Tonight is Girl Talk at Forecastle. Hopefully it’ll stay dry today. Here’s 52 minutes of Girl Talk to get pumped. Gregg’s actually far more tame in this one that he was at Pitchfork. Nothing but dancing, jumping and crowd surfing there.

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Sunset Rubdown’s Random Spirit Lover has just proved that we were all wise to save a slot on our year-end list for it. Spencer’s genius (though never in question) is reaffirmed in twelve tracks, this first being my immediate favorite.
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MP3: Sunset Rubdown - The Mending of the Gown
Hearing this song in a […]

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I’m off to the Forecastle Music Festival! I’ll be taking in some great music and art, including Scourge of the Sea and De La Soul! I’m reposting some of my favorite covers while I’m gone, but will have updates (and photos?) from the fest as soon as I’m able! For now, here’s this tune popularized […]

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MP3: The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate
The Avett Brothers, whose Emotionalism is always in heavy rotation around the record store, put on a great show yesterday at the Dame. I had to cut out about half an hour into it to head to a friend’s 21st birthday party, but what I […]

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While in Chicago, I found out that Wilco would be making a stop in Kentucky this fall. Now with these new tour dates, it’s official! Thanks to Pitchfork for the info.
MP3: Wilco - What Light
Wilco Tour Dates
08-14 Duluth, MN - Bayfront Festival Park #
08-15 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre #
08-17 Calgary, Alberta - Jubilee […]

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When I got the Triangles’ new album Seventy-Five Year Plan in the mail, I knew it run bells. Turns out they’re that wonderful band responsible for many great songs like “Applejacks” and “Let’s Replace the Cityscapes.”
MP3: The Triangles - Will It Float
Fans of I’m From Barcelona and Kite Flying Society would be wise to pick […]

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Don’t let them scare you… they’re actually cute live
I saw the Blow back at CMJ last year and was blown-n away. Har har. Seriously though, Khaela is absolutely adorable and must be experienced live to fully get what they’re about. It’s like watching Ellen Degeneres do some indie karaoke.
MP3: The Blow - Parentheses
The Blow […]

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I’m supremely excited for the new Jens Lekman album, Night Falls Over Kortedala. He absolutely wowed me at Pitchfork last year with “A Postcard to Nina,” and now he’s doing it again with “Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo.”
MP3: Jens Lekman - Friday Night at the Drive In Bingo
Jens Lekman is hands-down one of […]

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