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Band of Horses visit The Current studio for an interview and live performance. LA Weekly shares a 2008 interview with the recently departed author Jose Saramago. Kathryn Calder of the New Pornographers talks to the Capital Times. Eye Weekly interviews... [full post]

The Pass — Trap Of Mirrors

Dad Rocks! — NOTHING KEEPS MASTER

Darren Hanlon — All These Things

Snuffaluffagus — brazilwood poetry

Black Mountain — The Hair Song

The Poison Arrows — Unveiled In Sequence

Grand Lake — Louise (I Live In A Fantasy)

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Booya! This makes me want to take out Marvel Ultimate Alliance and whip some butt as Thor until the movie’s in theaters.

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Big thanks to Art in the Age for pinning down Islands and getting them to perform two new songs acoustically. No word on when the new album will be ready, but this definitely bodes well for its speedy arrival!

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King Khan & The Shrines — Land Of The Freak - Tagged

Cymbals Eat Guitars — Wind Phoenix   

The Thermals — I Don't Believe You

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lannegan — Trouble

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I am on vacation and have a spotty connection, but I’ve found a few gems whilst poking around. Go away and see! Amanda Palmer has released a so-cheap-it’s-basically-free (pick your price starting at $0.84) album of Radiohead covers on the ukelele. (link) See Green covers LCD Soundsystem’s “I Can Change.” (link) Allison Crowe is a [...] [full post]

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1. CHEW. As you read this, I am lounging on the beach. And I may very well be reading volume one of John Layman and Rob Guillory’s Chew. My buddy Chris has been bugging me to read it for about a year now, and Amazon had it as part of their “4 for 3” deals, [...] [full post]

Mock & Toof — 10. Suppress Your Feelings-Mstd

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COSMETICS — SLEEPWALKING

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San Francisco’s own Kevin Sanders in 1987, rivaling Ray Davies in his finer moments. This song is so addicting and every bit as strong as a lot of Kinks material – but with its tongue in cheek lyrics and bizarre 80′s motifs somehow much more listenable than them at the moment. Everything about this video [...] [full post]

Magic Kids — Summer

Hot Chip — Transmission

Atlas Sound — Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox)

The Concretes — Good Evening

Taken By Trees — Anna

The Very Best — Warm Heart Of Africa (feat Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend)

Gayngs — The Gaudy Side of Town

jj — from africa to málaga

Best Coast — Sun Was High (So Was I)

Drive-By Truckers — Strutter\*

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Adding to the list of groups you didn’t know needed to reunite, the surviving members of the Cars are hinting at a 23-year reunion via a Facebook photo of Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson and Elliot Easton in a Boston studio. (Original bassist Benjamin Orr died in 2000 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.) [...] [full post]

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James Blake really impressed me with this one. With more and more people entering into the dubstep world its become increasingly difficult to standout. Blake creates some of the most interesting beats while maintaining the simplicity of what dubstep is supposed to be. James Blake- CMYK Share and Enjoy: Related posts:Blake Miller- Tomorrow Sorrow I [...] Related posts:

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It's scratchy, experimental, lo-fi and has almost 40 seconds of background toy keyboard tugs to kick things off. Yep, something this scattershot shouldn't really work but 'Haitian Noise Piece' is a gorgeous rambling mess. Mike Nyhan is the man at the controls and Clean Equations is what he calls himself when this chaotic noise erupts. It should appeal to those who enjoy making the join between No Age, Times New Viking and the Beastie Boys and there'll be lots more where that came from when Clean Equations' debut record 'People/Variables' comes out in September. If it is as memorable as 'Haitian Noise Piece' there will be a lots of people itching to attend ‘a cool record release party’. KD

Clean Equations - Haitian Noise Piece

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In which a working stiff experiences raw sirloin bursting through his skin to the sounds of Beck’s disembodied moans and pleasantly dusky vocals, overtop Tobacco’s “Terrible Lie” reminiscent synth-wonk spunk. The album’s called Maniac Meat, which might explain at least one visual herein. Allen Cordell directs. It’s the second track (after “Fresh Hex“) we’ve heard [...] [full post]

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Despite the fact they’re easily catchable around any of many Brooklyn listening rooms, I most recently enjoyed NJ BTW and Galaxie acolytes Real Estate at the Subterranean in Chicago, at a show serving as a de facto afterparty for night-last of the Pitchfork Music Festival. An unreleased and untitled song during that set, which is [...] [full post]

Ween — Reggaejunkiejew

Ween — The Goin' Gets Tough from the Getgo

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Kanye West visited the Facebook campus yesterday to debut some new songs from his upcoming album, which is no longer named Good Ass Job, according to his newly-created @kanyewest Twitter account. He performed without music, on top of a table, inside of a great-looking suit. He posted a video on his blog, along with this [...] [full post]

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Nice to see swine flu hasn’t roughed up the smooth, lacquered baritone of Mr. Lekman. Just a bit after giving us some Summer In 3/4 Time, though still without full word on an album to kill the anticipation, Jens drops a new single titled, typically lyrically, “The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love.” He [...] [full post]

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Barcelona-based DJ dude John Talabot dabbles in house and the naturally occurring sunbleached sounds of the domestic scene he’s taken root in, a combo making him a natural ally of Delorean’s. Last I saw him, he DJd before and after that band’s set at the True Panther-curated MoMA PS1 WarmUp kick off — today he [...] [full post]

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As mentioned, each of the eight tracks on the Chemical Brothers seventh LP Further is getting its own “short film” (aka video) by longtime visual collaborators Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall. This is the “short film” (aka video) they did for “Another World.” Further is out via Freestyle Dust/Astralwerks. [full post]

