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Dave Allen is the original bassist for Gang of Four, a band so influential that nearly every band covered by NME today should have to pay them a royalty check. The Gang are at work on a new release right now, and Allen’s been dropping demos over at his music blog Pampelmoose. Dave […]

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How did I make it until New Year’s Eve without seeing this video? It’s just too happy for words.

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I mentioned in the introduction to Gregg Gillis’ Mixmas contribution that I listened to the bootleg of his Bonnaroo performance (which I unfortunately had to skip to see the Flaming Lips) more than most studio records that came out this year. The sound quality is fairly good, not as great as the Murders Seattle bootleg, […]

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2007 must have felt like the honeymoon to an exceptionally long engagement for Bishop Allen. After poking around for a label to call their own, they released 12 EPs in 2006 before signing to the newly formed label Dead Oceans. Now Bishop Allen and the Broken String is in stores and pumping your life full […]

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Photo by Kaylan Mitchell
I gave a little bit of thought to my favorite studio covers of the year. I don’t know what I’d pick as my top favorite (Dr. Dog’s “Heart It Races” maybe?), but Mason Proper’s cover of Pink Floyd’s “Bike” would have to be up there.
MP3: Mason Proper - Bike

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I enjoyed quite a bit of MGMT’s record Oracular Spectatular during 2007. That is to day that I enjoyed the record quite frequently, not that I only enjoyed bits of it. Now that we’ve got that confusing opening out of the way, here’s the boys of MGMT to set you straight on having a “creepball” […]

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Keith Murray’s contribution to Mixmas marks his third time. And, for the third time in a row, Keith has chosen to use this platform to pimp out some of his friends/favorite bands. One day I’m going to trick Keith into doing something self-serving, but that day is not today. So here’s the ever cruel Keith […]

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I’m in a curious musical mood this week. To compliment that, here’s a curious cover: distorted fuzz-pop geniuses the Jesus and Mary Chain covering regular pop mega-geniuses The Temptations.
MP3: Jesus and Mary Chain - My Girl (The Temptations)
This little beauty comes to us from the Jesus and Mary Chain Peel session. My favorite part about […]

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