Will Oldham's new album Beware (released under his pseudonym Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) is pretty awesome. The most awesome-est song on it is likely "I am Goodbye," about which I have already written. It's so awesome, in fact, that Drag City had Will walk around a city and sing the song for a music video. Don't [...]
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[VIDEO] Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: “I am Goodbye”
[VIDEO] Bishop Allen: “Dimmer”
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Bishop Allen just released this video for “Dimmer” from their new album Grrr… which comes out Tuesday. It’s a pretty lo-fi, stylized video that’s a great compliment to the song. My goal for today is to write out an interview I did with Justin Rice of Bishop Allen. It’s almost an hour long, so get [...]
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Tom Morello/Boots Riley collab “Street Sweeper” touring with NIN/Jane’s Addiction
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Boots Riley in LexingtonRemember that NIN/JA tour? Well they’re going to be joined by the Tom Morello (RATM) + Boots Riley (the Coup) group Street SweeperTrent had this to say on his twitter account:“Fuck yeah! Street Sweeper featuring Tom Morello and Boots Riley is joining us on tour this summer.”He sounds even more excited than [...]
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[MP3] Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: “Statues”
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IGIF just posted this new CYHSY song to a less than glowing review. Maybe they set the bar so startlingly low that it was able for the song to leap easily over, or maybe it actually is a good tune. Whatever the cause, I enjoyed it enough to share here. MP3: Clap Your Hands Say [...]
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Grizzly Bear announce Veckatimest tour dates
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Grizzly Bear's new album Veckatimest has leaked and is getting love from all corners of the internet. Now the Grizz are going to take their show on the road in order to really drive all the love home. Having seen the band four times, I can tell you that these aren't shows you want to [...]
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[VIDEO] St. Vincent debuts new Actor songs
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St. Vincent - The Strangers (live)I’ve been unfairly busy the past few days, so I missed the videos of St. Vincent debuting new material at San Francisco’s Noise Pop! festival. I like other music fans (and straight males) really enjoy St. Vincent’s album Marry Me and am now eagerly waiting her follow-up, Actor. Is it [...]
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[MP3] Earlimart: “Too Many People” // Aquarium Drunkard’s RAM on L.A. benefit/tribute album
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Just when I think I have a sufficient number of irons in the fire, Justin from Aquarium Drunkard puts me to shame. His latest jewel is the RAM on LA album which you can download at his site. It’s both a tribute to Paul McCartney’s album RAM done by LA-area musicians, and a fundraiser for [...]
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Ariel Pink & Vivian Girls playing Lexington in April
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I’ve got to say that WRFL is doing a great job booking this semester. Lexington isn’t getting the biggest bands, but we’re getting tons that are on the cutting edge. In addition to the Women/Crystal Stilts show on March 16, now we’ve got the Ariel Pink/Vivian Girls to look forward to! MP3: Vivian Girls - [...]
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[VIDEO] Eels cover Prince’s “I Could Never Take the Place Of Your Man” backed by string section
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I’ve spent the past few weeks catching up on two artists I’ve largely ignored until the past year: Eels and Prince. So while youtubing to see if I could find the performance of “Trouble with Dreams” from the Live With Strings tour, I ran across this cover of Mark Everett and his band covering Prince’s [...]
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Robert Schneider debuts new Apples in Stereo material on ABC New’s Amplified
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I knew ABC News was going to do a feature on Robert, but holy cow I didn't expect all this. They put together a seven-minute feature that hits on his kid's album Robbert Bobbert, math and — most importantly — some new Apples in Stereo songs. Stream the Amplified feature on Robert Schneider The new tunes [...]
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Stream new (MF) DOOM: “That’s That”
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by geener on Flickr Sterogum posted this new DOOM track today. After about four listens through, I still can't make up my mind. At first I thought it was pretty weak, but now it's growing on me. Still, I can't help but be let down that DOOM's first track in a while didn't grab me by [...]
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[MP3] Ivana XL: “Red Red Sun”
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Aaaaand here's part two of that Ivana XL bundle I promised you. This is the second new song Ivana sent me last week; you can download/hear the fist one here. MP3: Ivana XL - Red Red Sun The way Ivana plays guitar on this song is like someone banging on a piano — not only [...]
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Kanye agrees, new mobile video phone concept is awesome
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Image via Engadget Over on his blog, Kanye scooped even Engadget by covering the concept for a new mobile phone-slash-regular phone that looks straight out of Minority Report. The Conduit mobile phone would have three functions to its phone body: a regular phone, a PDA stylus and as a mobile video phone. Wild, huh? Don't [...]
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[VIDEO] White Stripes play “We’re Going to Be Friends” for Conan’s last night on Late Night
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Turns out I forgot to hit "Publish" on this. Oops! Last night Jack and Meg played Conan's favorite White Stripes song to close out his 16 years as the host of Late Night. They made it a little more… emotive … than the recorded version and it's a little awkward at times. However, I could see [...]
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[VIDEO] the Colbert Report: “Stephen’s Namesakes”
||| In a week off from the Colbert Report I was thrilled to find out that the Colbert Nation has posted a few great compilation videos. This one is of the best highlights from shows where Stephen has talked about things named after him — everything from endangered species, minor league hockey teams, European bridges to [...]
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[VIDEO] Ben Gibbard covers Nilsson’s “Cuddly Toy” live
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It seems lately I've capped my nights with about an hour or so of Wikipediaing. Yesterday's topic was on various Marvel Comics characters and plots; today's subject was Harry Nilsson. One surprising fact I learned was that Nilsson wrote one of my favorite Monkeys tracks, "Cuddly Toy." After Youtubing around for a sample of it, [...]
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[CONTEST] Win a Handsome Furs shirt from Insound/YANP
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"Hey Matt, are you running too many contests this week?" Only because I love you, dear reader. MP3: Handsome Furs - I'm Confused This time around it's a contest to win a sweet tshirt courtesy of Insound. You can check it out, or order a shirt album download, by going here. It's designed by [...]
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REMINDER: Mahjongg playing Lexington tomorrow
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Just thought I'd post a quick reminder that Mahjongg will be playing Lexington tomorrow, Feb 12 at Al's Bar. It's a You Ain't No PIcasso-sponsored show, so you know it's going to be a good time. Speaking of which, we've got that Women/Crystal Stilts show coming up that I'm way excited about. Thurs/Feb 12 - [...]
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[VIDEO] Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds trailer
Thanks to /Film for the trailer. I avoided reading the script for this when it leaked to the web, so I'm wildly excited to get to see my first glimpses of what'll be happening in Tarantino's newest.
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[MP3] The New Mary Jane: “Hail the Young Girls”
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Let's just get this out of the way: "The New Mary Jane" is a horrible band name. Absolutely awful. Unless this guy's mom asked him to name the band this on her death bed, I'm going to have a hard time forgiving him quickly. Also, the guy's got no decent press photo for me to [...]
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