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Record Hop [all hail North Texas!]
Sounds Like: Thom Yorke, if Thom Yorke were a girl from Denton who played in a punky grunge band.RIYL: The Jesus Lizard, Geraldine Fibbers, The Apes, sitting in the corner of a bar taunting hipstersResponse: I ask that you please take note of the un-contemporary (I hesitate to say "old-fashioned") nature of the bands in the "recommended if you like" line. I did that on purporse. Why? Because Re...
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Color Fading Menu with jQueryBusiness Development CentreMyNewCompany.comFor information on how to incorporatePremium Web 2.0 Design | Front-End, Quality from Budapestcool web 2.0 profile site
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Duck & Cover Joins the Groove Network
It's a little like the music blog hall of fame, but with neither the hall nor the fame The good folks over at the [exclusive] Groove Network have invited Duck & Cover (that's us) to be counted in their number. Check out their site. See how many blogs are members? Talk about indie! So, what does this mean to the blog? It means we're in a community of serious music bloggers, and we're referring ...
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960 Grid SystemCSS FrameworksBlueprint CSSCSS Framework10 CSS MistakesPHP and XML database applicationsPHP XML SimpleXMLXML and the PHP web appPHP XML and PHP Tutorials12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean | CSS | Smashing Magazine
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AlwaysVPN | DownloadAlwaysVPN is a hosted virtual private network. Our service creates an encrypted link between your computer and our servers and then forwards all of your internet traffic through this link.Sharepod Frees Your iPod From iTunesCSS Advanced Layout Module
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Lukestar :: Lake Toba [who knew Norway was so emo?]
Sounds Like: the farther north you go the more constricted your voice becomes; Santa sings in the boys' choir. RIYL: Pedro the Lion, The Thrills, Band of Horses, rearranging the furniture because it's TuesdayPersonal Response: While Norwegian band Lukestar is not breaking any ground, they're far from tired. Within the signature pop staccato riffs and big chords there lies comfort in the familia...
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Nous Non Plus is a friend of faux
Sounds Like: The New Pornographers on a strict diet of baguette and escargo. RIYL: Feist, France, Blonde Redhead, sewing, wearing tight red turtlenecks. Personal Reaction: Ménagerie, the latest album from Francophonic popsters Nous Non Plus, which includes an homage to "Tuff Ghost" by Montreal's Unicorns (en Français, naturellement) will find a home in fans of indie pop (emphasis on "pop"), Fre.
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Fight the Big Bull [Cannot Be Put Into Words]
Disclaimer: Idea (and most of the images) stolen from the Fight the Big Bull MySpace pageSounds Like: RIYL: Personal Reaction: Band :: Fight the Big Bull Album :: Dying Will Be EasySong :: Ken Vandermark Experiments 1 (studio version)
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Vote, and You Shall Receive [free MP3 of Wilco and Fleet Foxes, that is]
Go to Wilcoworld, and you can download a free MP3 of Wilco and Fleet Foxes covering Boby Dylan's "I Shall Be Released." The catch? You must promise to vote.But since I know that all our dedicated Duck & Cover readers are voters, anyway, I'm billing this as a free MP3. So go tell Wilco that you're a voter and get your reward.(photo of guitar rack on-stage at Wilco's set during Outside Lands via ...
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Frightened Rabbit is Ill But They're Not Dead
I forgot to mention you can dance to itSounds Like: Ten years ago you left your mother and father and sisters and your best friend and your good friends and you promised to write and you meant what you said and you tried to you really really tried to call but there were waves and the night swallowed everyone and the food on the islands and those accents and all the sounds from across the desert...
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Prog Act Marillion Releases Free Album
Here at Duck & Cover headquarters (read: my office cubicle), we were stunned to learn that UK prog band Marillion was releasing a new album through the P2P channels as a free download. Stunned and dismayed because we had no idea Marillion was still together, let alone up on the P2P action. Well, the joke's on us. Here's how it works, according to their Wikipedia page: Upon downloading the files...
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Guitar-Strumming Hands Should Be the Devil's Playground
Constant Reader-Yello! It is rare that I must come speak to you in this milieu, but sweet baby jesus, you must be made aware of this before it's too late. As you may well know, the great historical works of our mutual heritage have been co-opted, and we sit idly by, somewhat bemused, as mewling imbeciles press buttons and strum their controllers, attempting to capture the maudlin themes of Blac...
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Odd Stories in the World of Music
As it's Friday, we like to round up a few of the stranger music-related stories and share them with our beloved readers. First, there was the TechDirt article about bands (or the labels who represent the bands) who pull their songs from iTunes after said songs have become popular. Apparently, they think it will force people to buy more CDs, which is kind of like selling tires, then shutting all...
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Guitar Player's Pick :: Robert Buras
Guest blogger Drew Zackary needs a day off. We wonder where he finds time to send us his guitar player's pick each month.The underground eats the years, breaks all your E strings; spits out death, obscure city workers, and suburban gardeners decades after the cocaine and long hair. . .I Digress.Robert Buras. 1975-2007. Found dead in his apartment in Oslo (here's an amazing video of his band wi...
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Toronto's Woodhands Create Sleight of Ear With Heart Attack LP
Sounds Like: It's 2am on a clear, early autumn night and your friends say, "let's go to a club;" the song that pops into your head. RIYL: The Presets, Riton, Human League, Depeche Mode, LCD SoundsystemPersonal Response: The invitation is white with red letters reading "Dance Hall, Rm 16", and the outside looks familiar enough: iron door, dark facade, bass you feel in your feet--your stock stand...
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Songbird: What iTunes Could Have Been
They're calling it "the Firefox of media players." Which is catchy. A lot catchier than "what iTunes could have been were it not linked to the evil that is the iTunes Music Store." Although both descriptions have their particular charms. But not as charming as the Songbird mascot, which appears to be a flatulent sparrow. If you want a good description of the features (built-in Last.fm scrobblin...
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My Last Tip(ple)
Contributor and friend of D&C, Nick recounts the worries and glories of searching for beer in a new country. When Nick is not recovering from bouts of drunken debauchery, he whiles away the hours as a kick-ass User Experience Designer in London.You'll have to excuse the short break between this and the previous post of mine about beer. I've been testing my Spanish while hanging out on the beach...
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Arms :: KIds Aflame [at Times Disarming, But Mostly Unarmed]
Arms is on tour with Vampire Weekend. That's as interesting at it gets.Sounds Like: A band who has found their sound . . . wait, they just lost it . . . no--there it is . . . nope, gone; it's gone . . . RIYL: The Strokes, Kings of Leon, Silver JewsPersonal Response: I went to college with a guy who didn't know he was funny. Yet some of the quips and observations that came out of his mouth were ...
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