Thanks to Pitchfork for the heads-up on these new tour dates. Now, I’m not going to say that I am skipping a trip to New York just to catch Man Man in Kentucky… but I cancelled a trip to New York and I’m catching Man Man in Kentucky. You put it together. MP3: Man Man [...]

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Here is the brand-new video from the Apples in Stereo’s new album, New Magnetic Wonder. It’s a bit goofy (like the Apples), but tons of fun (same). This video for “Same Old Drag” still gets my vote for best Apples video.

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The best thing about SXSW was getting to check a couple bands off my “I’ll probably never get to see them live” list. I don’t know if this is a big secret, but not a lot of Canadian or European bands make it a point to stop in Kentucky. That’s why I was so thrilled [...]

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Unfortunately this is no absolute cornucopia like the nine new Malkmus tunes I posted last month. However, three new Wolf Parade songs are three new Wolf Parade songs. Their next album is one of the ones I’m anticipating the most, so this is a nice little preview. MP3: Wolf Parade – Things I Don’t Know [...]

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Here was my A-#1 biggest surprise of SXSW. Page France’s second song of their Hot Freaks performance was a cover of Randy Newman’s “Beehive State” (as covered by Harry Nilsson on his Nilsson Sings Newman record). Major thanks to Lullabyes.net for recording not only this set but a whole lot of other Hot Freaks stuff. [...]

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From WB “I’m working on a new album now. It will still be poppy and melodic, but more fragmented in its structure. I’m stepping away from the pop song template. I am going to create a bunch of 30-to-50-second sections and string them all together. I don’t think there will be any pauses between pieces. [...]

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Friday in the Mohawk, the Prototypes song “Danse Sur La Merde” came over the speakers between sets. I started bobbing my head and getting into it before I realied that they were playing tomorrow! By the time they took the stage, I was fairly primed for their performance. MP3: Prototypes – Danse Sur La Merde [...]

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I didn’t have time to stick around for all of Hyzoloists’ performance at Club deVille, but I am supremely glad that I caught what little I did. Amid a crazy day of sunshine and rock music, it was comforting to begin the day with a band who created an orchestrated kind of calm. They were [...]

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The Broken West hands-down get the You Aint No Picasso f’ing champ award for their show at SXSW. They played at 11AM — which, in South By terms might as well be sunrise — and put on a spectacular show. They didn’t play to a huge crowd (as most everyone was still waking up, or [...]

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