All it's taken is one single for people to get excited about Basement Jaxx again. One really great single, though, which come as the first shot from the band's forthcoming Scars LP, packing a heavy guest list including Grace Jones, Yoko Ono, Yo! Majesty, Lightspeed Champion, Cyndi Lauper, Santigold, and Sam Sparro. Before any more of that album ...

Adam Green, Chairlift and Lightspeed Champion are among a group of acts who will perform a benefit show in Brooklyn to help friend Jon Wiley pay off medical bills.

As we mentioned a ways back, "Raindrops" is a triumphant (and awesomely campy) return for Basement Jaxx. On the psychedelic anthem's forthcoming home Scars we're told to expect guest vocals from Grace Jones, Yoko Ono, Yo! Majesty, Lightspeed Champion, Cyndi Lauper, Santigold, and etc., but the track features Felix Buxton ably holding down the mi...

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Yes there is actually a World Beard and Moustache Championship and the guitarist from Protest The Hero hopes to win it.