TMZ is reporting Michael Jackson died from a drug overdose. Jackson got a Demerol injection the morning he died. There may be more than one drug involved. The LAPD is still conducting an active investigation.

Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson’s mother, has been granted temporary guardianship of Michael’s three kids.  A hearing is set for next Monday on the matter.

Meanwhile, Jackson’s Will has surfaced. Michael’s lawyer has a copy of the singer’s will and he intends to file it with the court. The Jackson family doesn’t have a copy of the will in attorney John Branca’s possession. It’s unclear how many wills Jackson made, but Branca believes it’s the most current. Branca has a long history with Jackson. In 1985, Branca brokered the deal for Jackson to purchase The Beatles’ publishing catalogue. Branca and Jackson stopped working together in 2006 but the singer hired him back just three weeks ago. Debbie Rowe will be served with notice of a hearing.

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AEG has promised a full refund for tickets to Michael Jackson’s 50 London concert dates if you bought your tickets through an “authorized dealer.” In a statement, AEG promises, “The refunds will be processed by each of the authorised ticket agencies (e.g. Ticketmaster, Viagogo, See or Ticketline).” It also says fans “will have the option to be sent the actual tickets” for the show.

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NPR Live Performance / Play Pitchfork Festival

Remastered “Hospice” LP Out August 18th On Frenchkiss Records

Watch NPR’s Live Performance

Click Here To Hear Pitchfork Forkcast Second Single “Two”

Click Here To Watch Time Out New York LIVE Performance

Pitchfork “Bear” 8/10 Track Review

NPR 2009’s Best Record Of 2009 So Far:

NPR’s All Songs Considered : “One of the most beautiful and moving works I’ve heard in a long, long time. Just astonishing.”

Time Out New York – “truly heart-wrenching”

Tiny Mix Tapes – “Hospice is a work of rare beauty and a watershed moment in The Antlers’ career.”

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Jack’s Mannequin
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tinley Park, IL
June 28, 2009

Andrew McMahon (piano, vocals)

Set List @ FMBA

Bruised

Holiday From Real

I’m Ready

Crashin’

Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby)

La La Lie

Swim

Dark Blue

Drop Out / The So Unknown

The Resolution

Spinning

The Mixed Tape

Miss California

Bloodshot

American Girl (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers cover)

More photos of Andrew from Jack’s Mannequin after the jump…

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Ani DiFranco
Humphrey’s By The Bay - San Diego, CA
June 28, 2009

Nothing signifies summer in San Diego more like an outdoor summer concert during sunset. Ani DiFranco played at the Humphrey’s by the Bay last night in a setting that was needless to say…incredible. After arriving and passing through the concessions that offered hot dogs, pizza, sushi (yes, sushi) and popcorn we sat down to watch the opening band.

Seagulls were flying over us, sail boats were docked around the perimeter of the stage, hotel suites were perched over the venue, palm trees were rustling in the wind while the ocean breezes cooled down the audience, who all had a red tint to their faces and shoulders from the weekend’s heat wave. This ambiance was totally San Diego.

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Austin City Limits, 2 NYC SummerStage Shows With Phoenix

Nominated for the 2009 Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll

“Manners” Out Now On Frenchkiss/Columbia Records

Start European Tour Next Week

The Boston Phoenix: Nominated for Boston’s Best Local Act

Pitchfork – 8.1 / 10 – “…it’s the sort of heart-to-heart populist record that’s every bit as sincere as it is infectious.”

Rolling Stone – 4 Stars – “…a shiny bouquet of synth-pop roses, with perfumed Eighties keyboard whooshes and modern stutter beats crooking a finger toward the dance floor.”

Entertainment Weekly – B – “…youthful anxiety made irresistibly danceable.”

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Reveal Tracklisting And Cover Art

“Parallelo” LP Out August 4th on Factual Fabrications

Click Here To Watch the Video for “We Have All Summer”

 Download and share the mp3 of “We Have All Summer”

“Modern art makes Phil & the Osophers want to get their eyes fixed. The Brooklyn three-piece make like Doc and the Tors in the loose, ramshackle indie-pop tune ‘High Art’ ” – Pitchfork

“Brooklyn duo Phil And The Osophers are a band who swim in the same gutter water of neo-Nuggets groups like The Black Lips and King Khan & The Shrines” – RCRD LBL

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September 22nd On Chimera Music

“The Sun is Down” (Cornelius Remix) & DON’T STOP ME! EP Out Now On Itunes

Yoko Ono Wins The Lifetime Achievement Award At The Mojo Magazine Awards

Pitchfork News

Pitchfork Premieres “The Sun Is Down” (Cornelius Remix):

Words and Music By Yoko Ono, © Ono Music (BMI), 2009

Produced by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon

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Anonymity is the New Fame on Autumn Tone Records

Listen to Faux Science HERE!

Anonymity is the New Fame is a working philosophy and a way to live an artist’s and musician’s life in a world of showboaters and technological exhibitionists. It’s a way to stay yourself in a world where every sound and feeling shoved through the same narrow channels start to sound like a repetitive buzz of buzz.

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