Whatever your thoughts on vegetarian vampires, sexual repression, or the world’s most puzzling sex symbol Robert Pattinson, you can’t argue with the numbers: the New Moon soundtrack has sold 115,000 copies after just three days. If it goes to number one (which history tells us is likely), Twilight will become the first movie franchise to have two soundtracks reach the top. All of this leads us to believe that middle school kids aren’t the only ones drooling over the New Moon. It’s all of us.

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Today at Flavorpill, fell in love with Regretsy. In fact, we pretended to propose. We discovered that transparency is not always just a buzz word. We listened to Lady Gaga’s leaked track, “Bad Romance.” We found it hard to believe that Zombieland is “perfect date movie.” We liked that St. Vincent is more excited about working with Justin Vernon than she is about being on the New Moon soundtrack. We watched T-Pain auto-tune Obama (and Jimmy Kimmel struggle to intro the segment). We couldn’t fathom walking out on Philip Seymour Hoffman. Ever. And finally we wondered what kind of music we can coax out of our office Wii. Paul Henry Smith and the Fauxharmonic Orchestra better watch out.

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This past weekend brought the second-annual All Points West music festival to New Jersey’s Liberty State Park — along with a healthy dose of rain to provide the traditional mud-drenched festival experience our friends across the pond know so well. Jay-Z stepped in on Friday night to save the day after the Beastie Boys’ last-minute cancellation, performing to a crowd willing to brave thunderstorms for his high-energy set; both Jay and Sunday headliners Coldplay paid tribute to the Beasties by covering their material, with Chris Martin’s solo piano version of “Fight for Your Right” coming across as especially endearing.

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While Annie Clark, (aka St. Vincent) first made her name as a member of pseudo-religious psych-rockers the Polyphonic Spree and touring singer for folk-popper Sufjan Stevens, her crisp, melodic solo albums are a revelation all their own. Since going solo she’s risen rapidly, earning glowing reviews for both her debut, Marry Me, and the recently released Actor. She adds another notch to her belt on June 8th, kicking off this summer’s free Millennium Park Monday music series in Chicago. In anticipation of the appearance, we sat down with Clark to find out how she got her start in the biz, what happens when the Internet gets it wrong, and whether or not she’s secretly a sociopath. Read More »

Today at Flavorpill, we went hunting for the Hipster Grifter. Instead, all we found was a whole bunch of deer. We set our alarms for midnight, when NPR will start streaming the new St. Vincent album. We relived the 10 great cover songs from Coachella — or at least the two of us who were lucky enough to go did. We wished that Peaches and Radiohead would go head-to-head. It would be a more even playing fieldthan Mileygate. We discovered a tiny talent we love even more than Susan Boyle. She’s six years old and magical. (And no one better offer HER a porn.) We watched the latest from Michel Gondry: an airline commercial. We felt bad for poor Stephen Hawking. We pondered a future where Superman comics will become legal tender. And finally, we appreciated this roundup of the Slumdog kids controversy. We’re not surprised that Uncle Grambo nailed it on the head. He’s smart like that.

Noise Pop 17 is taking over San Francisco next week and we are all set to give away tickets to some of this year’s buzziest shows. Here’s how it works: Tell us about your most hilarious, audacious, and/or embarrassing act of music fandom and publish it as a comment on this post by 10 p.m. this Sunday, February 22nd. Make sure to leave a valid email address so we have a direct way to contact you.

The top three entries will be announced on Flavorwire on Tuesday the 24th and will each receive a pair of tickets to the following shows as prizes:

First Prize: Kool Keith: Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Dooom & Mike Relm

Second Prize: St. Vincent with Cryptacize, Rafter, That Ghost

Third Prize: Flosstradamus & N.A.S.A. (co-headline) with Wallpaper

Although the contest is technically open to all Flavorwire readers, please note that these concerts are in San Francisco and we don’t have the bones to fly you all the way across the country to hang out with Kool Keith. Thus priority will be given to local residents and/or those contestants planning on being in the Bay Area during Noise Pop. (In other words, if you’re a lucky winner and then reveal that you’re Chicago-based, we’ll be mad.) And yes, spelling and grammar count, but not as much as all out hilarity and copious self deprecation.

Bonne chance!