With the week rounding the bend and the weekend in sight, what have we got for you today I hear you cry?
· Watch the warped video for art weirdos the Animal Collective's new track Peacebone. Expect alien-human love and sports cars.
· Beyonce has a costume malfunction when she inadvertently flashes some breast during an energetic burst of dancing at a recent Toronto show. NSFW, as the kids say.
· See Rihanna as you've never seen her before in this gender-challenged version of Umbrella.
· Dave Rowntree, the quiet, drum-tickling, wannabe politician, and former member of Blur, has admitted cocaine nearly destroyed him in the 90s. Find out more here.
· Another minor indie band bites the dust, as noise-makers yourcodenameis:milo announce their split. Watch the video for their 2004 non-hit All Roads to Fault here.
· And finally, reader James McKeown has sent us this gem of an overzealous reviewer putting a new piece of musical equipment through its paces.
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