While I think there might be a couple other indie bands floating around with elephant themed names, The Elephants that I’ll be talking about are the ones from Lexington, KY. Jason Zavala heads up this quirky pop band, which has quickly become a staple of our musical community. MP3: The Elephants – Tart (demo) The [...]

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I have the best father in the world. I called to tell him that I wasn’t going to be getting home until around midnight and asked if he could tape the two hour season (series?) finale of Arrested Development. Even though he and I are pretty bad with our VCR, sure enough, I came home [...]

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Mark this as the beginning of my attempt to focus more on Lexington bands. Petticoat, Petticoat should have been on my site long ago. They opened for Bishop Allen last November and have been carving a nice little niche for themselves in the Lexington area. Right now let’s focus on the present. Tonight they’ll be [...]

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What a curious little song this is. The only point of reference that I can offer you is that it sounds like Architecture in Helsinki covering LCD Soundsystem. Like I said, kinda strange. MP3: The Paper Scissors – We Don’t Walk The vocals on this song aren’t the best. I think they’ve got some weird [...]

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I’ve been a fan of the Features ever since I saw them last semester at CD Central/The Dame. Their songwriting is a wonderful mix of the raw power of the blues and a poetic romanticism that I can’t ignore. Currently, these Tennesseeians (sic?) are in the studio recording on their new album and will be [...]

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After months of hearing blogs like Sixeyes and LHB rave about Jens Lekman, I finally got around to listening. For starters I gave his new album, Oh You’re So Silent, Jens, a couple spins at WRFL and was highly impressed. He’s got quite a few songs on there that remind me of the Magnetic Fields [...]

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After seeing Andrew Bird twice in two days, my brain is kinda dead right now. In an attempt to get to be somewhat early (3:30 is early, right?), here’s some songs from Andrew’s amazing opener, Haley Bonar. She’s opened for Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird, Low and a bunch of others. If you’ve seen her, I’m [...]

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So like I think I mentioned, we had a little bit of snow spat at us in Lexington about three days ago. Today’s the first day that we’ve had a good deal of sunshine, so I combed through my iTunes for a semi-appropriate song. It had to be good, but nothing that I’ll eventually use [...]

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Kite Flying Society are just as fun as their name might imply. These San Diegoians (sic?) sound a bit like the Kinks mixed with the Shins, but unfortunately have yet to release a full length album. Hopefully that situation will be fixed soon, as they’re in the studio right now. MP3: Kite Flying Society – [...]

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