Radiohead just posted an announcement on their site saying their new album In Rainbows is available for preorder in digital and CD/LP formats. I’m wildly excited for this both as the new release by my favorite band and as an absolutely crazy thing for one of the biggest bands on the planet to do. Plus, [...]

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Andy Samberg’s love letter to Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “You can deny the holocaust all you want, but you can’t deny there’s something between us.”

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I had my mind blown by 13th Floor Elevators today. I’ll probably find it difficult to blog about anything post-1969 until I can recover.

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Noisycrane will be having their CD release show/party tonight at the Icehouse (412 Cross St) at 8pm. Bedtime and Tina Cofer are opening. MP3: Noisycrane – Your Shape Noisycrane are completely wonderful. Cody Swanson, one of Lexington’s rising stars, somehow combines together Jeff Mangum, Phil Elvrum, Colin Meloy … and early Stephin Merrit if you [...]

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Caribou frontman Dan Snaith filmed the band playing home studio, which had been dubbed “the pink room.” Andorra is out now and is fantastic.

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Photo by Kaylan Mitchell Big thanks to The Tripwire for this cover. It’s one of the better things I’ve heard this week, and a perfect start to the weekend. MP3: Mason Proper – Bike (Pink Floyd) Yeah, I could talk a little about their cover of the zaniest Pink Floyd track, but instead I’ll tell [...]

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Busdriver is packing up his microphone and hitting the road. If you think he’s great on record, just wait until you see him live. MP3: Busdriver – Casting Agents and Cowgirls Busdriver Tour Dates 10/26 In The Venue, Salt Lake City UT 10/27 Hi-Dive, Denver CO 10/28 Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, CO 10/30 Gaslight, Lawrence, [...]

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By all accounts, I should have been too grumpy to enjoy any of Bloc Party’s set. I’ll admit that my main goal for the evening was to finally see Deerhoof. In fact, up until last night I didn’t even know Bloc Party was playing; I thought it was a Deerhoof headlining gig. So after one [...]

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(hint: hit play) A kind fan recorded Grizzly Bear’s entire September 22 show in Ottawa and has posted it on Stage6. You might need a plugin to watch it, but it’s great viewing. You can download it too if you wish. You can find the hi-res version and a better way to download it by [...]

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