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+ Coheed And Cambria bassist Michael Todd was arraigned yesterday after being arrested for allegedly robbing a Walgreens pharmacy. He is being held on $25,000 bail, and Coheed is planning to continue touring with a replacement member. (MTV News)

+ Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez sitting in a tree, K-A-R-A-O-K-E. The pop star couple were caught on film trying their hand at a little karaoke magic (Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow's duet "Picture"), but they ended up just kissing a lot. Click through to watch the vid. (Neon Limelight)

+ Go inside the mind of Katy Perry/Kathy Beth Terry in a new interview with the nerdy 13-year-old alter ego. Regarding whether or not we're invited to her next party, Kathy said, "Due to the whole 'grounded for the next 5 years' thing, I'm laying low... The next party will be online, that way you can all come!" Online parties are the best parties. (ONTD)

+ Brush off your Dr. Martens and teenage angst, bros -- '90s rockers Bush are planning to release their first album in 10 years. The Gavin Rossdale-fronted band (now featuring two new members) will release The Sea Of Memories on Sept. 13. (Popdust)

+ Speaking of new albums, if "Come On Eileen" is your favorite "WTF" jukebox selection (like me!), you're in luck. Foursome from the '80s Dexys Midnight Runners are at work on a new material. The still untitled album is due out sometime next year. (Spinner)

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One listen and you're hooked.

That's how I'd describe what I like to call a "gateway song." You know the type. It's the tune that you form an immediate attachment to and obsession with after only one encounter. It's the one you feel powerless around. The one you can't get out of your head. You want to know more about it. You NEED to know more about it. You will stop at nothing until you're completely dependent upon it and your life will never be the same again.

OK, deep breath. Gateway songs aren't supposed to be scary or debilitating. They won't lead you to the door of Dr. Drew's "Sober House." What they will do is open your mind to a whole new musical existence, and how can that be a bad thing?

So grab a couple bags of Cheetos, turn on the black light and get comfortable because you're about to drop in on the heightened euphoric perception of Dashboard Confessional, The Clash, Whiskeytown and Phish.

Finally, if you'd like to keep up with all my musings, please visit my website and follow me on Twitter (@redpatterndress).

1.) Dashboard Confessional's "The Best Deceptions": After I graduated college, I took an internship at Alternative Press magazine and it wasn't long before I began my real education -- in music, that is. One fall day, while I was editing pages, I came across a frontman who was compared to one of my all-time favorite singers, Elliott Smith. I was immediately intrigued, and when I noticed his group was playing in Cleveland that very weekend, I was sold. The moment I stepped inside the Beachland Ballroom and heard Chris Carrabba belt out the poignant and heartbreaking words of "The Best Deceptions," I was a smitten kitten. From there, I blazed through all the bands on Vagrant Records -- like The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary, Alkaline Trio, etc. -- and then it was on to other like-minded peeps like Promise Ring and Sunny Day Real Estate. What can I say? You're never to old to RSVP to the emo party.

Listen to "The Best Deceptions"

2.) The Clash's "Train In Vain": I'm not sure exactly when I fell in love with The Clash. It was either the first time I heard "Train In Vain" or the first time I set my eyes on the band's iconic album cover for London Calling. There was just something about the band that was exciting, dangerous and utterly invigorating. While my friends were busy rocking out to Bush and Everclear, I would hole myself in my room and listen to "Train In Vain" over and over and over again. Looking back now, I realize that this is one of the "least" punk Clash songs, but I don't care because it made me want to know more about the music and the movement. Plus, without it, I would've never discovered bands like Rancid, The Distillers, Against Me! and more. So anyone who wants to challenge my cred can piss off! (How punk is that?)

Listen to "Train In Vain"

3.) Whiskeytown's "Don't Be Sad": Before Ryan Adams was milling around "New York, New York," the alt-country crooner called Whiskeytown his home. The band was together for six years and put out three amazing albums, including Pneumonia, which was released after the group had already disbanded. On a whim, I picked this LP up at a used record store in my college town and was immediately intoxicated by Adams' heart-wrenching lyrics and twangy instrumentation. From there, I fell down a rabbit-hole of Americana, which was lined with acts like Wilco, The Old 97s and Lucero. Also, if you can find it, you've got to check out Adams' duet with ex-Whiskeytown bandmate Caitlin Carey. The song's called "The Battle" and it'll break your heart in a million pieces.

