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Tuesday 15 November

St Vincent has has spoken about surprise collaboration with The Pop Group's Mark Stewart at her London show last week (10 November). "I loved it. I could not believe that he was singing," Annie Clark told Q. "I did not want that song to end ever! It's crazy to get to play with one of my heroes. I can't believe it." Stewart, who releases a new seven-inch single - featuring a cover of T Rex's Children Of The Revolution and a collaboration with Eve Libertine from Crass - for Record Store Day's Black Friday (25 November), described being on stage with St Vincent as "like holding a lightning conductor." The collaboration came after Stewart heard St Vincent was covering The Pop Group's She's Beyond Good On Evil on tour and tweeted her to suggest they team up onstage in at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
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Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox has revealed the dark inspirations behind his song, Flagstaff. In a harrowing interview yesterday he discussed "a post-apocolyptic breakdown of society" and recalls watching a four year old girl die of e-coli in a hospital bed, as well as the death of a childhood friend. "When I was a kid I saw my friend get decapitated riding a four-wheeler. It was after church. It's one of those memories you don't really remember. The mother tried to put the head back on." (via Hipsterrunoff.com).

Police have begun to remove protestors from Zuccotti Park, the site of the Occupy Wall Street movement. There were 200 live-in demonstrators facing eviction from the camp in New York overnight, which has been visited by Kanye West and seen performances from Jeff Magnum and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello in recent weeks.
Gawker.com

Axl Rose has given his first interview in five years. Watch below to hear the Guns N Roses frontman discuss Chinese Democracy, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame eligibility and the '91 tour Axl only agreed to because his manager told him if he didn't perform Slash would overdose on heroin on VH1's The Metal show (via Stereogum.com).

Move over Birdy and Susan Boyle - we look at some covers albums that are actually GOOD from the likes of David Bowie, Cat Power and The Walkmen.
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Pete Doherty has fled to France because he believes his flat is haunted by the ghost of Amy Winehouse. Yes, really... well according to "a source" (which better be Egon from Ghostbuster or we're not buying it).
Thesun.co.uk

Are there more Amy Winehouse albums on the way? According to friend and producer Salaam Remi, there won't be a follow-up to her forthcoming posthumnous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures. "She didn't record like 2Pac, so that's not the case," Remi said. "There are definitely things that people hadn't heard that have been recorded, but they're in different modes in different forms. But she wasn't a recorder like that."
MTV.com

Lil B has released a new mixtape featuring an AIDS awareness track. The song arrives ahead of Aids Awareness day on 1 December and comes with a plea from the rapper to fans to protect themselves. "I want you to no [sic] if you have sex you are at risk. Please use condoms and have safe sex, please I love you," he wrote on his YouTube page (via Pitchfork.com.)

Watch Beyonce performing new single Countdown on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (via Hypetrak.com).

Q is on the search for amazing songs from new and grassroots bands. Do you have one song we need to hear, which we could cover in our January issue? If so, get in touch...
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The National's Bryce Dessner has written a song to mark what would have been Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. It's been made available by the band's label, Brassland, as part of their tenth anniversary celebrations.
Bryce Dessner: "Rose of Lincoln" by Brassland

Coldplay took to the stage on Saturday Night Live over the weekend to perform Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall and Paradise.
Stereogum.com

Katie Holmes demanded video footage of her meeting Noel Gallagher be deleted after the pair bumped intp each other at US TVstudio last week. Writing on his blog, Gallagher claims the "top scientologist" sent over an aide to demand footage of their chance encounter be wiped. "She did look a bit miffed at the various North-West accents and some vigorous handshaking," wrote The Chief . "Un-fuckin'-believable." She must be more of a Beady Eye fan...
Noelgallagher.com

Jay-Z has admitted working with Kanye West does "drive him crazy", and whatever you do, don't get the rapper-producer started on drum sounds. "I think he just can't help himself," explains the King Of New York. "He puts so much into everything, and he's like, You have to treat it like I treat it. It drives you crazy sometimes - like when you've put 75 versions of a snare on one song and he's like, No! and you're like, Come on, man."
GQ.com

The above might be why Frank Ocean said he passed-up working with West. "I said, As much as I want to work with you... I kind of want to do this without you. I kind of want this to be done without you. I kind of want to do it on my own," explained Ocean, adding that his album is "written, we're just trying to tie up all the production. Get everything sonically pleasing to me."
Billboard.com

What's the story behind all the photos of unconcious people on Kurt Vile's new EP? "I've been known to just pass out instantaneously, like, anywhere," he explains.
Pitchfork.com

Van Halen are reportedly signing to Interscope. The deal includes touring, merchandising, marketing and recording, according to an industry insider.
Rollingstone.com

Today's Track Of The Day is Snow Patrol's This Isn't Everything You Are.

That's it for today - more tomorrow at around the same time, noon.

12:00 PM | 15/11/2011