Vampire Weekend have released the new video for their song 'Cousins', off the California inspired album Contra. The video is pretty cool. It was shot in an alley and features the band cruising back and forth on a dolly track, which wasn't removed from view but rather featured pretty prominently in the clip.

Cousins brings the guys right back into their afro-punk roots they are best known for. Have yourself a listen and a look. 

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Nathan Followell, drummer of the rock and roll band Kings of Leon, married his girlfriend - 25-year-old singer Jessie Baylin - over the weekend.

Sunday morning Nathan had to write about it: "I woke up with a married woman in my bed this morning. Luckily she was mine."

Congratulations guys.

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The titles of the tracks by Ohio indie band Lovedrug sold me on downloading the free ones right away. Pink Champagne. Dead in the Water. She's Disaster. So glad I did.

She's Disaster runs right in the vein of any 'Only By The Night' era Kings of Leon track. I love it. Theme song of my night tonite I can feel it. Be sure to grab We Were Owls - another favorite - and Ladders while you're there. All on the house from the boys. Best present of the day. Download the songs right here.

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Vampire Weekend is scheduled to play a free show at a skate park in the Southern California town of Lake Elsinore tomorrow (11/13). Ezra and the guys are wrapping up a small club tour of off-the-beaten-track California towns like Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, and Visalia.

In a letter Ezra stated "We've been having an amazing time in California. The shows have been incredible. Thanks to everyone who's been coming out."

"The tour is coming to an end but we want to do one last free, all-ages show for our fans in Southern California so we're going to do our first-ever skate park show!"

The skate park show will be held at 4:00pm @ Alliance Skate, 29355 Grand Ave. Lake Elsinore, CA 92530.

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Has a dirty pirate killed the Goons of Doom? Was their performance at sea to mermaids with great boobs the last for Ozzy, Vaughan, Killerwhale and Cowboy?? Only one way to find out. Watch the latest one from StoneYour.TV!

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Chester French have released the follow-up to their absolutely hilarious cover of Shakira's She Wolf.

This time around D.A. and Max covered Calle Ocho by Pitbull. They put some work into this video guys. D.A. notes "If you've been wondering what [we] do while we're not out on the road, this should give you a pretty good idea."

Check it out!

And download the MP3 here.

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Kings of Leon care about their image. They're dressed pretty sharply at every show. Considering you like flannel. The band has partnered with French designers Surface To Air on a small line that will not exactly be carried in 8,000 Target stores, but exclusively in a shop in Denmark.

The KOL flannel isn't cheap. The shirts will run up your tab by about 120 Euros each. Guess where the bandanas are priced? Full line here.

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One of my favorite groups are the British indie pop artists Guillemots. Gotta love those quirky love songs. Band leader Fyfe Dangerfield is releasing his solo album in a few months (January) and already has a song available for free download on his website. It's called Walk in the Room and is a departure from what he was doing with the Guillemots. Simpler. Lovelier.

Grab the download right here.

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Florida rock band Surfer Blood win the award for rad band name today. The West Palm Beach locals are releasing their first full length disk in a couple months. They have a few songs available to check out on their MySpace. I'd give Swim (reach to the end) a listen. ITS A KILLER.

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Metric is releasing a six song acoustic EP on Oct. 27th. And right now you can download a version of their angst filled track Gold Guns Girls here:

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