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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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 on Dead […]

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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 keep penning […]

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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 were […]

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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 - Sonar
04-22 Philadelphia, PA - […]

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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 band. […]

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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 find it […]

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