It’s all in the headline. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve heard a lot about SKWBN appearing in a Toyota commercia. Perhaps they aren’t as high profile as M Ward. or BDB, but that’s probably why I find it so noteworthy. It’s not every day that guys from Sweden have a song — about [...]

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In one of the cooler cross-medium experiments that I’ve heard lately, Ballads of the Book brings together Scotland’s greatest poets with some of their finest songsmiths. Though there are arguably some better known pairs (Vashti Bunyan & Rodge Glass, Idlewild & Edwin Morgan), I have to go with Sons and Daughters. I love ‘em and [...]

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MP3: Mixel Pixel – You’re The Kind Of Girl Mixel Pixel are hitting the road! They’ve got a string of dates that take them from Atlanta to New York. Along they way they play with the likes of Of Montreal, Grand Buffet and Rahim. Mixel Pixel Tour Dates 2/27 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl w/ [...]

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I think I was spoiled. Now that the Oh No! Oh My! guys have moved back to Texas, their tours have gotten increasingly Southwest-centric (including stops at South by Southwest!). Well, you know what that means, people of California and Seattle: you have no excuse for not seeing them! MP3: Oh No! Oh My! – [...]

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Man, Casper and the Cookies really know how to hook me in. Last time I posted on them, they were doing “Sweet Transvestite” from Rocky Horror, and now they’re doing a song that I’ve loved since I was a kid. If you enjoy this cover, be sure to grab the rest of their performance over [...]

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Even though I’d been passed more than a few rumors regarding the breakup of The Lovely Feathers, they just announced that they’ve wrapped up recording for their new album. From the band’s post on Myspace: hey folks. we’re just finishing off the recordings for the new album. it will hopefully be released this summer. we [...]

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Arcade Fire: “Intervention” @ SNL Arcade Fire: “Keep the Car Running” @ SNL After you’re done, hit up Stereogum for one of the best Office sketches I’ve seen in a while.

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This video makes me believe that my biggest dissapointment of 2007 might be that I missed the Deerhoof/Busdriver tour. The person who put that up also has a ton of great videos from that show. Here’s a particularly good one of one of my favorite Deerhoof songs, “Twin Killers”

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Thanks to Boing Boing for pointing me to this work. It’s the audio from the “What?” scene of Pulp Fiction with Samuel L. Jackson bearing down on his quivering interrogatee layed overtop of some excellent word art. (Warning: Language, etc etc) You can view it in better quality or download it as a MOV here. [...]

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