I can’t think of a better way to say that I’m leaving for the Voodoo Music Festival than by letting Sunday’s headliners say it. If Wilco doesn’t play this song, they’re missing a big opportunity. This song is off Billy Bragg and Wilco’s Mermaid Avenue, which has them paired up to tackle some unrecorded Woody […]

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I’m just now getting to soak in Saturday Looks Good to Me’s new record. I haven’t heard Fred Thomas’ solo record from earlier this year, but I hear it’s quite the bee’s knees as well.
MP3: Saturday Looks Good to Me - Make A Plan
I got to see SLGTM in the spring of this year […]

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Oh man! This new Ghostface is sweet. Sampling Rare Earth’s “I Just Want To Celebrate” and featuring Kid Capri, Ghost reminds us why he’s king and why we should celebrate like “we just won the powerball money.”
Stream “Celebrate” here
The Big Dough Rehab is out Dec 4.

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Mmmm… the new Octopus Project record is a lot of fun. All instrumental, of course, but they work it well.
MP3: The Octopus Project - Truck
This is the sound your office equipment makes when it falls in love. That little keyboard riff is like a lovesick electronic song that will never fail to make me smile. […]

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Today I saw that Bruce is on the cover of the new Rolling Stone. That led to a five-minute rant about how most of Rolling Stone is still devoted to acts from the 60s and 70s rather than music that’s making today worth enjoying. It’s making a fetish out of the ‘golden age’ of rock […]

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Whew. This is a trippy video. Not as great as their video for “Heimdalsgate…” but what is?

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Big thanks to NYC Taper for recording this Of Montreal show at the Roseland in NYC. They played a few new songs (as they generally do… Kevin usually has the next album written by the time the last hits stores) and “Mingusings” is one of the best.
MP3: Of Montreal - Mingusings (new; live)
I really […]

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I’ve been enjoying this new Lupe track for a while now and realized I never posted on it. I saw most of Lupe’s set at Lollapalooza and was really impressed. At the time I hadn’t heard his record but enjoyed it even so.
MP3: Lupe Fiasco - Can You Let Me Know (mp3 link)
The ladies […]

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