++There was a great interview with Emergency author NeilStrauss on the Carson Daly Dark and Intimate Chatshow the other night. Strauss talked about howhe will be releasing an anthology of the work he did for Rolling Stone magazine,and the time he spent with Snoop Dogg many years ago. It was shortly after Snoop had left Death Row records. Strauss said that Snoop tried toget Strauss to record ..
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They All Wanna Play Bass
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There's a very otherworldly, almost indoctrinating quality in the voice of the woman narrating this video about Moonalice, a band put together by frequent Stopokaygo subject T-Bone Burnett that includes G.E. Smith, who used to be the bandleader on SNL and Jack Casady, former member of Jefferson Airplane. Back to the narrator, I'm sure I'm just imagining that her voice sounds hypnotic but after ..
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News from the inbox:++Rooney, above, will be touring in support of their new EP Wild One. Their first show will be at the El Rey on the 27th of this month.++Enter your email address and get a free copy of a new song by Athlete. Their new full length album Black Swan comes out in Feb of 2010.++Mark Ronson and Bebel Gilberto have teamed up on a song originally done by Sergio Mendes and written b...
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Group Therapy
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Artist:The Shoes
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Aww yeah. Here's the song of the week, an older one via Red Threat. A real simple video above, that shows The Shoes walking through an Osaka, Japan shopping center with people who are, umm... movin. If they were gonna go the literal direction why not go (as Bruce Willis might say) full throttle, and show people movin' on the People Mover. Or interviews with Jim Carrey. He's always movin' while ...
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People of Walmart
(via Subterranean on MTV2)"4-3-2-1 what we fighting for?"The intro reminds me of early Prince:K-os: 4-3-2-1.mp3
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Living In Your Dreams
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There isn't much that I don't not like (oops triple negative again) about this video for the song What The World Is Coming To by The Swimmers. It might just be because I've been doing a little re-decorating and the colors/paint, vines and tile in the apartment where the video is filmed are divine and inspiring. Was the whole thing just a dream or just another case of someone having just watche..
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Unlike some artists who have released upbeat and party-ous songs in reaction to these hard economic hard times, others like Wes Eisold of Cold Cave are choosing to enjoy the darkness, as Depeche Mode never said.Eisold has not only been a part of several well-received musical projects, he also runs an indie publishing company called Heartworm Press that publishes underground punk works. In thi...
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The Dead and The Innocent
++Happy Halloween Friday! There's a terrific excerpt from Andre Agassi's memoirs in the latest Sports Illustrated that I highly recommended kicking off the loafers to read. Not because of any of the dirt he dishes but because he, or maybe his ghostwriter, has a tremendous way with words. If indeed it was Agassi who wrote it all up, he's a Zenmaster (as Streisand once called him) of the pen, as...
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++Really all over this song by Atlas Sound/Bradford Cox (here again modeling more winter headwear via Done Waiting) off of Logos. It's upbeat and relaxing in the vein of Animal Collective and unlike the song by Sleeping States from the other day, it meanders but in a way that works. Atlas Sound is touring with Broadcast, whose new song might not be good to listen to if you're prone to hearing v...
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++Really all over this song by Atlas Sound/Bradford Cox (here again modeling more winter headwear via Done Waiting) off of Logos. It's upbeat and relaxing in the vein of Animal Collective and unlike the song by Sleeping States from the other day, it meanders but in a way that works. Atlas Sound is touring with Broadcast, whose new song might not be good to listen to if you're prone to hearing v...
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++Really all over this song by Atlas Sound/Bradford Cox (here again modeling more winter headwear via Done Waiting) off of Logos. It's upbeat and relaxing in the vein of Animal Collective and unlike the song by Sleeping States from the other day, it meanders but in a way that works. Atlas Sound is touring with Broadcast, whose new song might not be good to listen to if you're prone to hearing v...
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There's something to be said for a song that ends decisively:The Western States Motel: Oh World.mp3The Western States Motel recently performed at CMJ and have a new single called 'The Cliff' coming soon.In this older interview, lead singer Carl Jordan talks about his love for the desert, which most Californians develop after a while (we all think we're Stevie Nicks), and a line from the blues ...
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The Next Sinatra
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Album:Good City For Dreamers
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++From the Inbox: Here's something to get your head bouncin'...General Electricks probably get the Sly and the Family Stone comparison all the time, especially with the funky like Dam-Funk song above and on 'Lil Lady.' General Electriks' new album Good City For Dreamers comes out November 10th. Something tells me this is going to be used in a commercial if it hasn't already been. General E.
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Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat?
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I was at the market the other day and saw this bottle of Relax Riesling with the word Relax lolling about in a dark sea of blue (naked, obviously), annoyingly instructing me to Relax. How condescending.It's therefore with some chagrin that I suggest the video above be watched as a relaxational experience. Unlike a lot of other songs that wander aimlessly.. pointless navel gazing experiments, t...
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The Musty Mantle of Folk Music
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There's an interesting article on Paste about some up and coming acts that are taking up the "(rather) musty mantle of folk music", including Alela Diane (left) who looks and sound-wise is often compared to Karen Dalton (right). Not sure I see it. Alela Diane has since cut and colored her hair and now looks nothing like Dalton; Karen O maybe.There's also footage of Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknol..
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Brother Sister Mother
++ "All of us are listening to Jas Patrick": I have nothing to say about the mostly pleasant video above, except...3 coolers? Another frequent mention, Bobby Long, who apparently contributed to the Twilight soundtrack.++ A podcast with director Harmony Korine featuring, per his request, an intro and outro by Al Jolson. The songs: "Just One of Those Things" and "If I Only Had a Match."Al Jolson:...
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++Extra Extra, More Nick Hornby news: The Fever Pitch author will be writing lyrics for the unfailingly polite Ben Folds, who recently apologized to the people of Buffalo for a short show. Careful Ben, those fans can quickly get outta hand.++Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost has quite the assortment of blurbers. And none of them are Vince Vaughn, so it must be legit.++Juliana Hatfield is back with a n...
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++Extra Extra, More Nick Hornby news: The Fever Pitch author will be writing lyrics for the unfailingly polite Ben Folds, who recently apologized to the people of Buffalo for a short show. Careful Ben, those fans can quickly get outta hand.++Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost has quite the assortment of blurbers. And none of them are Vince Vaughn, so it must be legit.++Juliana Hatfield is back with a ne...
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New This Is Not A Show Trailer by Bill Berg-HillingerR.E.M. | MySpace Video More News: Attention R.E.M. fans, the band will be presenting "This Is Not A Theatrical Release" at 8:00 p.m. at the Downtown Independent on 10/27/09. It's a one night only event, the preview of the unconcert documentary This Is Not A Show: Live at the Olympia in Dublin. In other words it is not the preview of a non-the...
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