That post on Casper and the Cookies covering a Rocky Horror song made me look around for a copy of Wig in a Box. It’s indie acts like Frank Black, Sleater-Kinney and Rufus Wainwright covering the soundtrack of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Genius? You bet. Here’s my favorite Hedwig song being covered by a [...]

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Lexington band the Ideal Free Distribution just released their debut album on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records, and I couldn’t be happy happier. Check ‘em out if you’re a fan of the Zombies, Syd Barrett or The Beach Boys (which I know you are). MP3: Ideal Free Distribution – Apples and Oranges In order [...]

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I’ve never really been bitten by the Dr. Dog bug, but We All Belong might be the album that does it for me. It’s loaded with folkified pop gems that I can’t help but go back to again and again. I’d intended to post on this back when the video came out, but it got [...]

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Metacritic’s List of 2007 Releases New Wilco, Aesop Rock, Spoon, Sigur Ros, Super Furry Animals, Radiohead and New Pornographers? Yes please.

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Big thanks to Rich over at Cable and Tweed for this cover. I stole it from his excellent recording of a Casper and the Cookies cover show. You can (and should) download the whole thing at his blog. They do covers of Joan Jett, The Zombies and tons more. MP3: Casper and the Cookies – [...]

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I know that sometimes it feels like good bands never visit your state. Kentucky residents, rest assured that this is not the case! Here are some sweet shows passing through our area. Jan 31 – The Rapture @ Headliners Feb 5 – The Essex Green w/ Kim Taylor @ Southgate House Feb 8 – The [...]

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Wet Confetti are touring in support of their new album, Laughing, Gasping, with a few Californa dates. Check ‘em out if you’re a fan of You Say Party! We Say Die! (or even not!). MP3: Wet Confetti – Sorry Dinosaur Wet Confetti Tour Dates 1/31 – Arcata, CA @ the Green House (860 11th St.) [...]

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Homework’s piling up faster than the first real snowfall of the year. How unfair. Luckily I’ve got Black Daniel to make me feel slightly better about having to stay inside. Still, I have to admit that it would make a sweet soundtrack for a snowball fight. MP3: Black Daniel – Gimme What You Got There’s [...]

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I’m really very unfamiliar with Yoko Ono’s musical work, but I might have to remedy this before Yes, I’m a Witch comes out. It’s the reworking of some of her material by bands like The Flaming Lips, The Apples in Stereo and Cat Power. Stream: Cat Power – Revelations WIN | Real The Flaming Lips [...]

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