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Nellie Nguyen – Oak Tree
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Apparently this is the only recorded material Ms. Nguyen has but it is a beautiful melodious folk song all the same [via].
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bahahahahha. some portland (i think?) hipsters doing a will smith medley. just for you guys. and whoever reads "look at this fucking hipster". Pearl and the Beard - Will Smith Medley from Goddamn Cobras Collective on Vimeo.
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Big Fan of Phantogram
Phantogram.I just wanted to jump on this before it was old news. I was bumbling around the blogosphere the other day and stumbled upon a new-ish band from New York called Phantogram.I haven't really stopped listening to them since (minus an interlude for the new Yeasayer track, which is pretty sweet).I've been trying to think of ways to describe Phantogram's sound, but I will let them speak for...
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Kings of Convenience: Soirée de Poche
Norwiegan duo Kings of Convenience's new album, Declaration of Dependence, has been in heavy rotation for me of late. Which makes this (charming) video that much better. For reserved Scandinavians, these two are extremely expressive and full of antics. And as a side (bottom?) note, I need to mention that I absolutely love La Blogotheque, and not just because they are Fre...
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The Weird Looking Bass Player Can Sing Too, You Know.Chris Taylor, the bassist for some band called The Grizzly Bears (I think they are from New York?), has started a label called Terrible Records and it's going to take a lot more than this song to live up to the name.What song?Well Chris Taylor also is venturing off on a "Grizzly Bear side project that sounds just like Grizzly Bear" called CAN...
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Alela & Alina: Harmonies Good for the Soul
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Alela and Alina: Alliteration Abounds!So, big news in the folk world (which consists of more people than just myself, turn out), is that Alela Diane and Alina Hardin are teaming up for an EP! It is called "Alela and Alina." Duh. It's being sold as a "companion album" to Diane's (excellent) album released earlier this year To Be Still.There are six songs total on this ep: some old, some new. The...
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Alela & Alina have harmonies that are good for the soul
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So, big news in the folk world (or at least more people than just myself), is that Alela Diane and Alina Hardin are teaming up for an EP! It is called "Alela and Alina." It's being sold as a "companion album" to Diane's album released earlier this year: "To Be Still." There are six songs total on this ep: some old, some new. The three I have heard are absolutely lovely, my favorite being "Bowli...
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This Week in WTF?
Mix and Match! Flea, Thom Yorke, Weezer, Lil' Wayne, Danger Mouse, James MercerSo, this week has been a doooozy for WTF collaborations. First of all, Thom Yorke, from Radiohead or something, will be playing two shows with his "solo" band in L.A. the Sunday and Monday. The bass player in said band is none other than Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, which makes me go "...?" The band also inclu...
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New Documentary: Sufjan in "All The Way From Michigan Not Mars"
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This is a video in promotion of a new movie documenting the collaborative effort between Sufjan, Denison Whitmer, and Rosie Thomas that became the latter's These Friends of Mine. Via the excellent blog on all things Sufjan, All Good Naysayers:All The Way From Michigan Not Mars a DVD featuring Rosie Thomas, with Denison Witmer, Sufjan Stevens and Sheila Saputo, will be released by Factory 25 on ...
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New Grizzly Bear Song
I definitely think Victoria Legrand should just join Grizzly Bear. Or maybe all of Beach House could join forces in some Grizzly House Beach Bear collaboration. Anyway this song is lovely and slow and sounds like Yellow House. Also, here is a great article on Grizzly Bear's artistic trajectory.
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Sufjan Explosion! New Songs Debuted Live
Sufjan Related Things Happened This WeekAt a recent concert in Ithaca, NY, everyones favorite Michigan bred musician debuted several new songs (like a couple other awesome musicians)...and the internet went nuts. The man hasn't written a proper album in 4 years and counting, though he has released a superb collection of Illinoise era b-sides, an epic collection of christmas songs, a long orches...
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Los Campesinos! New Song, Video, Member, Album
Los Campesinos! Do Things!Los Campesinos have been busy as ever recently and as always, we are invited along for the ride through their incessantly updated genius of a blog. First on the list is the replacement for their departed member Aleks Campesinos! who decided to go back to school. It turns out the replacement is none other than lead singer Gareth Campesinos!'s younger sister, Kim (aka th...
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Amazing! Birds on Telephone Lines Make Beautiful Music
Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.[Via: NPR]
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Fanfarlo Covers Neutral Milk Hotel Live
Fanfarlo's version of Neutral Milk Hotel's classic "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" it is a pretty straight forward take on the song (complete with a trumpet and all) and certainly a lot better than that other one I posted. The harmonies help to bring out the more gospel qualities of the song without over loading the track and it still works as a cover simply because of the fact that the origina...
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Grizzly Bear Video: "While You Wait for the Others"
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Los Osos Grizzly from Brooklyn continue their trend of releasing awesome videos for their awesome singles. This one is a little more complex and surreal, featuring a boy in a fencing mask and a ton of other imagisitic (is that a word?) scenes. Mira:Buy Veckatimest [2009; Warp]Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others" [Warp; 2009]
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vampire weekend announces new album!
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I have been loving Vampire Weekend since I first heard their infinite vibrance and danceability. So, how excited was I when I discovered via their myspace blog that they have a new album being released January 12, 2010 (guess, I dare you)! It's going to be called Contra and it will be out via XL Recordings. Here's to good dance parties ahead.
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Kanye Apologizes + Performs w/ Jay-Z, Rihanna on Leno
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If you live in a not-internet-gossip cave somewhere, maybe you didn't know why everyone still thinks Kanye West is a jackass. So, if you didn't see it, here is where Kanye stole the microphone from poor little 19 year old country music singer, Taylor Swift, squashing her moment in the spotlight (cause she probably never got attention growing up and all).Anyway, Ye went on Leno yesterday, as pre...
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Jay-Z on Letterman!
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Jay-Z is a legend. He basically doesn't have to do any of these TV appearances anymore. Yet he has a great agenda and is keeping himself in the public eye for good reasons. That being said, Hova has other talents as well. Somehow this interview comes off as a perfectly scripted/acted comedy sketch. Only I don't think it is either because I dont think either of them can act that well. Which mean...
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Euros Childs Has New Album
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Euros Childs, a Welshmen (like some other band I love) who creates intelligent piano based pop songs, released his second solo album yesterday, entitled Son of Euro Child. Though he is supposedly giving it away for free on his website, I couldn't get the link to work. So while I haven't heard the album, his 2008 release, Cheer Gone, is full of interesting compositions and arrangements. For now ...
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