The girlfriend’s getting ready for Halloween and I’ve got some time to kill. I started youtubing around and it wasn’t long before I wound up at this Mr. Show classic. Happy Halloween ya’ll!

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If These United States’ album Crimes doesn’t do well, it’s not the band’s fault. The album’s great and they’ve been touring in support of it for a while now. In fact, after only a few weeks off since their last tour, TUS will be hitting the road again in November. Included in those dates are [...]

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Last night Wilco debuted (and retired) a song written specially for Colbert. The song’s titled is a play on all the “Joe the Plumber” nonsense going on, but the song is actually one of the best they’ve written in the past few years. MP3: Wilco Wilco – Wilco the Song (on Colbert) Thanks to the [...]

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Stereogum premiered the first new song from AC Newman’s 2009 album Get Guilty. I was hoping he saved some thunder for this release after the disappointing last New Pornographers record, but based on this song alone, I’m not so sure he did. MP3: A.C. Newman – There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve I’ve got to [...]

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/Film is reporting that American Beauty director Sam Mendes is going to be helming the adaptation of the Preacher comic series into a film. I’m finishing up the series this week — it’s a long one — and all I can say to Mendes is “good luck.” It’s a 60+ issue series with more back [...]

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So my friend and former co-worker Libby called me on Monday to share two things: she had been drinking with Lemmy from Motorhead that weekend, and I had to check out “Local Natives.” Now, I haven’t talked to her in a little while, but I’m always convinced when an old friend calls me to suggest [...]

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Last night Cold War Kids did “Something is Not Right With Me” on Leno. Also on the show: Seth Rogan talking about getting caught with porn by his parents. Fun!

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Thanks to Muzzle of Bees for pointing out that Wilco shared two new songs at this year’s Bridge School Benefit. Add that to “One Wing,” “Sunny Feeling” and whatever song this is a video of and you’ve got about half an album! MP3: Wilco – New Song 1 MP3: Wilco – New Song 2 Wilco [...]

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As I said before, Of Montreal tend to do great work on Minnesota Public Radio. Maybe it’s because Kevin used to live there, or maybe it’s because Prince still does — either way, it’s always something to look forward to. Of Montreal on MPR MP3: Of Montreal – Interview 1 MP3: Of Montreal – Triphallus, [...]

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