There are a few great film/album mashups. Two of the more obvious ones are Wizard of Oz/Dark Side of the Moon and Toy Story/OK Computer synchronizations. But rare is the instance of finding a film inspired by and created completely in an album’s image – an album that stands alone, but also perfectly scores [...]
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Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring Review
At Least We All Have Hooks For Hands
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South Dakota indie-rockers We All Have Hooks For Hands [MySpace] have a new album coming out November 17th: The Shape Of Energy. This following track is one that I can’t stop listening to this morning, “Made Up Of Tiny Lights”. After an exhaustive search (read: I was sent an email), I found [...]
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Bishop Allen Share “True or False” Video
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When I think Bishop Allen [MySpace], I have to admit I usually don’t think dancing go-go girls, but after this video, I might. The latest video from Grrr…, “True or False”, features the lead vocals of Darbie Nowatka Rice and if the black and white clip doesn’t make you think of a kinder and [...]
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[Juan's Basement] Wild Beasts – “Hooting and Howling”
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Wild Beasts [MySpace] are the latest band to perform in “Juan’s Basement”. I am still quite mad that Pitchfork got the show to themselves, but they are a BIT bigger, right? Their latest album is a big ol’ slice of rad entitled Two Dancers (and we’ve given you a peek at their live [...]
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Video Hook-Up: Bangs – “Take U To Da Movies”
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Don’t call me insensitive for having a laugh at the hopes and dreams of an aspiring artist, but this cat Bangs [Official] really sucks. I don’t care if he’s from another country, so is Akon and he doesn’t totally suck, I just don’t listen to him. Bangs, however, sucks in a way that [...]
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Glee: The Music, Volume 1 Review
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Album:Glee: The Music Vol. 1
“…Spanking Finn with My Microphone Hairbrush”Glee: The Music, Volume 1 is a bundle of musical entertainment that will leave you giddy…if you’re a fan of Glee. The popularity of the show has created millions of self-proclaimed “Gleeks,” all who will find this soundtrack charming and exactly what they’ve been waiting for from the [...]
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Lunchtime Links – Halloween Edition
Inside Pulse and SEIBEI Team to “Put a Monster in Your Closet” [Enter Here]51 Best Halloween Links on The Internet [COED Magazine]10 Fun Things to Do with Corpses in Video Games [Crispy Gamer] When Monsters Change Sides: 10 Horror Icons Who Turned Good [io9]TMS’S 2009 Halloween Playlist [The Music Slut] Tim Fite’s Halloween EP Drops [...]
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Yeasayer Giving Away New Track
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Brooklyn’s own Yeasayer [MySpace] are prepping for a February 19th release for their new album, Odd Blood, but that doesn’t mean it is too soon to check out the first single. “Ambling Alp” was just released this morning and it effing rips. Sign of good things to come? I hope so. [...]
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Megafaun Debut “Impressions of the Past”
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“Thousands of miles, thousands of images. On tour with their new album Gather, Form & Fly, Megafaun was captured, piece by piece, by the photographer Tim Lytvinenko. Part-documentary, part-sense memory, Tim’s images took on a life of their own as he traveled across the west with the band, the music, the landscape, and everything in [...]
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Video Hook-Up: Jookabox – “East Side Bangs/East Side Fade”
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In the spirit of Halloween, the new video from Jookabox [MySpace] for Dead Zone Boys album cut “East Side Bangs/East Side Fade” is a George Romero-inspired, paranormal delight created by Sean McDonald and Matt C. Hale. It’s also pretty great. After the jump, you can watch it, okay? Asthmatic Kitty Records will release [...]
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Put a Monster in Your Closet Giveaway
Ready to “put a monster in your closet?” Inside Pulse and t-shirt designer SEIBEI are teaming up to give one very lucky reader any four shirts (an estimated retail value of $100) courtesy of the fine folks at SEIBEI and Radio Exile. There is no purchase necessary to win the “Put a Monster in [...]
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Kasabian Football Hero
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While my dreams of soccer glory might have ended in college (let’s face it, I probably wasn’t going to play anywhere of substance), my rock star dreams have lived on past the realization that I do, in fact, have sausage fingers. Combining my love for all things Guitar Hero and footie, well, that definitely [...]
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Video Hook-Up: Land of Talk – “It’s Okay”
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Land Of Talk [MySpace] have just debuted a new video for “It’s Okay”. Directed by WeWereMonkeys “It’s Okay” is the third of three new Land Of Talk videos; preceded by clips for “The Man Who Breaks Things (Dark Shuffle)” and “Troubled”. All three videos can be found on the bands new Fun & [...]
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CMJ: The Antlers at Soundfix Records
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It stinks when you come down with an illness during any music festival, but especially one with the size and value of last week’s CMJ. After Thursday night’s shows, that was pretty much it for me last week, but not for my After the Jump brethren who on top of hold after parties every [...]
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CMJ Party Tonight at Glasslands
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Click Image for Full SizeNot sure what you ladies and fellas have on your agendas tonight for CMJ, but I wanted to tell you where you’d find the RE crew: Pop Gun Booking’s Unofficial CMJ Party. Tonight at Glasslands Gallery it will be an amazing evening of fun, laughter and tons o’ rawkus music, [...]
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Chasing Little Comets and Committing “Adultery”
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It’s no small secret that the UK produces some infectious new artists every year and sits among my favorite places for discovering emerging artists. The Newcastle foursome of Little Comets [MySpace] are another in a long ling of bands bringing a high degree of energy and polish to not only their recorded material, but [...]
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Hennessy Artistry 2009 Series Finale in NYC
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By the grace of God himself (and by having a super fly hook-up as well), the RE family were lucky enough to grace Terminal 5 with our presence for the finale of the Hennessy Artistry Tourft. Common and The Roots. Along with the usual high-class society folks and celebrity guests (yo, Robin Thicke’s wife [...]
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Cymbals Eat Guitars Air Their Dirty Laundry
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“From Staten Island, that bubbling indie-rock hotbed, come Cymbals Eat Guitars [MySpace] on our next episode of Dirty Laundry. These New York natives burst onto the scene in a big way ever since Pitchfork anointed their debut album Why There Are Mountains with “Best New Music” honors.”Find out more about the origin of their [...]
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Flaming Lips Cover Pink Floyd
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Last Friday, The Flaming Lips [MySpace] dropped by KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and debuted a live cover of Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse”. As you’ve probably heard, they are releasing their own version of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon, with help from Peaches and Henry Rollins, but for now, this is the first teaser [...]
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Dog Day Release Elder Schoolhouse
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For Seth Smith and his band Dog Day [MySpace], their rise to Canadian notoriety began in 2005 – a new project following the demise of his former band, The Burdocks, and features Nancy Urich (also of The Burdocks) and KC Spidle & Crystal Thili of hardcore act, The Hold. This new release, Elder Schoolhouse is [...]
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