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You’ve heard “Marathon” and “Baltimore,” two singles from the boat-sailing indie-pop lovers of Tennis. The 7″ that hosts those tracks has a third, this one here titled “Cape Dory.” It’s another charming ditty, some sun, some guitars on fuzz, a lot of “sha-la-la”s. (via GvsB) The Tennis 7″ is out 7/31 via Underwater People — pre-order it. [...] [full post]

Tamaryn — The Waves

Tamaryn — Choirs of Winter

Slowdive — Alison

Depeche Mode — Blasphemous Rumours

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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Sick City is one of the funniest books I have read all year. Tony O'Neill's dark humor... [full post]

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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Sick City is one of the funniest books I have read all year. Tony O'Neill's dark humor... [full post]

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Woke up today with a craving for his tunes. Also just wanted to post this new photo of him because it’s pretty amazing. Chocolatebobka just posted this video by him which is my favorite thing I’ve seen from Ducktails in awhile. It definitely sets the summer tone pretty perfectly: [full post]

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Ash – Carnal Love from Alex Turvey on Vimeo. Carnal Love revisits that winning Ash formula – a soaring guitar riff matched with Wheeler’s effortless melodies. Another solid pop classic in the thrilling progression of the A-Z series. [full post]

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So far we’ve heard “Lights” and “Barricade” from Interpol’s upcoming self-titled fourth collection. The guys stay mopey and mid-tempo on “Memory Serves,” which you can hear over at The Hook (Thanks for the tip, Kunal). Interpol is out in 9/14 via Matador. [full post]

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Cinematic wartime clip from everyone’s favorite late night talk show house band, call it How I Got Over Private Ryan, or something. How I Got Over is out via Def Jam. Reminder: Questo is DJing Brandon’s PS1 WarmUp show on 8/14. [full post]

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Going into the photo pit, the photographers were split into two groups. The first went in for the first song, the second group for the second song. I decided to hold back and wait to be in the second group and man am I glad I did. Big Boi’s second song was the Outkast favorite [...]

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Sierra Hull — The Hard Way (Keith Urban cover)

Kathy Mattea — The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Jean Ritchie cover)

Red Molly — Gulf Coast Highway (Nanci Griffith cover)

The Hartmans — On Jordan's Stormy Bank (trad.)

Red Molly — You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive (Darrell Scott cover)

Sam Bush — Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) (Randy Newman cover)

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In the weekly Atomic Books Comics Preview, Benn Ray highlights notable new comics and graphic novels. Benn Ray is the owner of Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore. The Mobtown Shank is his blog, and his comic Said... [full post]

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In the weekly Atomic Books Comics Preview, Benn Ray highlights notable new comics and graphic novels. Benn Ray is the owner of Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore. The Mobtown Shank is his blog, and his comic Said... [full post]

Jim Croce — One Less Set Of Footsteps

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In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn's WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week. WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in Greenpoint, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn, that celebrated its third anniversary this March. Our... [full post]

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In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn's WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week. WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in Greenpoint, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn, that celebrated its third anniversary this March. Our... [full post]

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The xx :: Shelter (John Talabot Feel it Too remix) [full post]

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It’s Major Lazer, baby! I don’t know what I expected Major Lazer’s show to be like… but I pretty much got nothing right. Diplo DJed (including vocal tracks) and Skerrit Bwoy was the most insane hype man I’ve ever seen. I don’t think there’s anything I can say about the show (other than it was [...]

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World Unite/Lucifer Youth Foundation changed their acronym — WU LYF — to stand for What Up/Loving Young Females since we made them a Band To Watch, so we are definitely going to refer to them WU LYF from now on. There’s no pronounceable acronym for their latest track, “I Got Dem Wu Wu Busted Teef [...] [full post]

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Despite booking a series of metal shows in Brooklyn, I’m not really a show promoter, but when a particular tour or invented/imagined potential lineup seems particularly amazing, I pretend to be one and figure out how to make it happen. Which is why I teamed with Brooklyn Vegan to do the Altar Of Plagues show [...] [full post]

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New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman talks to Boise Weekly. Steven Adler, the original Guns 'N' Roses drummer, has published a memoir, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N’ Roses. The Huffington Post interviews author James Hynes. BlackBook... [full post]

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New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman talks to Boise Weekly. Steven Adler, the original Guns 'N' Roses drummer, has published a memoir, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N’ Roses. The Huffington Post interviews author James Hynes. BlackBook... [full post]

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If there’s one thing that seems to always ease the hearts of those on my facebook and twitter list, it’s the announcement of a new Jens Lekman song. Like a weaker version of Morrissey, Jens tends to inspire some very strong devotion from his fans. And it’s for a good reason — Jens is a [...]

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Milwaukee pop quartet’s “The Stroller” sounds more weathered than lead tracks on debut albums usually sound. (Note: Because it’s their Sub Pop “debut,” not their actual debut, duh…) Take another listen via this interstellar Beach Blanket Bingo directed by Cole/Rock ‘N’ Roller Remote Controller. That’s How We Burn came out yesterday via Sub Pop. You can [...] [full post]

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As I was leaving Pitchfork toward the end of Pavement’s set, Matt the Ice Cream Man introduced me to one of the members of St Vincent’s backing band. I asked him what instrument he played, noting that I pretty much just focused on Annie. His reply: “I think that’s kind of the point.” St Vincent [...]

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Spaghetti Western String Co. — A Minor Pasta Breakdown

Spaghetti Western String Co. — A Minor Pasta Breakdown

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Gwyneth Paltrow has another single out, titled “Country Strong,” after her upcoming film with the same name. It’s terrible! But mostly it reminds me of the month I spent in the Philippines, when her other single, a duet with Huey Lewis (R.I.P.) from her karaoke movie Duets played nonstop in every bar and mall in [...] [full post]

Mirah — Gone Are All the Days (Disco Mix)