Entries from January 2007

Stream: Flaming Lips, Cat Power Yoko Covers

January 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

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.
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Cat Power - Revelations WIN | Real
The Flaming Lips - Cambridge 1969/2007 […]

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Video: The Apples in Stereo’s “Same Old Drag”

January 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

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.

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Spoon: “Rhythm & Soul”

January 26th, 2007 · Comments Off

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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Mirah and Tara Jane O’Neil: “Greenup”

January 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

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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Page France: “Me, Violin, and Dancing Bear”

January 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

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 changes, the […]

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Andrew Bird: “Placticities”

January 24th, 2007 · Comments Off

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.
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MP3: Andrew Bird - Placticities
I can never explain what it […]

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Bright Eyes: “Tourist Trap”

January 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off

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 Eyes […]

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Of Montreal: “Moonage Daydream”

January 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off

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)
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