Big thanks to GvB for alerting me to this track’s existance AND the free download of the entire remix album. You can thank Scion for putting Ghostface’s words in the hands of DJ Mehdi and others. MP3: Ghostface Killah – Charlie Brown (DJ Mehdi remix) And here’s the link to download the full remix album: [...]

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Mixel Pixel surprised the stuffing out of me the other day by sending me a copy of a new record that I didn’t even know they were working on. Not only are they done with it (and it’s good), but they also have a string of tour dates that takes them through my neck of [...]

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MP3: Andrew Bird – Scythian Empire How cool is this? Andrew Bird wrote the first installment of the NYT’s Measure for Measure, a new blog that tracks a few songwriters through the composition of a song. In this case, Bird shares a bit about himself before talking about a new song called “Oh No.” The [...]

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Big thanks to Pete Ohs’ PROJECTMILL for taping select bits of our Hot Freaks! shows at SXSW. Also credit goes to Lullabyes.net for the audio in this one. Here’s Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal covering M.I.A.’s “Jimmy.” Head over to Lullabyes for the complete audio from the performance.

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After Islands closed out Hot Freaks! we trudged over to the second Mess With Texas, which had become less of a day party and more of a downright festival. I saw most of the Breeder’s set before walking over to catch the end of Simian Mobile Disco. Another great SXSW in the bag. Here’s looking [...]

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As one of a fading breed — the record store clerk — I’m proud to say that it looks like the Raconteurs’ gambit payed off. We sold a ton of their CDs today, all without anyone having heard a note of music on it! I still haven’t heard the full product, but if it’s anything [...]

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Just got the new M’s record the other day and it’s some good stuff. Real Close Ones is out this summer on Polyvinyl, but here’s a sneak peek at what we’ve got to look forward to. MP3: The M’s – Big Sound I enjoy Real Close Ones, but in a completely different way than I [...]

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I’ll admit that I was really nervous to finally see Islands. As a huge, huge fan of the Unicorns (and a big fan of Islands), I had given Nick a pretty high bar for his live show to jump over. But true to SXSW fashion, the show was a complete blast, filled with great new [...]

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The Peelander-Z show at the Mohawk was a concert highlight for me. It wasn’t the best show I’ve ever seen, but it was completely unlike anything I’d ever seen. In a sea of pretentious indie rock bands, overly self-involved rap artists and drunken bar bands, their energy and obvious enjoyment of what they do was [...]

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