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Band to watch and Puppet Show alum New Violators are back in Trondheim, Norway after their wave of NYC and Austin shows in March, adding to the queue of unreleased gems by writing and recording even more (still don't even have anything out yet). Journos are quick to call out The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Moz, and U2 as sonic touch points -- all undeniable -- but on this great new cut we'll take the last of that list (some young Bono) and throw in Oranges & Lemons XTC.

[Pic from New Violators' set at the Stereogum Puppet Show at SXSW '06.]

Not much to report on album and tour info just yet, but we'll keep ya posted.

Like the Jesus & Mary Chain, Crowded House got their "unofficial" reunion show out of the way at Glass House on 4/27, where they joked about expecting a hostile crowd of mainly Rage reunion seekers. Prescient thought, 'cause despite taking the Coachella Stage a full three hours before RATM's headlining set, the crowd was NOTHING but Zach and Morello fans. Nothing. And as they joked at Glass House, the kids were gonna be in the mood to throw things.

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Friday May 11th
People Don't Dance No More presents:

Institubes Paris Terror Club
feat. DJs
DAS GLOW (Institubes, Paris) & CURSES! (Institubes, NYC)

w/ resident DJs:
Robot Blair (Music.for-Robots) & David Bruno (Slap You in Public)

$5 advance via Ticketweb /$10 at the door
Limited $5 RSVP to peopledontdancenomore@gmail.com
Doors 10pm | 21+ with valid ID

Celebrating the release of Das Glow's Weiss Gaz EP on Institubes. Available now at Turntable Lab.

Listen to Weiss Gaz over at Urb Magazine's Next 1000.

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Torquil, Amy, and the rest of Stars have entrusted the reworking, covering, and remixing of Set Yourself On Fire to a cadre of Canadian artists, yielding Do You Trust Your Friends?, out later this month on Arts & Crafts. Live-fave "Reunion" was placed in the hands of Broken Social Scener Jason Collett, turning Stars' wistful cut into something of a rollicking country-bar rocker.

These days see Torquil concentrating on his Memphis side project, while Amy's doing some solo gigs and just contributed a vocal to one of best cuts on the excellent Montag record. Meanwhile, Do You Trust Your Friends? features contributions from the likes of Final Fantasy, the Russian Futurists, Montag, and Junior Boys. It's available starting 5/22 on Arts & Crafts. Tracklist and cover song assignments after the jump.