The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have been one of the coolest things to come out of 2009. I had no expectations from their self titled record when it came out earlier this year, but it turned out to be a great pop rock record that may be up there in my favorite albums [...]
Hey guys, the 2009 weblogs are running their nomination period for all blogs. Today is the last day that you can nominate!I am running for Best music blog, and I am actually somewhat in this thing! I have over 100 votes thanks to you guys, and if you have not voted already, it would be [...]
Having my blog has introduced me to tons of bands. Sometimes if I am lucky enough, I have been able to become friends with members of bands. It is like a dream come true to chat it out with real artists!! One band that I have stayed in close contact with is Local Natives. I [...]
If you head over to Beggars Group right now you can preview every song from Vampire Weekend’s Contra. You can only hear small, short, snippits, but it is better than nothing.So head over right here, and you can get to know the record a little bit better before it comes out on January 12th!
I am surprised at myself. I don’t know why I didn’t mention the Blakroc project before this post. I got to stop being so lazy!!!For those of you that are unfamiliar with the project, now is a good time to get educated. Blakroc is the collaboration project of The Black Keys with a variety of [...]
Check out Vampire Weekend’s official video for new single “Cousins” below. Like all of their video’s/music it is a ton of fun. The band gets iterative with us getting pulled back and forth on a pully playing along to the song.It is simple, but effective. Very funny too!!! I really enjoyed watching this video!
Why do the Japenese always get the exclusive Bonus Tracks for every album? Vampire Weekend’s Contra will get two tracks. They are Giants (or Little Giant?), and Ottoman. We all recognized Ottoman from the film Nick & Norah’s Intimate Playlist. Now it is going to be attatced to Contra as a Japanese exclusive.\\Watch Giant (or [...]
It’s Wednesday. Hence, the “it’s hump day” caption! For those of you that are unfamiliar with the phrase it just means we are getting over the middle of the week, and are halfway to it being over.This week has not been a great one. College is basically being a royal pain in the ass right [...]
Passion Pit have revealed their new video for “Little Secrets” today. The song was a ton of fun to see live, and it has become one of my favorite tracks from Manners (tied with To Kingdom Come). Trust me, it is hard to pick just one favorite on a record like Manners!They disabled embedding (why? [...]
The very kind people at Sub-Pop/Bella Union have sent me an mp3 for Teen Dream’s first single “Norway”. They were also cool enough to send me an early stream of Teen Dream, and I have to say it is fantastic. “Norway” is a compelling song that really emphasizes everything that Beach House stands for. Absolute [...]
Vampire Weekend are (officially) back! All is right in the world again! I have some college work to catch up on, but how could I concentrate when there is brand new Vampire Weekend to post about???Vampire Weekend’s new single “Cousins” is finally here in recorded form! I can give up listening to Cousins live all [...]
Ah, Cold War Kids. How I miss the days of your initial blog buzz. CWC’s were practically hailed the saviors of indie rock, with sold out gig, after sold out gig. Their debut album was very solid, giving us memorable songs like “Hang Me Up To Dry” and “Hospital Beds”. They came back with their [...]
photo via Adrian PehrsonWhy are Arctic Monkeys so god damn good? Can’t they just release their singles like a normal band with average b-sides, or just attach some mediocre live performance?Nope, not the Arctics. They have to go release songs that actually compete with their album tracks for quality. Like the new b-side “Fright Lined [...]
:Kinema: give an interesting electo/dance cover of the almost already indie classic “My Girls”. It is a very clean, crisp, cover of the song. Definitely an interesting take on the song.I don’t know too much about :Kinema: otherwise. Time to do some research! Visit them on myspace! [mp3] : :Kinema: – My Girls (Animal Collective [...]
Having his blog has changed my music listening habits. With a blog, comes having a blog email address. With that comes new music. I am lucky enough to receive new music everyday! Not complaining there!Obviously, some days are better than others. I have gotten some pretty good stuff sent to me as of late, with [...]
I have been sitting on this Frightened Rabbit track for a few weeks now. I didn’t feel the timing was right 2 weeks ago. I finally got some news on their new album, and now my post can be timely! Woo-hoo!Frightened Rabbit are heading into 2010 knowing that they will release their new album The [...]
MPP came out almost 10 months ago! Wow, has it really been that long?With their new EP Fall Be Kind coming out soon, the band is still perfectly busying heading into the new year. They are keeping their momentum going with the release of their official video for “In The Flowers”.The video, as you expected, [...]
I am still waiting to hear Animal Collective’s new EP, Fall Be Kind. In the meantime, we have the Brother Sport single to hold us over. It comes with a live version of Bleeding, a track off the Fall Be Kinde EP. The live version was recording in California during their tour earlier this year.The [...]
Atlas Sound (a.k.a.) Bradford Cox put up a virtual 7″ of two new songs on his blog. The virtual 7″ features “Doctor” which is a Five Discs Cover, and a new Atlas Sound song called “The Screens”They are both highly enjoyable tracks that should help me soundtrack my boring Wednesday night. I am procrastinating on [...]
Just came across this pretty epic live video of U2 playing “Sunday Bloody Sunday” live at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. What makes this video special is that Jay-Z himself comes out to spit some rhymes. How cool is that?“Sunday Bloody Sunday” is one of my favorite songs of all time, it is practically a perfect [...]
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