Weird. I’m not terribly big into either of these bands (one’s for Chris and one’s for Dodge), but I love this video. The audio’s great, but mostly I’m in love because they’re just having so much fun! These street-style fun videos are the best thing to happen to the music community in years. Thanks to [...]

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Via Stereogum Remember when I posted those six new Decemberists songs? Well they sound good in studio versions too. Here’s “Valerie Plame” from the upcoming “Always the Bridesmade” volume 1. The band will be playing it on Conan the night before the election (November 3rd). Preorder the Decemberists’ Always the Bridesmade 7″ series

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Fun fact: Jesse from These United States and Sean from Daytrotter went to the same college and didn’t realize it until they met in person for their first Daytrotter session. But that’s not important. What is important is that TUS did their second session and it’s now available over at Daytrotter. Hit up their Myspace [...]

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A few weeks ago I made a resolution to listen to one new band per day. Guys, I am doing horribly with that resolution. However, I’m doing a lot better than I was. And more often than not, it’s resulted in some happy ears and a fuller iPod. Take Crystal Moustache for example; I gave [...]

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Grizzly Bear are one of the best American bands going. So is it any surprise that everyone’s crapping themselves over Dan’s side project Department of Eagles? Here’s a song so new that it’s not even on their upcoming record. Watch the video of “1997″ from Dept. of Eagles’ DUMBO session I’d say it’s about average [...]

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Thanks to Boing Boing for this one. Oh yeah, that “Make Porn Safe for Work” was pretty hilarious too.

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After Ryland stopped recording under the name The Robot Ate Me, I wondered if we’d ever hear from him again. But he dropped me an email today to say that he’s not only got new material, but it’s already for sale! MP3: Ryland Bouchard – Married to the Ground Check out his site for a [...]

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Now, I was far from a punk rocker as a child, but Green Jelly somehow intersected my life. If I had to guess how, I’d say that they gave a song to a video game I liked. Regardless, they’re playing tonight at the Fishtank (yeah, I know). I might go check it out, depending on [...]

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Whoa baby. This is one of the weirdest covers the Polyphonic Spree have ever done — and they’ve done more than their fair share. You might remember that, back in August, I said that the Spree would be contributing a cover of a song from the Nightmare Before Christmas for a compilation. I won’t share [...]

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