Last night’s Of Montreal show was amazing. Over one thousand people showed up, and was one of WRFL’s biggest successes so far. Pictures and a review coming later, but here’s a video of one of the three covers they did, “Bat Macumba” by Os Mutantes. Of Montreal Tour Dates

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Yeti has a hilariously informative interview with Dan Bejar of Destroyer. The interviewer is his eight-year-old ‘mini me’ who asks hard hitting questions involving beer, kitties and the link between Bejar’s band name and his affinity for profanity. JOSHUA: Why ‘Destroyer?’ Because you like to destroy people? With all your bad words? DESTROYER: I think, [...]

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In case anyone is keeping score, the Future of Rock and Roll ended at 5PM this past Friday. For the past 20 years, the radio station WOXY, in all its different forms, has been identified by its slogan ‘the Future of Rock and Roll’ (one which Dustin Hoffman repeated ad nauseam in The Rain Man). [...]

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I might be somewhat late to the “Joseph Arthur’s new album is great” bandwagon, but what matters is that I eventually made it. I’ve been in love with the record for a couple days now, and apparently so has everyone in Lexington. We already sold out of it at work, and had to order a [...]

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Ben Kweller’s self-titled album came out yesterday and I couldn’t be happier with it. I’m in love with about half the album, and the rest is still pretty nice. Here’s one of the better tracks. MP3: Ben Kweller – Penny On the Train Track Well this is surprising. Ben Kweller, aged only twenty-five, has just [...]

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The Apples in Stereo just announced that they’re going to release their new album, New Magnetic Wonder, February 7th on Elijah Wood’s Simian Records. The release will mark the first for Simian, and the first in five years for the Apples. As previously reported, New Magnetic Wonder will have a wide range of guests from [...]

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The Broadway Hush is Whitney and Michael from Page France. “Tonight You Belong to Me” is a Gene Austin song. This is a cover. If that doesn’t get you excited, my only hope is for your ears to be touched after downloading. MP3: The Broadway Hush – Tonight You Belong To Me (Gene Austin) Is [...]

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In honor of Pitchfork trashing one of the best albums of the year, I figured I’d post the title track and the curious video that accompanies it. MP3: Hidden Cameras – AwooThe current Canadian music scene would make far less sense had the Hidden Cameras never formed. Setting aside the fact that they’re a part [...]

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After having seen them live, and talked to many friends who have done the same, I’ve decided that watching a Mountain Goats live show is either a religious experience for someone, or it’s kind of dull. Granted, the vast majority of people I’ve talked to have loved him, but ever once in a while I [...]

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