I’ve been doing a lot of Youtubing recently and was particularly struck by this live Menomena video. For some reason seeing it presented like this is really highlighting how well composed it is. Each instrument is given their moment to shine or solo, be it the twin sax solos, the first moment the drums kick [...]

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You can head on over to WOXY’s The Futurist to hear two brand new song from the Broken West. “Perfect Games” and “Embassy Row” are sounding goooood.

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All weekend I’ve been rocking the fantastic Girl Talk bootleg posted by Good Weather For Airstrikes. Personally I prefer Girl Talk bootlegs to his studio stuff, and this one is the best quality of them all. I don’t know that I’d say it flows better than his Bonnaroo set (my previous jam), but the quality [...]

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MP3: Magnetic Fields – Come Back From San Francisco Ordinarily this would just be another in a long series of Magnetic Fields shows that I won’t be attending. But as it’s looking like I’ll be in town for Noise Pop, I’m super excited. According to Pitchfork, the Magnetic Fields will be joined by the Mountain [...]

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BOAT has been doing a cool project for a little while now where they solicit covers of their material by any people or bands willing to pick up an instrument and hit RECORD. My favorite that I’ve heard so far has to be Creeping Weeds’cover of “(I’m a) Donkey for Your Love.” I’m a big [...]

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Blitzen Trapper’s title track from their fantastic Wild Mountain Nation record gets the music video treatment. Love those guys, love that record, love this video.

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It’s been a long time since we heard from the Light Footwork. Now they’re releasing a split with with Tereu, Tereu. It features three new Light Footwork tracks: an updated version of “Melville,” as well as the as-yet-unheard “Early Worm” and “Rebellion Time.” I’ve chosen to highlight “Rebellion Time,” as it’s a really sweet song [...]

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The other day I had a great conversation with a customer at CD Central. The high point was when he said that he had a band to suggest since he knew I liked Page France. With no more clues than that, I knew he was about to suggest Kite Flying Society. Knowing that there were [...]

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I know I rant about a TV show each week, but I’ve rarely been hit so hard by a show as I was by Pushing Daisies. Each episode is a beautiful combination of Douglas Adams-style sarcastic narration, breathtaking cinematography and some modern-day fairy tale storytelling worthy of Big Fish or Amelie. The relationship between Chuck [...]

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