Yesterday the Punch Brothers released their third full-length album yesterday on Nonesuch Records. You can stream the entire album all week over at Spinner or you can purchase it here: Who’s Feeling Young Now? If you are unfamiliar with Punch Brothers, they are a bluegrass group that Chris Thile started shortly after Nickel Creek called it [...]
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New Punch Brothers – “Who’s Feeling Young Now?”
Watch Bon Iver Play “Perth” with The Roots
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While in New York for his appearance on SNL, Justin Vernon was kind enough to drop by Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night studio and record a quick little session with everybody’s favorite late night house band. With the help of ?uestlove and The Roots, Bon Iver delivers a very cool and groovin’ version of one of [...]
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New Tennis Album – “Young & Old”
Retro indie-pop band, Tennis, is set to release their sophomore record, Young & Old, tomorrow on Fat Possum Records. Tennis made quite the splash on the music scene last year with their stellar debut, Cape Dory. The nautical themed record sounded as if it fell straight out of the 50′s and included one of my [...]
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The Civil Wars – “To Whom It May Concern” Book
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Last week The Civil Wars released a limited edition photo book, that documents the past year since the release of their debut album Barton Hollow, on February 1st 2011. The photography was done by Allister Ann and Tec Petaja and depicts the life on the road for this crazy busy duo that has been selling out [...]
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The Head and the Heart – “Down in the Valley” Video
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Earlier this week, Seattle indie follksters, The Head and the Heart released the official video for their charming song “Down in the Valley”. The video gives you a glimpse into “the touring life”. It’s a fun little trip that goes from sleeping in vans on the road to setting up the stage to rockin’ [...]
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12 Most Anticipated Albums of 2012
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I know I am a little late on this, but here are the albums that I am looking forward to hearing the most. Please understand this is not my guess at what will be the best albums of 2012, or my attempt at finding the pulse of what the general public is most excited about. [...]
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“Up All Night” Is Hilarious
So in case you were wondering, Up All Night is a really funny show. If you haven’t watched it yet, you should definitely give it a chance. This show has potential t0 be around for a while. There is an endless amount of funny material based around the impact a new born baby has on [...]
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Teitur – Let the Dog Drive Home
I absolutely wore out Danish singer/songwriter Teitur Lassen’s debut album Poetry & Aeroplanes. It may have been the most played album for me from my college days. In fact my wife and I had some of our best friends play one of the songs off the album for us in our wedding. That is how [...]
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The Best Music from the Super Bowl XLVI Commercials
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The commercials from this year’s super bowl may not have been very funny, but they did have some pretty good music. Here is a short list I put together of my favorite songs found in a commercial featured during this year’s super bowl. This list is in no significant order, other than starting with my [...]
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BUXTON – “Boy of Nine” Video
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There’s a new 5-piece indie folk-rock ensemble known as BUXTON that released their debut album this week. With a some prickly guitar, a fast-pickin’ bangjo, and pulsing accordian, it will be right up your alley. You can watch the video for their first single, “Boy of Nine”, below. These guys are playing mostly small venues [...]
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Man or Muppet?
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As a child, I absolutely LOVED The Muppets movies. And as an adult, I may actually love them even more. It’s hard to say, which movie is my favorite. I am a big fan of Muppet Treasure Island, although I am pretty sure that The Great Muppet Caper was probably the movie that got the [...]
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Sound Supply
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There is a cool new company called Sound Supply, that is giving us a new way to purchase music. 10 albums for $15. This bundled deal is a fun way to get cheap music and to give some new sounds a chance. Their first bundle includes several artists that have been previously featured here on [...]
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Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
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Here is my current obsession. I have been playing this tragic break-up tune on repeat for the past couple of weeks. I’m probably going wear it out soon, and I am pretty sure I’ve already ruined it for several of my friends. I don’t really care for all of the remixes and covers that have [...]
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My 12 Most Anticipated Films of 2012
In my humble opinion, 2011 was pretty poor year for cinema. Don’t get me wrong, I saw a lot of enjoyable films this past year, from The Muppets to the final Harry Potter film, to the Amblin homage Super 8. But that is just what they were, enjoyable. I di2dn’t leave the theater disappointed very [...]
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The Help
My wife and I have a tradition of spending the winter months leading up to the Oscars, catching up on seeing all of the most nominated films. Last night, we watched The Help. I was pleasantly surprised with the film adaptation of this story. Obviously it lacked a lot of the character development that made [...]
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Bon Joviver
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Indie rock band, Miracles of Modern Science, have given the internet world a fun little treat with their new mini-project, Bon Joviver. They have taken the musical stylings of Bon Iver and combined them with the classic 80′s pop tune, “You Give Love a Bad Name”, written by, of course, Bon Jovi. Thus, giving us [...]
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Help Cass Harris Release First Full-Length Album via Kickstarter
Back in the summer of 2008 I first shared with you about a friend of mine that had released an short little self-produced EP called Four for the Road. Well 3 years later Cass Harris has not given up on the dream and is currently working towards a big-time record release. He doesn’t want to [...]
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