While I only have about 10 hours to decide on a Halloween costume, that doesn’t mean I can’t have a sweet soundtrack while I do it. Here are some of the finest tunes of the season! Your Costume The most important part of Halloween. Here they range from Ted “I’m a Ghost” Leo to Robert [...]

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From NME: Green Day have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the title track of their massive-selling 2004 album ‘American Idiot’. Paul McPike from Oregon claimed he wrote the lyrics and melodies to the song in 1992. He filed a two-page complaint in the US District Court. As evidence, he has submitted a [...]

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You know the story. One of your favorite bands is playing and you have no idea who the opener is. Another boring set to sit through, right? Well not this past Friday. The Long Distants opened for Oh No! Oh My! and I could not have been happier. I’ve listened to their EP almost nonstop [...]

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Christian Rudder and Justin Rice It all started with a piano. Late last year Christian Rudder and Justin Rice, the main songwriting duo behind the band Bishop Allen, discovered a discarded piano and unknowingly entered the next chapter of their young band’s life. “We found a piano on the street that had been discarded by [...]

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Why yes, I am aware that the new Apples in Stereo album leaked. And yes, I’m in love with it. More on this later (just don’t expect MP3s from me–I’ve promised not to). But now, it’s time to more historic things. The following is a song by the Late B.P. Helium from 1996 that features [...]

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Waiting to see what costumes De Novo Dahl wear at their shows is like waiting to open your presents on Christmas morning–only this time around, the anticipation had a lot more in common with that analogy that usual. MP3: De Novo Dahl – Shout I’ve never seen an audience at the Dame clap for a [...]

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The Lovely Feathers, creators of one of the year’s best albums, are going out on tour. Fortunately for me, it looks like I’ll finally be able to catch them live in Cincinatti. I’ve heard they’re electric live. MP3: The Lovely Feathers – Pope John Paul Lovely Feathers Tour Dates Oct 29 – Toronto ON Drake [...]

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Andy Partridge of XTC has been slowly releasing volumes of unreleased material in collections called Fuzzy Warbles. Now it’s time for the release of the 8th in the series, and man what a treat it is. MP3: Andy Partridge – Sonic Boom I needed this song when I was 17. Around that time I would [...]

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