--- - |- Memphis' latest, greatest export Jay Reatard recently performed his first in-studio radio session for the University of Minnesota's Radio K. It's all the fun and excitement of his live show-- minus the sweaty, overeager fans and impending threat of a right hook to the jaw. The set includes seven singles, most notably the recently Forkcasted "See-Saw" and perennial favorite "My S...
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--- - |- Some videos seem designed to show you something about the personality of the band, and some videos are like little art films that you can absorb without knowing who is behind the music. This clip, for the Octopus Project's Hello, Avalanche track "An Evening with Rthrtha", is definitely the latter. Created by Phillip Niemeyer of the Double Triple studio and San Francisco-based media a...
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--- - |- 15 months after the release of Volta, and Björk's still finding singles ripe for the plucking. This one's for "The Dull Flame of Desire", the slow-burner featuring Antony Hegarty on vocals and percussion from Lightning Bolt stickman Brian Chippendale. The super deluxe single, due September 29 from One Little Indian, will arrive on a pair on 12"s (as well as a pair of white label 12"s..
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--- - |- New York singer/songwriter Lia Ices appears on Rare Book Room's Living Bridge compilation alongside some pretty confusingly named characters: a band called the Jewish on the same LP as Silver Jews, the Naysayer in the same borough as Yeasayer, Telepathe pronounced "telepathy," Avey Tare. Now, as Ices gets set to release full-length debut Necima, she's run into some potentially confus...
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--- - |- The seventh annual Pantiero Festival is all lined up and raring to go August 8-11 at Cannes, France's Palais des Festivals. The big to-do gathers some of the world's finest dance artists from all across the electronic spectrum, with a few body-moving rockers and a smattering of fine, fine hip-hop for good measure. Joining the party at this year's Pantiero are Ratatat, Ladytron, Simia...
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--- - |- With the flecks of gold enamel still lodged under their fingernails from this spring's still-fresh When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold LP, the dudes of Atmosphere are ready to re-paint the town. In late summer and early fall, they'll embark on the "Paint the Nation" tour of the United States. Following a run in Europe next month, they'll get back on the road come Sep...
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--- - |- Born Ruffians get the remix treatment from White Williams and Four Tet on the forthcoming single release for Red, Yellow & Blue's "Little Garçon". The single comes out September 30 via Warp in a variety of formats. There's a double 7", two UK-only digital bundles (one with the White Williams and Four Tet remixes, one without), and a 12" featuring just the remixes that is only availabl..
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--- - |- Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean about 300 miles south of Jakarta, is said to be a treasure trove for scientists because no humans lived there until the late 19th century. The San Diego quartet called Christmas Island provide another interesting specimen for study, their tin-cans-with-strings lo-fi production making "Morning Sunshine" sound like a remnant ...
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--- - |- With the release of The Greatest Story Ever Told, David Banner has done nothing to rein in the unwieldy aspects of his personality. Angry Banner, Party Banner, Lecherous Banner, Political Banner, Philanthropic Banner: The man has more faces than a deck of cards.As Banner explains it, that's the point. No one can be encapsulated in a single moment. "You go through ups and downs," he sa...
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--- - |- Strangely underrepresented in the annals of pop music-- even by the standards of overlooked pioneers-- the Ragga Twins are rescued from the dustbin of history by Soul Jazz, which presents this 2xCD collection of their music, among the first great blueprints for jungle. read more ~~- ragga twin
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--- - |- Blondie's third and best full-length-- a whipsmart album from the days when there was chart pop made by and for adults-- is an oddly undiscovered gem with charms that extend far beyond its iconic, oft-compiled singles. read more ~~- Blondie
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--- - |- Funky, hypnotic, and gloriously weird, "Id Engager" is both the closing track on Of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping and its lead single. The key thread through it all is "color"-- cover art (both the album and single are below, album on left), the decorative costumes, and most of all in the slinky, strobing indie-pop disco of the tune itself. Kevin Barnes shrieks and howls when the spiri...
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--- - |- Brooklyn's Stars Like Fleas swell to involve no fewer than 21 participants on latest album The Ken Burns Effect, and their music can borrow from at least as many genres: plaintive post-rock, squawking free jazz, ambient drone, country, folk, noise-- you name it. Pitchfork's Grayson Currin writes: "'Karma's Hoax', which opens the album after a collagist introduction, pits skittering dr...
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--- - |- Photo by Jeff WenzelIt's a match made in beach metaphor heaven. San Diego surfer bros (and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone pals) the Donkeys will ride the waves of Dead Oceans with the release of their second album, Living on the Other Side.The album comes out on September 9, and the Donkeys have a tour scheduled around its release. That tour begins in September and includes a Septe...
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--- - |- Photo by Shannon McCleanCaptured at this year's iTunes Festival in Berlin, out pops iTunes Live: Berlin Festival, a concert EP from the dudes of Hot Chip. Originally released via the UK iTunes store in May of this year, the set is finally available in iTunes-governed U.S. cyberspace as of this week.Over Berlin Festival's half a dozen tracks, Hot Chip stretch their legs through a nice ...
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--- - |- Conflicts like this are why adult contractors now deliver the vast majority of the nation's newspapers. This video for SSLYBY's "Modern Mystery", a song from their album Pershing, finds the bully paperboy from hell (not to be confused with Paperboy) terrorizing the neighborhood like a regular Buddy Revell (not to be confused with the Buddy Revells). [from Pershing; out ...
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--- - |- Photos by Francis ChungThe "Mercury" was on the rise at San Francisco's famous Fillmore last night as Bloc Party brought the heat before another rapturous crowd. The temporary absence of bassist and Baby Daddy Gordon Moakes didn't stop the crowd from cheering the band back for no fewer than three encores. Guess people like these guys, huh?Bloc Party hit Lollapalooza this weekend and c...
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