I’m with you, kids – let’s celebrate the end of another week. Before we leave, though, let’s do a quick recap:- We had more fun with Magnetic Fields covers. There’s a whole slew of more fun coming this Sunday, when Part Five drops.- I dreamt of crack. which was whack, but it helped to remind [...]
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It’s Friday!
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Caribou – Desiree(Note: If you dig Caribou and haven’t done it already, check out the four songs from the Caribou Vibration Ensemble that were posted at the Free Music Archive a couple months ago, for they are quite enjoyable.)
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Music Is . . . Awesome?
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Artist:Yo Gabba Gabba
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Notes upon listening to Yo Gabba Gabba: Music Is . . . Awesome five times in the past two days:- I had no idea what Yo Gabba Gabba was until the promo copy arrived in my mailbox on Wednesday. My cluelessness is due to the fact that (a) pretty much all my TV viewing nowadays is Hulu-based, [...]
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The Opening Acts’ Half-Assed, Once-A-Year Electronica Report (Part Deux)
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Since Carl just posted his yearly electronica report, I figured I best chime-in with my techno-suggestion for the year decade-so-far, as my exposure to this genre of music is also rather limited. Case in point: this album was released in 2002. I first heard Alpinestars‘ “Carbon Kid” back when Comedy Central aired episodes of the [...]
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The Opening Acts’ Half-Assed, Once-A-Year Electronica Report
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Artist:Max Justus
We don’t normally delve into the world of electronica around here (except for the occasional random song), but I’m really digging the stuff this guy is doing. His name is Max Justus and he’s . . . he’s . . .See, this is why we don’t cover electronica – I don’t know how to [...]
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People Are Awful
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Get well soon, Darren.NME: Ex-Hefner Frontman Darren Hayman Attacked After Nottingham GigStatement From Darren’s WifeMy favorite song of his, post-Hefner:Darren Hayman – Little Brown ChevetteAnd my favorite song of his during the Hefner days:Hefner – The Cure For Evil
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Random Song For Thursday
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Track:The Fossil that you call Your Lover
Deerhunter – Saved By Old Times
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Alpha Leonis
Today has been one of those days that started off hectic and has yet to let up. I’ve been running around town in full chicken-with-its-head-cut-off mode in order to get a bunch of annoying errands out of the way. It’s all necessary shit, too – stuff that I’ve put off long enough (like registering my [...]
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Random Song For Wednesday
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New Buffalo – Recovery
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Moldy Dreamin’
In a dream last night, I was taking a flight from Honolulu to Ottawa. There was a ruckus just before take-off, as a pregnant lady had taken my sister’s seat. In order to avoid being part of a fight involving a pregnant woman, I left my seat and walked down the aisle to the back [...]
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From The Inbox: Super Furry Animals Via Baeblemusic
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The folks over at Baeblemusic have posted a full concert from Super Furry Animals that was filmed in New York this past September. I don’t think I’ve ever lost interest in a band as quickly as I did with Super Furry Animals – loved everything they did up to and including Rings Around The World, but [...]
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Random Song For Tuesday
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The Long Winters – Honest
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Monday Afternoon Video Fun
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Here’s a video that goes after my travel-loving heart. It’s by Orba Squara and features a time-lapse of thousands of photographs from a 10-day, cross-country road trip. Check out their very nifty website for the story behind the trip.Here’s the mp3 for the song. If you listen to it, and find yourself thinking, “is that [...]
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Random Song For Monday
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LCD Soundsystem – No Love Lost
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Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Four
Part Four is a little deceitful – after The Divine Comedy gets things off to a rollicking start, things slow down considerably. That doesn’t mean that the level of quality lessens, though, as the songs that follow all have their languid charms.Enjoy:1) The Divine Comedy – Famous2) Catherine A.D. – The Book Of Love3) Shocking [...]
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Your Weekend Holiday
Today is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. I’d be cleaning mine right now but there’s nothing inside it that’s not already in a can, bottle, jar, or biohazard container. The Bee Gees – Mrs. Gillespie’s RefrigeratorThis song is a late-sixties outtake that reeks of The Beatles’ influence on The Bee Gees. [...]
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Pram, For No Real Reason
A band sent me a submission email last week (as did every band in the world, apparently, as my inbox is currently overloaded). As I listened to the first pair of (quite good) songs from their album, all I could think of was that it reminded me of Pram. Thing is, though, I couldn’t [...]
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The Great Event-Leonard Cohen Plays Caesars Palace
Many entertainers performing in Las Vegas are aware of a malady known as “Vegas Throat.” Due to this city’s arid climate, singers with sensitive vocals often have a problem adapting to the low humidity. When seventy-five year old Leonard Cohen took the stage last night at the Caesars Palace Colosseum, I feared the already raspy [...]
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Never Enough Woo!
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Remember when, like, just a couple hours ago, I mentioned that this week has been filled with great news? Well . . .Via Pitchfork:Lambchop To Release Live Album, FilmOh, fuck yes.Also:Did I say “oh, fuck yes” already? I’ll go ahead and say it again.Oh, fuck yes.That is all.Previously:Woo – New Tindersticks Album!Woo – New [...]
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The Fear And Trembling
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Track:Sweetie Pie
It’s been a good year for the 10-minute song. Just yesterday, I brought up “Sweetie Pie”, the lengthy showstopper from Computer Perfection’s debut album. A couple months earlier, Yo La Tengo increased their arsenal of 10-minute numbers with three songs at the end of their new album that were either near that length or far [...]
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