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New Camera Obscura video in the style of a travelogue

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The Pet Shop Boys announce tour dates + a special surprise.

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HQ live footage of The Big Pink: The XX. At Point Ephémère in Paris

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  Animal Collective

Phaseone remixes Animal Collective. Raver music because you like it like that.

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Details about the new Basement Jaxx album and the music video of their lead single.

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  Nas
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  No Apologies Vol. 1

Untitiled has been out for a while now, so long that I am craving even more new Nas. These two tapes have satisfied my hunger for now. Tracklist and Links after the jump.

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Steve Aoki mixes NASA's gifted

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Big Sean + Kanye West = another win for GOOD music

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New Hov, that's all there is to say

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This week marks the one year of our blog, The Umbilical Chord.

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St. Vincent performs songs from her latest album, Actor, on Minnesota Public Radio.

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  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performing "Telling the Truth and Going Away" during the end credits of the Great Buck Howard

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Peaches released a new video for “Lose You” from her new album I Feel Cream. The album was produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, (which makes me excited because I like both acts) Soulwax, Digitalism, and Drums of Death.I Feel Cream came out in early May to favorable reviews so it is [...]

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First fauna and now flora. Sorry Bubbles and Buttercup but the theme of the week is "Blossom."

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Great news for Yo La Tengo fans. The follow-up to 2006’s I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is on its way. Popular Songs, the soon to be 12th full-length studio album from the band, will be at record stores near you September 8th.Their record label, Matador, has released [...]

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New video from Dinosaur Jr. for "Over It" from their upcoming album Farm

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While I am already plugging things related to DC, here's the new video from Wale featuring Lady Gaga. The video features a lot of DC area sites.

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  MGMT

MGMT finally releases the official video for their song "Kids" from the album Oracular Spectacular

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Spotlight of a local band hitting the road.

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