets.
He recently played a triumphant, last-minute show at New York's Bowery Ballroom, but there's no word on what his tour plans are for next year. He's currently traveling around Australia with Jay-Z as they work on their upcoming collaborative LP Watch The Throne.
Kanye West: "Christmas In Harlem" f. CyHi Da Prynce & Teyana Taylor



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So True

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Top 10 Tracks of 2010

Alright .. so let's try getting this thing back up and running.
First off, good luck with finals everybody! Hopefully this huge snow dump is not making too much of a hassle on your transportation to classes. I'm definitely not hating this fluffy stuff everywhere!

CLICK HERE to see Pitchfork's Top 10 Tracks of 2010.


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