Here’s another great new band. I guess this is God’s way of paying me back for the crappy weather we had yesterday. I’m OK with some misty rain, but on the first day of class? Really?? Oh, right. Music. Anyway, here’s a new good one from Young Sensation. MP3: Young Sensation – Kitty Magic At [...]

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My new love interest, Ponytail, just had a concert of theirs posted online. I only got about halfway through it tonight, but it’s a really good recording. Watch Ponytail’s performance at Baeble Music

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Here’s your second (legal) look at Of Montreal’s new Skeletal Lamping. This comes to us from Rolling Stone, of all places. MP3: Of Montreal – Nonpareil Of Favor Back in June when I did my interview with Kevin, he said that “Nonpareil of Favor” was originally going to be the last track on the album; [...]

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I just heard a bit of Church’s new EP and have to say that I’m enjoying it. The first track I sampled wasn’t really to my liking, but the rest of it sure was — including this short little gem. MP3: Church – Happiness If the entirety of the indie rock spectrum was asked to [...]

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I was listening to some DFA1979 today when I stumbled upon a part that I hadn’t heard in forever. The bonus disc contains a lot of little goodies, including this remix by the now famous Justice. It’s a pretty good song to wake up to on your first day back in classes. MP3: Death From [...]

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I loooove BOAT’s song “I’m a Donkey For Your Love.” I also really like the Creeping Weeds’ cover of it which I’ve previously posted on. So I got all giddy when David from BOAT sent me this video of the two of them covering it in New York recently. Apparently the Creeping Weeds started playing [...]

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Just found out that the Handsome Furs (Dan from Wolf Parade) are going to be playing the Monolith Music Festival. They’ll be playing Sunday along with other greats like Justice, TV on the Radio and CSS. See you guys there! The Monolith Music Festival is going down at Red Rocks amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado on [...]

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Owen Pallett, aka Canadian violinist Final Fantasy, has two new EPs ready to release this fall. The first, Spectrum, 14th Century, has Owen collaborating with Beirut on five songs. The second, Plays To Please, is Owen covering six of Alex Lukashevsky’s originals with a 35-piece band. Whew! Here’s “Ultimatum” from Plays to Please, which sounds [...]

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Getting into Subtle’s Exiting Arm was a move in slow increments for me. A few weeks after initially hearing about it, a few friends told me it was a must-listen. A few weeks after that, I found a copy at the record store. A couple days later I uploaded it to my computer. The next [...]

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