In my early high school days, I was minutely obsessed with James Bond. I read the books, watched the films and relished the self-referential jokes and winks to the audience (“Never Say Never”). While my attention wained over the years, I still had a soft spot for old James. While in the dorms at college, [...]

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Woo! Another great round of Louisville shows have been announced. The front half of my calendar year was a little dry locally. Minus the awesomeness of MusicNOW!, it’s been a little sparse around here. But the second half has My Morning Jacket, Grizzly Bear (which I have to miss), Elf Power, Vampire Weekend, Nine Inch [...]

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I was enjoying Spiritualized’s Songs in A & E the other day when I ran into this cover of Daniel Johnston’s classic song “True Love Will Find You in the End.” MP3: Spiritualized – True Love Will Find You In the End The best thing about the original song is its simplicity; Spiritualized keeps it [...]

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Via GvB and P4K Jay-Z having a little fun with Oasis’ classic tune at Glastonbury. Oasis, of course, came out against having a rapper headline Glastonbury. Well judging from this, Hova rocked it and had a little bit of fun while doing it.

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UK outfit Bearsuit announced a new set of US tour dates a little bit ago. I hear they put on quite the show, but missed them at SXSW; catch them if you’re able! MP3: Bearsuit – Foxy Boxer Bearsuit Tour Dates October 12th – Cambridge, Boston MA October 13th – New York NY October 14th [...]

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There’s a strong possibility that Wax Fang’s show was the last I’ll ever see at the Dame. Lexington’s last real venue closed down Sunday after years of serving the community — and more importantly, me — with fantastic live music. But try as I might to be overly emotional about it, Wax Fang’s performance was [...]

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If I had an A&R person for my imaginary record label, my friend Katherine would be in the running. She was raving about Vampire Weekend after one of their first NYC shows, alerted me to love-her-or-hate-me artist Ivana XL and now she can add another one to the list. MP3: The Hotcakes – I’m a [...]

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Sneak attack! Proving that 2008 is the year of the stealthy releases, The Features follow in the footsteps of pretty much everyone by releasing their third full-length with no advance notice. Tricky devils. You can purchase the record on Amazon right now for about nine dollars. I’ve never bought one through Amazon (or iTunes, for [...]

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Band of Horses are set to rock Monolith Festival this September I picked the first winner. Jess was selected at random to receive one ticket. I’ll be selecting the second winner based on the detail/passion/interestingness of their story sometime in the next month. Seeing as how it’s my birthday, I thought it might be nice [...]

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