What a horrible time to be stuck at work. Pitchfork just posted the first MP3 from Of Montreal’s new record Skeletal Lamping. This is one of the funkier tracks on the record — sounding like Prince/Sparks/etc — and the first single. Download “Id Engager” over at Pitchfork

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Bon Iver does a beautiful cover of Sarah Siskind’s “Lovin’s For Fools.”

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I hope you guys are ready for me to spend the next few months featuring Of Montreal on every third or fourth post. Now that we’re somewhat near the Skeletal Lamping release month, details about their many projects are starting to trickle in. The newest is that the band will be releasing the “Id Engager” [...]

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Guys, there’s a new bar set for kindness in the blog world. No, don’t worry; this isn’t about me. Rather, I’m talking about Melissa, a fantastically kind NYC reader and music fan who gave me two tickets to We Are Scientists’ show at the Bowery this Friday to pass along to one lucky YANP reader! [...]

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I’m spending today moving into a new house. So much fun to be had there… Anyway, here’s something great that I haven’t seen in a long while. This is a fantastic video for Jason Forrest’s “War Photographer.” Fun fact: a large chunk of “War Photographer” is cut up from Blood, Sweat and Tears’ “Spinning Wheel.”

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I have no idea why it took me so long to get around to posting on this. I friggin love the Morning Benders and I really love covers. Sounds like a no brainer, huh? MP3: The Morning Benders – He’s a Rebel (the Crystals; from Bedroom Covers) The Morning Benders assembled their computer mic and [...]

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I was doing some random Youtubing and found this professional video of Bishop Allen at Spain’s Primavera festival. They picked a good one to record/post to the web, “Click Click Click” is definitely one of Bishop Allen’s best tunes. While we’re on the topic, what’s new with Bishop Allen? Well the group have spent the [...]

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Poor Bill Doss. Every time I see him I have to fight the urge — usually unsucessfully — to ask if the Olivia Tremor Control are ever getting back together. But it looks like everything OTC-fan related isn’t so annoying for Bill; here’s an MP3 of him joining the OTC-loving band Poison Control Center for [...]

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Hope you all like Spoon, because I’ve got a lot of goodies coming up. First on the docket is this live cover of the Rolling Stones’ classic “Rocks Off.” MP3: Spoon – Rocks Off (Rolling Stones) Oh those lovely horns! Like I said in my review of their Pitchfork show, the brass section really helps [...]

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