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Posted Jun. 17, 2009, 4:59 p.m. ET
Eight Items or Less: Old Bands with New Records & Young Bands in Coney Island
By Jonah Wolf

1. Courtney Love revives the Hole name (with Melissa Auf der Maur, the only other remaining member) for new album Nobody's Daughter.
2. Brazilian tropicalia pioneers Os Mutantes (pictured above) sign with Los Angeles indie ANTI- (home of Tom Waits and Nick Cave) for Haih, their first record in 35 years.
3. A Place to Bury Strangers, Thee Oh Sees and Tiny Masters of Today added to the line-up for July 18th's Siren Music Festival in Coney Island. They join previously announced acts including Built to Spill, SpankRock, and the Raveonettes. The festival will be followed by an afterparty at the Music Hall of Williamsburg with Francis and the Lights and Gordon Voidwell.
4. This Friday, the Uniqlo Pac-Man Challenge takes over the SoHo department store. Watch companies like Giant Robot and LimeWire duke it out on arcade console throughout the store, and join in yourself for the chance to win prizes from UNIQLO and Namco, including T-shirts signed by Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani. (June 19th at Uniqlo SoHo, 546 Broadway, 4-8 p.m.)
5. Bring your own FM radio and headphones to Gemini & Scorpio's monthly Silent Disco at the BKLYN Yard next Saturday. June 27, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. (and every 4th Sat through the summer. (July 25, Aug 22, BKLYN Yard, 400 Carroll Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn. $5-10.
6. Chelsea's Bellwether Gallery announces it will close.
7. NYC Prep Schools update: The Observer infiltrates graduation at my alma mater.











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