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The second part of the Cut Copy episode of "Pitchfork Live", which captures a show taped at Brooklyn's Studio B, is up today. Two of the band's most notable songs to date, "Hearts on Fire" and "Lights and Music", are included. The link below will take you to "Nobody Lost, Nobody Found", and you can take it from there. Also check out Part 1, posted yesterday.

Also, while you're over at Pitchfork.tv, you might watch the high-resolution version of one of the most talked-about videos of the year, Radiohead's "House of Cards".

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Believe it, folks. The enigma that is Burial is an enigma no longer. In a message posted to MySpace today and confirmed by a representative for the artist, Burial revealed himself to be a "lowkey" South Londoner by the name of Will Bevan who "just want[s] to make some tunes." The photo over there also appeared on Burial's MySpace, and, what do you know, he looks just like a less stylized version of the dude on the cover of Untrue.

Anyhow, here's what Burial had to say:

hi

for a while theres been some talk about who i am , but its not a big deal
i wanted to be unknown because i just want it to be all about the tunes.
over the last year the unknown thing become an issue so im not into it any more.
im a lowkey person and i just want to make some tunes, nothing else. my names will bevan, im from south london, im keeping my head down and just going to finish my next album, theres going to be a 12" maybe in the next few weeks too with 4 tunes. hope u like it, i'll try put a tune up later

sorry for any rubbish tunes i made in the past, ill make up for it

a big big thank you to anyone who ever supported me, liked my tunes or sent me messages, it means...

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