I nearly broke into a cold sweat today when I saw that Barsuk had emailed me about the Starlight Mints. I just knew they were going to chew me out for putting up their new song “Sixteen Devils”. Turns out that they just wanted to let me know that today they put up the first [...]

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Remember when I confessed that I’d never listened to XTC and everyone pitched several fits? Well get your pitchforks ready (pun intended), because I’ve never heard Stereolab either. The band’s new album, Fab Four Suture is a wonderful collection of songs. Half of the songs were released last year as singles, and half are as-yet-unheard [...]

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Is Michael Nau a music fan’s dream? The Page France songwriter has been posting unreleased songs on his myspace, complete with back stories for each one. His latest batch consists of one Page France tune and three solo efforts (that might eventually be released on a limited pressing 12″). MP3: Page France – Everybody Knows [...]

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Recent Barsuk signees, Starlight Mints, really impressed me with this one. I was a big fan of “Popsickle” and some assorted other tunes, but their new album, Drowaton, is miles beyond my expectations. This track is my favorite on the album, and will likely stay one of my favorites of 2006. Remember when I said [...]

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There’s a directing technieque known as “bookending,” in which the image that starts a movie is paralleled by the one that ends it. Not only does this unite the movie by ending on the same note on which it began, but it also gives a sense of closure and emotional appeal. While I doubt Sigur [...]

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Confession time. Sometimes I use my WRFL DJ time to listen to songs that I didn’t get to check out during the week. Sometimes I get so caught up with my busy schedule of napping and going through the motions of attending class, that I forget I’m supposed to listen to albums that I get [...]

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You know that feeling when you stumble across a good band? It’s something that just makes you feel good all over, and sometimes can restore your dwindling faith in music. Sure Juror gave me that special feeling earlier this week. MP3: Sure Juror – The Drive Will Do You Good I love it when genres [...]

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The Like Young are what Mates of State would sound like if they weren’t so darn cute. Cut out the organs and replace them with some guitar and you’re halfway there. This married couple (the similarities never end!) will be releasing their album entitled Last Secrets on Polyvinyl records on May 9th. MP3: The Like [...]

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So yeah, apparently Blogger ate my post about The Sunspots. Now I have to go find the link again and rewrite the whole thing. Thanks Blogger! So because I hadn’t planned on having another post today, I’ll tap into my reserves and use this great song from Bound Stems. Thanks to Matt from Skatterbrain for [...]

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