Unless you are living in a bubble, you are aware that the Yankees, the greatest team in sports history, won the World Series on Wednesday! I was lucky enough to have tickets for the game, and witnessed history.What an experience! Seeing a team win the world series is rare enough, but being there when they [...]
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The Yankees Bring Home The Rings
[Video] Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
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Check out the cool video for “Ready, Able” that was directed by Allison Schulnik. The video features some trippy claymation of the “forest”. It was beautifully done, perfectly suiting the beautiful song.Watch it below:
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Phrazes For The Young – Bonus Tracks
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I have really been enjoying Julian Casablancas’s solo album Phrazes For The Young. I really disagree with pitchfork’s 5.5 rating, but hey, that’s just me.The album was released Tuesday, and some bonus tracks were padded to the itunes version.One of them is the fantastic cover of the SNL skit called “I Wish It Was Christmas [...]
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[Video] Weezer – Viva La Vida (Coldplay Cover)
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Weezer have been all over the place as of late. They released Raditude last week, and played on David Letterman’s show for two consecutive nights! The first time they performed “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To“, and then they played “I’m Your Daddy” the next day!!Weezer also played some [...]
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[NEW] Spoon – The Mystery Zone
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OMG new Spoon. Yeah that is what I screamed too! A new song just hit surfaced above the murkey internet waters, and it is “The Mystery Zone”. It is the 3rd track off of their upcoming new album Transference. After one listen, I am digging this. Crisp, vibrant, guitar riffs. Britt Daniels lively vocals. There [...]
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Julian Casablancas has a Xmas Surprise! (Hint: SNL)
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Julian C is the hot ticket right now! Phrazes For The Young finally dropped today! Congrats Julz!The album came with 3 bonus tracks, only available on itunes! The first two are called “Old Hollywood” and “30 Minute Boyfriend”, while the last one is “I Wish It Was Christmas Today”. The last one is actually a [...]
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[NEW] Clipse – Popular Demand (Popeye’s) (Feat. Cam’ron)
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Clipse are one of the few rap groups who are keeping the genre fresh. At least to me.I am excited for their new album Till The Casket Drops, which is dropping on December 8th. I have a song called “Popular Demand (Popeye’s)” from the album to share with you. Cam’ron is the featured guest.The Neptunes/Pharell [...]
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Spoon – Transference :: Preview
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Spoon give us a 44 second tease of their upcoming album Transference!Watch it:Apparently the song used in the trailer is called “Written In Reverse”, which is the 5th track on the album. You can watch a live performance of the song below:Transference is due January 26th, 1010!
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[NEW Live] Vampire Weekend – Holiday & California English
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Vampire Weekend played two surprise shows in LA, and with those shows came 2 new songs that will be on Contra. They are called “Holiday” & “California English”!Holiday is a pretty chilled out track, with a nice melody. California English comes in iffy sound quality, but it seems like Rostam had his influence on this [...]
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[NEW] Them Crooked Vultures – Mind Eraser, No Chaser
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Track:Mind Eraser, No Chaser
“Mind Eraser, No Chaser” just has bad-ass written all over it, doesn’t it? The song has some dirty Queens Of The Stone Age guitar, Zep bassline, and Foo Fighter song structure, which makes sense when you look at who is playing in Them Crooked Vultures.Josh and Dave share vocal duties on this song, and it [...]
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Halloween 2009!
Happy Halloween to all you trick and treater’s!!Today doesn’t feel like Halloween at all. It feels like a lazy Sunday. I think it feels so strange because it is the first Halloween that is on a weekend. All my Halloween memories consist of boring days of school, impatiently waiting to get out so I can [...]
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[Video] Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To :: (Live on Letterman)
Weezer played their awesome single “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” live on David Letterman last night, and what a performance it was!! Letterman’s band added some horns, and made the chorus completely epic.Weezer can still pull it off live, if only they could still make classic albums.I really [...]
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[NEW] Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
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Album:Odd Blood
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Yeasayer are finally releasing their follow up to their great debut, All Hour Cymbals!! The new album is due Febuary 8th, titled Odd Blood. The first single was given away today for free on their website, and I am loving it!The single is called “Ambling Alp”. It is heavy on the electronics, but the vocals [...]
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Contest: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Vinyl
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Contest time! The good people over at VAGRANT gave me vinyl copy of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to give away. It is a beautiful unopened vinyl of their debut album Up From Below.The album is truly one of the greatest of 2009, and this is an awesome thing to win. It will be [...]
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On The Greyhound
(photo credit : Kalle Gustafsson) Hey guys, it's 10:46 PM on Tuesday, I am on a Greyhound bus headed home. Usually I would be driving myself, but my car has decided to be the old piece of shit it is, and cause me distress. Why am I going home on a Tuesday night? Game 1 of
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[Video] Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension (Live on Conan)
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Julian performed his single “11th Dimension” last night on Conan. It was his big debut in the US and I hate to say that it was a pretty dissapointing performance. The band seemed sorta flat, and lacked a lot of energy. I think the sound on Conan didn’t help them though. Something may have been [...]
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[NEW] Los Campesinos! – There Are Listed Buildings
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Los Campesinos! get an A+ in my book just for being so damn hardworking! They have announced that they have a new album coming out next year!!! January, 26th to be exact! The Cardiff, Wales natives are releasing their 3rd album in only 3 years. Now that is impressive!What is even more impressive is that [...]
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The Sounds – No One Sleeps While I’m Awake (La Dolce Vita Remix)
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Re-discovered this La Dolce Vita remix of The Sounds “No One Sleeps While I’m Awake”. Very chill.The female vocals sound delicious over this remix. Love this.[mp3] : The Sounds – No One Sleeps While I’m Awake (La Dolce Vita Remix)
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[NEW] :: Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
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I have somewhat updated you guys about the Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana/QOTSA), and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) supergroup known as Them Crooked Vultures.Their debut self titled album is coming out November 17th, and the first single is called “New Fang”. Someone was cool enough to rip it [...]
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[NEW] Julian Casablancas – Out Of The Blue
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This is a truly great Julian Casablancas track. I cannot get enough of this song, it is so well written.It opens Phrazes Of The Young with a really great rhythm, and a grand chorus. “Out Of The Blue” sounds very similar to the Strokes, but it is different enough to be called Julian’s.Listening to “Out [...]
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