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With roles in "Crash" and "Fred Claus," it's no secret that Atlanta rapper Ludacris has a way with the movies. Even now, the pint-size MC is in the middle of shooting "Max Payne," an adaptation of the criminal-minded video game where he'll star alongside Mark Wahlberg. Get the scoop.

The edgy indie Englishmen of Bloc Party are bringing their angular guitars back to the States for a summer tour. Read!

Experimental-pop duo, The Fiery Furnaces, are notorious for changing up their studio material live, often turning their thickly-orchestrated tunes into sprinting keyboard-driven medleys. Those unlucky (or lucky, depending on your tolerance for a band that made an album with their Grandma) enough to miss the Furnaces on tour will have a couple opportunities to remedy that this summer.



The brother-sister band is releasing a 51-track, 2-disc live album, entitled Remember, as well as bringing their quirky sibling-rock back on the road. Culled from recordings made starting in 2005, Remember (out August 19 on Thrill Jockey) will include songs from the group's whole discography, including the epic 8-minute title track from 2004's Blueberry Boat and summer jam "Tropical Ice-Land" from their 2003 debut, Gallowsbird's Bark.

Remember track list:

Disc one:

"Intro"
"Blueberry Boat"
"Single Again"
"Two Fat Feet"
"Don't Dance Her Down"
"Single Again (Reprise)"
"Wicker Whatnots"
"Little Thatched Hut"
"I'm in No Mood"
"Black-Hearted Boy"
"Bitter Tea"
"Waiting to Know You"
"Vietnamese Telephone Ministry"
"Oh Sweet Woods"
"Borneo"
"Benton Harbor Blues
"Japanese Slippers"
"Benton Harbor Blues (Reprise)"
"Whistle Rhapsody"
"Crystal Clear"
"Whistle Rhapsody (Reprise)"
"Teach Me Sweetheart"
"Evergreen"
"Bitter Tea (Reprise)"

Disc two:

"Chris Michaels"
"Quay Cur"
"My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found"
"Spaniolated"
"Name Game"
"Birdie Brain"
"1917"
"Slavin' Away (Intro)"
"Tropical Ice-land"
"Asthma Attack"
"Tropical Ice-land (Reprise)"
"The Wayward Granddaughter"
"The Garfield El"
"A Candymaker's Knife in My Handbag"
"Forty-Eight Twenty-Three Twenty-Second St."
"Slavin' Away"
"Seven Silver Curses"
"Clear Signal From Cairo"
"I'm Gonna Run"
"Here Comes the Summer"
"Chief Inspector Blancheflower"
"Automatic Husband"
"Ex-Guru"
"Clear Signal From Cairo (Reprise)"
"Philadelphia Grand Jury"
"Navy Nurse"
"Uncle Charlie"

Fiery Furnaces U.S. Tour Dates:
5.02: Minneapolis, MN @ Whole Music Club
5.17: Bennington, VT @ Bennington College
5.28: Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's Night Club
5.29: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
5.30: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
5.31: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
6.1: Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
6.2: Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
6.3: Tucson, AZ @ Plush Room
6.5: Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
6.6: Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
6.7: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
6.9: Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
6.10: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
6.11: Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
6.12: St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
6.13-15: Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo

- David Greenwald

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