When I went to Texas for Philip’s Undiscovered Austin show, I found myself bored with the winners. I forget their name, but they just didn’t do anything for me. I did, however, enjoy a song by Harlem, one of the losers and the only band to not perform that night (they were out of town). [...]

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TV on the Radio will contributing a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” to the compilation War Child, the charity that provides aid to children in war-torn regions, has a really wonderful compilation lined up for 2009. They asked a ton of rock legends to pick one song of theirs and nominate a new-ish band to [...]

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Loney Dear is prepping for the release of their new album Dear John by doing a stint on Bandstand Busking. Here they’re playing “I Was Only Going Out,” but over at BB they do versions of “Harsh Words” and “Violent.” Order Dear John from Polyvinyl

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If I could have one wish today, it would be for everyone who reads this to get a free copy of Betty Davis’ self-titled album. Sure, there are better and more important albums I could wish upon you all, but I figure you already own London Calling and it’s not like you’re going to go [...]

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Thanks to my friend Cody for passing this along. The video for Microsoft’s new program Songsmith is so horrible that I was sure someone had made a parody ad shortly after the program was announced. Songsmith is a program where you sing into the microphone and it creates instrumentals to back you up. The computer [...]

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I’m off to work for the day, but when I get home it’s time to watch Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla. I’m a huge fan of Snatch and hope it comes anywhere near that level. The opening credits are awesome, featuring “I’m a Man” by Black Strobe. UPDATE: Turns out Rocknrolla blows. I wouldn’t waste your time.

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If there’s one smaller band that pretty much everyone in Lexington can get behind, it’s Mahjongg (if there’s two bands, the second is Wax Fang). They played a great set last year at WRFL’s FreeKY Fest and I saw them do a good show at Pitchfork as well. So now, thanks to YANP and Lexington [...]

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Of Montreal’s “An Eluardian Instance” gets a great video in this breezy, kite-flying work. I think it might be my second favorite video of theirs (obviously falling behind the “Heimdalsgate…” video). Part of me wants them to eventually do a concert video for some song — a move I’m normally against, but Of Montreal are [...]

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The Hotpipes MP3: Hotpipes – Future Bolt Jason Zavala (ex-Elephants) and the Hotpipes will be playing Al’s Bar in Lexington on Saturday January 24th. I saw the Hotpipes last fall and they were great; I haven’t seen Jason in forever, but he’s always down to put on a great show. I think he’s got a [...]

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