Daily Top 5 News Countdown: Bob Dylan Hit With Hate-Crime Charges + More
Music, like politics, is now subject to the 24-hour news cycle, and as a result, it’s damn near impossible to keep abreast of the day’s myriad rock ‘n’ roll tidbits. But fear not: In the spirit of simplification and efficiency, we’ve collected today's top 5 items and ranked them in terms of newsworthiness. Scroll down to see our picks.
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Jana Birchum, Getty Images 5Kaiser Chiefs Announce Fifth Album
'Education, Education, Education & War' due out March 31The song in the trailer is pretty cool, but the Arctic Monkeys need not look over their shoulders. [NME]
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Jason Davis, Getty Images 4Lupe Fiasco Releasing Novel Via Twitter
'Teriyaki Joe: Neo Harlem Detective' arriving in 140-character blastsAt this rate, you'll finish reading it by 2056. [Contact Music]
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Asylum 3Indie Supergroup Staging Gene Clark Tribute
Members of Beach House, the Walkmen, Grizzly Bear and more will perform the former Byrd's 1974 'No Other' albumHonestly, we've never heard it, but we're intrigued. To Spotify! [Brooklyn Vegan]
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Kanye Working With Q-Tip, Rick Rubin On New Album?
So says Tip in a recent interviewThe former Tribesman doesn't offer up any other details, but Kanye has confirmed there's new music on the way for next summer. [Pitchfork]
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Photographer, Getty Images 1Bob Dylan Charged With Hate Crime In France
Trouble stems from comments about Serbia in Rolling StoneAccording to Bob, "Serbs can sense Croatian blood," and that assessment of Eastern European politics has him in hot water with the French government. [Consequence of Sound]
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