It’s by no means a real music video, but it’s funny and low-budget enough to where I actually kind of prefer it to the one for “Energy.” Shot while the Apples were driving the streets of Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, here’s the world’s best air band. Check out more at Film.com

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As I sit here at my desk, with a Kill the Moonlight poster on the wall to my left, I can’t imagine a new Spoon album in 2007. It could kill me. I’m still recovering from Gimme Fiction and only last summer got to see them live for the first time, so I don’t know [...]

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Secret: I am usually very slow to listen to promos. What with my handful of jobs and my increasing love of naps, it’s getting so that I have less time to sit and enjoy new music. Not so with DeSoto Records’ new kiddie compilation, Play. When you have a roster that includes Mudhoney, Young Fresh [...]

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Spin posted a new Page France song the other day, and it’s making the full album look all the more appealing. MP3: Page France – Me, Violin and Dancing Bear I think the new Page France album is going to surprise a lot of people. Though we should know by now, the more Page France [...]

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OK. Last time, I promise: 2007 is going to be the best year for music in quite some time. Andrew Bird’s new album, Armchair Apocrypha, is another in a long line of works that establish him as a true master of his craft. Link removed by request MP3: Andrew Bird – Placticities I can never [...]

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Bright Eyes will be releasing their/his new album, Cassadaga, on April 10. Before that, we’ll get a six-song EP, “Four Winds,” on March 6. Here’s one of the exclusive bsides from the EP. MP3: Bright Eyes – Tourist Trap Of the last album, and what we’ve heard from the new one already, my favorite Bright [...]

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Of Montreal are known for their stunning covers, both on and off the stage. At the risk of ruining the surprise (more on that later), here’s at least one that may dazzle you in 2007. MP3 thanks to Funeral Pudding. MP3: Of Montreal – Moonage Daydream (Bowie) The freedom of information on the internet is [...]

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Wired has a great piece about New York’s Other Music opening a digital music store. WN: Why is Other Music launching a digital music store next month? Madell: We are trying to stay current, and to continue our “mission” of spreading great music. I personally prefer vinyl to CDs and CDs to MP3s, but in [...]

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As happy as I am to post these Ted Leo dates, I must admit that I’m a little sad to notice that Kentucky has been snubbed. He usually plays here once on every tour, but this time we got noting. Oh well, at least I can enjoy his new album! MP3: Ted Leo and the [...]

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