Listen to "Don't Be Sad"

4.) Phish's "You Enjoy Myself": I'm not ashamed to say that I lost nearly five years of my life to hemp necklaces, patchwork pants, drum circles and 20-minute guitar solos. Yes, for much of my late teens and early 20s, I was a jam band fan. (Please, try to withhold your laughter -- and judgment.) I blame it on my friend Cristen's older brother, Greg, who took me to my first Phish show when I was a junior in high school. At the time, I couldn't understand why people were still wearing tie dye, how they had the energy to spin in circles for two hours straight, and where that funny cigarette smell was coming from? But then I heard "You Enjoy Myself" and everything started to make sense -- everything except what the hell they're singing about. (I mean YOU try and translate "washa uffize drive me to firenze" and I'll name my first-born child Fishman.) Everything after that is a blur of patchouli, parking lots and Maxell XL II tapes filled with bootleg concerts from The Grateful Dead, The Big Wu and moe. (OK, you can officially stop laughing now.)

Listen to "You Enjoy Myself"

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+ The "Glee" kids sang Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful," among other tunes, on last night's episode. In unrelated Xtina news, the "Not Myself Tonight" singer got a pretty chic new haircut (see above). (Idolator)

+ Courtney Love told Howard Stern that she had a relationship with Gavin Rossdale while the Bush rocker was seeing Gwen Stefani. OH, DAMN! (PopEater)

+ Taylor Swift is ready for her close-up. The "Love Story" singer is starring in a new commercial for a Sony digital camera. (Just Jared)

+ Gorillaz will be touring the United States this year, minus their cartoon hologram facade. (MTV News)

+ Awesome if it's true: Kristen Stewart is rumored to have been cast in an upcoming Bollywood movie. (LimeLife)

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As you may recall, Tuesday's Buzz Bites included this item: Gavin Rossdale, who continues to be inexplicably, unmanageably studly, has just released a solo video that uses the oldest trick in the book to up his man-babe factor. It stars his and Gwen Stefani’s 2-year-old son Kingston. Well, that wasn't quite true.

It turns out, first of all, that Gavin Rossdale's studliness needs no upping. The ex-Bush beefcake is topless for half of the video in question, and he's in better shape than most sculptures. Secondly, Kingston is hardly a star, but he does flash his smushy, sweet little celebaby face at the 2:23 mark.

Now, on to the business at hand: Gavin Rossdale's "Forever May You Run" video is awesome on a variety of levels. For one thing, It includes excessive running, and dude kiiinda runs like Steven Seagal. No offense Gavin. You look great.

Next, Gavin's new video incorporates themes from all of your favorite movies. It opens with an angry Jerry Maguire-ish corporate walk-out, fades into a Forrest Gump running montage, which gives way to a dangerous Lord Of The Rings mountain scenario and culminates in a Hillside Singers-style '70s Coke commercial (which is sort of like a movie).

The song itself is classic Brit-rock. Soft sentimental verses lead into anthemic choruses, which in turn erupt into thumping minor-chord bridges with off-kilter tempos and searing, reverbed guitar solos. Think Snow Patrol + Oasis / U2, only topless, ripped, and sprinting through a busy intersection. Got it? Good. Now watch.

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We will now freely admit to having a slight residual crush on Gavin Rossdale (a.k.a. Mr. Gwen Stefani) dating back to the early '90s, when Rossdale and his then-band Bush came out with their breathy single, "Glycerine."

But that doesn't mean we're biased when it comes to reviewing "Love Remains the Same," the first video release off his new LP, Wanderlust, which drops next month. And what this song lacks in pure, unadulterated Seattle-inspired grunge, it more than makes up for with gritty, black-and-white broody mood lighting and gratuitous shots of Rossdale in the shower. (Hollerz!)

Turns out the Kilburn, London native is still the soulful, raspy-voiced rocker we've crushed on for years. In fact, he seems to have gotten hotter with age. And no doubt, his wife would agree.

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