Yup, Tunts. I’m not exactly sure what a Tunt is, but I do know Zach Galifianakis is definitely a Level-3 one of them. Another thing to consider is, you are or become a Tunt at the Jeffers Corporation, which, if you didn’t know, is “the largest and friendliest and most profitable corporation in the history [...]
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Zach Galifianakis Wants Pics of Your Tunts
Crank File vol. 1 – What I Want
Crank File is a regular Owl and Bear feature wherein Harry writes and records a song in less than one hour.Download: What I Want (MP3) Subscribe to Crank File by adding this link to your RSS readeror in iTunes go to the Advanced menu > Subscribe to Podcast, and paste inhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/crankfileRandom PostsYo La Tengo – [...]
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Poetic Memory: Olivia Broadfield
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Given the slightest provocation, most people can’t wait to tell you about their favorite bands, albums, or influences. But when we asked Leicestershire, England’s Olivia Broadfield to compile this list, she demurred. “I don’t really have a very cool taste in music, but then neither is my music very cool, so I guess it makes [...]
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Califone To Release Funeral Singers Oct. 6, Tour Dates TBA (MP3)
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Chicago/LA’s Califone (aka Red Red Meat’s delicious table scraps) will release their new album, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, October 6 on their new label Dead Oceans. The release of Funeral Singers marks their first release of new material in three years (to the month). As can be expected, the band members will extract [...]
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Anna Ternheim – What Have I Done (MP3)
The dark-yet-somehow-sweet “What Have I Done” (MP3) is Anna Ternheim’s first single from Leaving on a Mayday. The album was produced by Bjorn Yttling (Peter, Bjorn, and John) and will be released on August 11.Ternheim will tour with Lonely Dear/Asobi Seksu this fall, and she’s kicking it off with a little Casbah love. If you [...]
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‘I’m Confident She Would Make a Fine President’ (Video)
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The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your MotherFollowing its premiere on Cinemax this weekend, The Dead Weather have made their new short film/music video, the Jonathan Glazer-directed Treat Me Like Your Mother, available for us internet folk. Watch Jack White and Alison Mosshart go at it like a pair of jilted Terminators, then pick [...]
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The Owl and Bear Podcast vol. 121
Every generation thinks it’s the last, thinks it’s the end of the world.Subscribe to the podcast by adding this link to your RSS readeror in iTunes go to the Advanced menu > Subscribe to Podcast, and paste inhttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/owlbearpodcastYou Never Know – WilcoDown In The Hole – The Builders and the ButchersGeorge W. Bush: Though The [...]
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Review: Jenny Lewis & Heartless Bastards; June 30, 2009 at Freebird’s; Jacksonville
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I packed my cross-eyed Hyundai full of people who like good music and we headed to enjoy the sun and sand at Jacksonville Beach and some decent Mexican food before the show at Freebird’s (owned by a former member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, so shout it all you want). It’s an interesting venue, two floors with [...]
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The Swell Season Share the Joy
Who doesn’t love The Swell Season? Ever since charming moviegoers with the romantic sleeper hit Once, Irish/Czech odd couple Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have been trotting around the globe, bringing their heart-wrenching ballads to sold-out, adoring crowds. Their live performances have become renowned not just for the terrific music, but for Hansard’s endlessly engaging [...]
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The Duke & the King: New Project by Felice Brother (MP3s)
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The Duke & the King, the new Huckleberry Finn-inspired project led by Simone Felice of the Felice Brothers, is best described as loping, sun-faded melodic pop with touches of country, gospel, and folk. Their forthcoming album, Nothing Gold Can Stay, was recorded over a cold winter in the Catskill Mountains.MP3: “The Morning I Get to [...]
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Poetic Memory: The Rest
The last time Ontario, Canada’s The Rest played at the Casbah, we missed it. But we won’t make that mistake again. After all, according to their MySpace page, The Rest like all the things that we like: doing push-ups, shooting each other with water guns, howling at the moon, and delicious Thai food. (More details [...]
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The Dead Weather Get It On with Your Mother on Cinemax
That’s right: The Dead Weather are set to get it on with your mother on everybody’s favorite childhood soft-focus porn channel. But before you pour lye in your eyes, let me clarify: the band will be debuting their new short film Treat Me Like Your Mother on Cinemax on July 11th. Wordplay!Directed by Jonathan Glazer, [...]
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Scott Avett Plays Townes Van Zandt – Greensboro Woman (Video)
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Poetic Memory: Alan Wilkis
Brooklyn’s Alan Wilkis calls himself “a sponge type of listener” who is “influenced by many different artists, genres, and time periods” and it’s easy to tell from his music. His new EP is called Pink and Purple, and it’s a blast. To describe his taste, Wilkis says, “One day I might be listening to some [...]
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Elvis Perkins – Chains, Chains, Chains
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Elvis Perkins in Dearland have released the new video for “Chains, Chains, Chains”, off their moving self-titled album.According to Spinner: “The video…seems to be swimming (literally) in symbolism and insinuation. There are rising tides, silhouettes, aquatic birds and then, of course, embryonic sea people entangled in a womb-like waterworld. Or something of the sort. It [...]
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St. Vincent – Live on Letterman [Video]
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Review: Local Natives; June 20, 2009 at House of Blues; San Diego
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L.A.’s Local Natives played their first show in San Diego on Saturday, and they sounded great—even though lead guys Taylor Rice and Kelcey Ayer seemed astounded that they’d pulled it off. It wasn’t because of band discord or unfamiliar material, though; in fact, Local Natives are nothing if not tight-knit and talented. Rather, the troubles [...]
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The Avett Brothers and Love and You
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We at Owl&Bear make no secret about our love for The Avett Brothers. Whether it takes the form of gushing over their impeccable live performances or praising our fair city for having the good taste to share in our Brother-ly love, the fraternal folkers sure do get a lot of press around here. And, what [...]
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‘Heh heh heh, I’m the Decider’
The finale of a three-part series in which Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones carefully compares Iranian culture with our own, and unequivocally declares America’s superiority. Holy crap, it’s amazing.Potentially Related Content‘If I Got a Rabid Chipmunk at 100 Yards…I Can Take Him Out Before He Gets to My Family’ (0)‘[Limbaugh] Was That Cartoonish’ (2)‘We Knew [...]
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