Still at Noise Pop. If all goes as planned, I’ll be seeing the Magnetic Fields tonight for the second time in as many days. Here’s hoping all goes as planned. To celebrate, here’s an MP3 of Stephin Merritt performing solo on the radio show Fair Game. He plays one of my favorites off Distortion, “The [...]

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Dan Iead of the Broken West was kind enough to contribute the next installment of My First Time. MP3: The Broken West – On the Bubble My First Time … with the Broken West First record you bought The first CD i bought was Pearl Jam Ten. If you were in 5th grade in 1990 [...]

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The Raveonettes discuss “Sad Transmission” Here’s Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo of the Raveonettes discussing two of my favorite tracks off Lust Lust Lust. For more videos in this series, hit up Brooklyn Vegan, My Old Kentucky Blog, the Tripwire, Chromewaves and The Music Slut. The Raveonettes discuss “Blitzed”

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What a fantastic send-off to California. I swear every time I see De Novo Dahl, they just get better and better. They’ve become a great mix of garage-pop and a budget Flaming Lips (someone needs to buy them confetti cannons). MP3: De Novo Dahl – Shout We got a set pretty close to their new [...]

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Here’s another new one from the upcoming second season of Human Giant (who are performing tomorrow at Noise Pop).

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Man, I’m just about TOO excited for Noise Pop. I fly out to San Fran tomorrow, and if all goes well, will be forfeiting watching LOST live to watch the Magnetic Fields in concert. Ah…. Until then, here’s a nice new ditty to tide me over. MP3: They Live by Night – Endless Summer Just [...]

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While I was assembling those Of Montreal covers, I ran into unreleased Of Montreal live track that I’d never heard before. It’s completely unlike anything they’ve ever done — it’s like a Beastie Boys song or something — but I love, love, love it. MP3: Of Montreal – False Accusations (new; live)

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I’m sure you’re all as excited as I am for the new Islands record. It’s got two songs I’m dying to hear final products of: “Abominable Snow” and “I Feel Evil Creeping In.” Luckily Snakes Got a Blog posted a link to where you can download a recent Islands show, complete with tons of new [...]

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They did a pair of new songs, “After Hours” and “Impatience.” Here’s hoping the new record brings them through Kentucky again.

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