Leave it to the French to keep churning out dancefloor hits. The year has seen Justice rise to popular consciousness with “D.A.N.C.E.” and Daft Punk released their live record/DVD. Now it’s time for Danger to rock our faces. Big thanks to Discobelle.
MP3: Danger - 14h54 (link)

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I figured Thanksgiving was a good time to mention this Darfur Charity Album put together by Waxploitation. It features rare, exclusive and unreleased songs by some of your favorite musicians. One hundred percent of the proceeds are going to help, so it’s a great way to enjoy yourself and help out a little.
MP3: Bright Eyes [...]

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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 Goats, [...]

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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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