Man, there are THREE shows I want to see next Thursday. Of Montreal are in Covington (I’ll be at that one), Wale is in Lexington and Gentleman Auction House are playing Lexington at Al’s Bar. I would say “boo hoo” to all of this, but hopefully it’ll just mean that no matter what you’re looking [...]

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Like Joe said, M. Ward’s Hold Time is one of my favorite albums of 2009 and his Buddy Holly cover is just tops. Now “Rave On” has the wacky, animated video that it always deserved!

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I’ve been jamming the Thermal’s new album Now We Can See for weeks now and realized that I never gave it its proper due on YANP. MP3: The Thermals – Now We Can See Going into SXSW, I hadn’t yet heard the new Thermals album and wasn’t all that solid on their back catalogue. I [...]

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To celebrate the re-release of One Foot in the Grave, Nick Thorburn of Islands uploaded the group’s cover of Beck’s “Cyanide Breath Mint” off the very same album. The cover is excellent and a great excuse to psych yourself up to go buy the reissue. MP3: Islands – Cyanide Breath Mint (Beck cover) As for [...]

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To celebrate the release of their second full length album The Boy Least Likely To shared this cover of the classic Grease song “The One That I Want.” It stays pretty close to the original (unlike their cover of “Faith”) and is about as sweet and adorable as you’d imagine. MP3: The Boy Least Likely [...]

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Thanks to Duffy for posting this video of Bill Callahan playing “Rocco Zephyr” at Used Kids in Columbus. Looks like a great show.

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MP3: Wilco – One Wing (live at Lollapalooza) Thanks to Each Note Secure for pointing out that Wilco will be playing a show in Cincinnati on their way to Bonnaroo. Now, unfortunately the show takes place during Bonnaroo, so there go your chances of catching both. June 12 – Wilco at Aronoff Center Presale begins [...]

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Years is the creation of Ohad Benchetrit of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think. As much as I hate using this word as an adjective, it’s a very “chill” album that’s largely instrumental. Very relaxing and structured in a sublimely non-pop way. MP3: Years – Kids Toy Love Affair Years sounds kind of [...]

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Fresh off the release of their love-it-or-leave-it new record Hazards of Love, the Decemberists have announced a new round of tour dates (including a stop in Kentucky) and a return trip to the Colbert Report! You might remember that their guitarist Chris Funk competed in the Guitarmageddon challenge there, but this will be a full [...]

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