Bishop Allen put on close to the same set that they did Thursday evening at the Secretly Canadian showcase. But really, when it’s a quality show, nobody’s going to be complaining. MP3: Bishop Allen – Corazon As I said before, Bishop Allen are touring in advance of their as-yet-untitled second album, due out in June [...]

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OK. Let’s get this out of the way: seabear don’t sound anything like that photo looks. They’re twee, and proud of it. MP3: seabear – Singing Arc When I first heard Belle and Sebastian’s album The Life Pursuit, I felt confused and betrayed. I didn’t want them to write songs like that. They needed to [...]

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MP3: Annuals – Complete, Or Completing One of the few downsides of South By Southwest is that — because God did not see fit to extend the hours in a day for one week in March — it’s impossible to see every band. As such, I only caught three or four songs by Annuals. They [...]

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It’s kind of funny that the week that I’m finally able to go back and listen to all the great releases that have been sitting in a box next to my bed is also the week that I have a few tests and papers due. Oh the joys of college! Still, when you stumble across [...]

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Here’s a new song that Spoon have been playing live. Thanks to Stereogum for capturing it at SXSW. Here are two other live version of new songs: MP3: Spoon – Target (live; new) MP3: Spoon – Rhythm & Soul (live; new) Spoon Tour Dates 04-12 Nashville, TN – Private Jack Daniel’s show 04-21 Baltimore, MD [...]

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The devil does not much care for Loney, Dear. But then again, he might just be the only one. During the last few seconds of Loney, Dear’s performance at the Southgate House, a drunk older man wearing a black skullcap with devil horns came walked up to the front of the stage and insulted the [...]

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New Wombats. I missed them at SXSW, but hearing them on record is almost as good, I guess. MP3: The Wombats – Little Miss Pipedream I will swear up and down that I posted in December on The Wombats’ song “Moving to New York” — after all, I loved the tune — but I can’t [...]

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I hate to show my age, but I didn’t know how cool it was that Imperial Teen played at Hot Freaks until the a few weeks before they took the stage. Apparently they haven’t played outside of California in a long time, but are just venturing out in anticipation of their upcoming release. Should be [...]

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De Novo Dahl were the last of our last-minute additions to Hot Freaks, and one I was glad we could squeeze in — especially once I heard about the Nudie suits. MP3: De Novo Dahl – Be Your Man One of the best things about seeing De Novo Dahl is that they always have wonderful [...]

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