Let me tell you, going to Bonnaroo, Desdemona and having a birthday will really take your mind off the growing mountain of cds next to your desk. Your patience has been appreciated, so now it’s my turn. First on the docket is Mittens, a Boston band who’ve got an album full of pop classics called […]

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A friend of mine pointed me to this site where you can download live videos of some of Canadian bands, including Final Fantasy. Now, since I’ll be seeing Owen perform tomorrow at Alchemize, I was pretty enthralled by the videos. Here are two of my favorites that I’ve mirrored. You can download more or buy […]

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Over the past ten days, I’ve said a lot of things about Radiohead’s performance at Bonnaroo–none of them here. Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy “live” blogging Desdemona or celebrating my birthday with two of Elephant 6’s finest, but whatever caused it, I’m sorry.
Part of the reason it’s taken me so long is because I’m […]

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Okay, these awesome summer festivals have got to stop. Team Clermont is putting on an awesome three day festival that culminates in a prom. That’s right, a prom. Now, unlike my prom this one won’t be DJed by a 40-year-old guy with ten year old records. This one has live music. By Elf Power.
Thursday and […]

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Now It’s Overhead were the 11th band I ever posted on here at You Aint No Picasso. This almost feels silly, since at the time I knew very little about them. Actually, I still don’t know that much about them besides their music; but isn’t that enough?
MP3: Now Its Overhead - Let the Sirens Rest
Now […]

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MP3: The Late B.P. Helium - They Broke The Speed of Light
Is there a better way to celebrate your new “non-teenager” status than with The Late B.P. Helium? If so, please tell me because this one was stellar in every sense of the word.
For starters, it was the first time I’d seen Robert Schneider’s (the […]

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Boing Boing pointed to a great article over at Salon about the emergence of indie music aimed at kids and their parents.
There may be no clearer sign of how big kids music has become than the long list of artists who, like They Might Be Giants, have surrendered to its allure. Lisa Loeb put out […]

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Let me preface this by saying that there’s always a chance this a hoax. This was posted on the E6 Townhall in the Neutral Milk Hotel section.
UPDATE! This was just revealed to be a hoax by Robert Schneider. He forwarded me a message from Jeff Mangum, which you can read here.
hello again.
for the past few […]

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