It felt like Christmas when I opened my inbox today and found the download link for the first single from the new Avett Brothers album. And fortunately this gift was exactly what I was hoping for. It’s a heartfelt folk love song for the city of Brooklyn. It reminds me a lot of some of [...]Related Posts Avett Brothers Announce New Album ACL Preview – The Wood Brothers Torture Review: Jo
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Torture Review: Jonas Brothers – Lines, Vines, and Trying Times
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So now that it’s summer, I have more freetime on my hands. So why not take this wonderful relaxing period to review some albums?I thought the new Jonas Brothers album, Lines, Vines, and Trying Times might be a good start.Track 1. World War IIIFor a track about “World War” it’s pretty upbeat. Lyrics are pure [...]Related Posts New Song From The Avett Brothers ACL Preview – The Wood Brot
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Emanuel and the Fear
So I have a band here that you all will love that I have kept all to myself for far too long. They are an 11-piece orchestral rock band that focus on fusing “modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition.” Every member of Emanuel and the Fear has been classically trained in [...]Related Posts Conor Oberst Releases Second Album w/ Mystical Valley Band Guster is for Lovers
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Takka Takka Cover Phil Collins
For this week’s cover song I bring another track off of the Guilt By Association project. I wouldn’t say that I am a Phil Collins fan, but I respect him as an incredible percussionist, and I can appreciate a good majority of his vast music career. I recently had a good friend of my share [...]Related Posts Take Cover Guilt By Association Round 2 The Bird and the Bee Cover Rihanna
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Would you spend a dollar on this?
Artists are getting crazy. First Radiohead decides to let customers name their price. Then Girl Talk follows suit. And now Fanfarlo is practically giving their album “Reservoir” away until July 4 for the ridiculously low price of $1. There are very few albums that I would turn down for $1. Actually, I take that back. [...]Related Posts I Wish I Lived in Virginia 2009 Line Up for
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3 Song Thursday: Where is IHYEB? & Remix Wednesday turns ONE YEAR OLD!
It’s been a solid NINE days since any of our unpaid staff writers added a single word to this beautiful hunk of internet. Our thoughts?We’re Sorry! I’m sure you were very scared for us, thinking that maybe the man finally took us down, or that maybe one of the staff died, but I assure [...]Related Posts RW: Rebel Rebel (Soulwax Re-Edit) RW: Kids (Soulwax Remix) Remix Wednesday: The Still
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Vampire Weekend + Ra Ra Riot = Discovery
Wes Miles, the lead singer for Ra Ra Riot, and Rostam Batmanglij, the keyboardist for Vampire Weekend, have teamed up to form an indie pop super group called Discovery. Their debut album, LP, is set to hit stores July 7th. For a sample of what’s come check out their first single, “Orange Shirt.” It sounds [...]Related Posts It Feels So Unnatural, Peter Gabriel Agrees Remix Wednesda
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Iron & Wine Cover New Order’s “Love Vigilantes”
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So I love cover songs. It is one of the greatest joys to hear an artist take someone else’s song and make it his own. Now I know I have promised this before, but I really mean it when I say to you this time that I plan on bringing you a new great cover [...]Related Posts Iron & Wine Brightens Our May Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog Lessons From Late Night
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ACL Preview - The Low Anthem
For my first artist recommendation for your ACL festival trip this coming fall, I have chosen a band called The Low Anthem. I first discovered this band from a Paste Sampler late last year. The name of the song was “Charlie Darwin” and I absolutely loved it. It is a hauntingly gorgeous song. It’s the [...]
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RW: Smile Like You Mean It (Fischerspooner Remix)
I like Fischerspooner. I happen to like them a lot. Imagine my happiness when I found a remix they did of The Killer’s Smile Like You Mean It. Well… my happiness was put on hold after hearing it.I’m not saying this is a bad remix… but it’s… not the best remix.There’s a lot of distortion [...]Related Posts It Must Be Wednesday: Deceptacon Remix Remix Wednesday: The Killers (Dub Mixe
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Music video of the Week: Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks”
There is a certain gamble when it comes to slow developing music videos. Wait too long for the payoff and you risk losing those viewers with short attention spans. Such is potentially the case with this Grizzly Bear video for their song “Two Weeks.” I give all this preface to encourage you to stick with [...]Related Posts Music Video of the Week: Bodies of Water, “Under the Pines”
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New Coldplay Live Album
For the time being Coldplay is giving away a live album that they just recorded. The album is called LeftRightLeftRightLeft, and includes a very enjoyable track selection that ranges from A Rush of Blood to Prospekt’s March but mostly includes songs from Viva La Vida. Honestly I didn’t really expect much from it when I [...]Related Posts New Coldplay Song Coldplay Sued For Plagarism RW: M
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This Camera Is Lovely
So this week’s selection isn’t technically a “music video.” But it is a video that has music in it. And it was createad by none other than our very own music video contributer Justin MetCalfe. This short film entitled “This Camera Is Lovely,” stars Nathan Hollis and Suzanna Green and features the music of Charles [...]Related Posts Justin MetCalfe Makes Video for Album Leaf In
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RW: The Reeling (Calvin Harris Remix)
I’m a big fan of the work of Calvin Harris. I’m also a follower of Passion Pit. Put them together, and I’m going to have something that definitely peaks my interests.The remix retains a lot of the feel of the original, basically retaining the same overall structure and order. About thirty seconds in, a bass line that just [...]Related Posts Remix Wednesday: Hearts on Fire (Calvin Harris
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New Modest Mouse Song “Satellite Skin”
So I know I’m a little late on sharing this song with you, but I thought today, Music Video Monday, would be a good day, since they just released a video for it over the weekend that you can watch right here. While the Kevin Willis directed video is interesting and a bit creepy, the [...]Related Posts Lenka Covers Modest Mouse Music video of the Week: Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” Dark Night
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Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange
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Well, Deerhunter are swiftly becoming this generation’s Pixies. Bradford Cox may not be the demented wordsmith that Frank Black once was, but there are definitely parallels. It’s not just the lyrical fixation on Biblical violence, the use of dynamics, or the theremin in “Famous Last Words.” It’s the compressed songwriting.Pop and its investers have always [...]
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RW: Since You’ve Been Gone One of These Nights
Before I get started today, I gotta give some backstory. One of our lovely readers, @jonodom, challenged anybody and everybody to listen to their entire music library from A-Z. I took up the challenge, as some peeps who follow me on twitter, @codybrom (shameless plug), might already know. Anyways, I was hoping that maybe I’d [...]Related Posts Counting Crows – Saturday Nights & Sunday Morning
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Music Video of the Week: James Yuill “No Pins Allowed”
Everything about this weeks video is downright bizarre. Don’t take that to mean bad, just wanted to forewarn you:He certainly has an interesting sound (the label referres to it as “Folktronica”) and I am curious to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. Currently he only has an EP out (which features 2 [...]Related Posts Music Video of the Week: Bodies of Water, “Under the Pines
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Waxploitation: Causes 2
Waxploitation records has just released the second installment of their ongoing benefit series for Darfur. 100% of all profits made on this stellar compilation will go to Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam America. Each of these three organizations are doing incredible things to help those suffering from the crises taking place in [...]Related Posts “Monsters of Folk
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Manchester Orchestra pics
I am slightly embarrassed, nay, ashamed, to have taken this long to post these pictures from a recent Manchester Orchestra show. My unbelievably talented brother Tyler took these at a show they played in Norman about a month ago: Waste some time at work/school by checking out his flickr page.Related Posts Download the [...]Related Posts Download the newest Manchester Orchestra The Vegeta..
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