Thanks to Stereogum for pointing out this video of a new Shins song played live in Hollywood. New album out in 2010 apparently/maybe?

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Forecastle just announced the rest of the lineup for their summer festival. Whereas I thought it couldn’t get any better, the festival organizers apparently thought it could. Added bands include: Man Man, Jason Isbell, Cage the Elephant, These United States and a few more. Complete lineup after the break. Forecastle takes place in Louisville on [...]

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I just stumbled across this super-sunny remix of UK DJ Kidda. If Bonnaroo’s late night DJ atmosphere had to agree with its sun&smiles daytime vibe on a theme, they might just pick this song. Maybe we’ll luck out and they’ll play it in the silent disco this year? All I know is that I’m supremely [...]

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The Rosebuds, last time they were at the Dame Now, I’d never encourage you to skip live music (especially a good band) in favor of TV. However, I’m pretty sure you can catch the two-hour season finale of Lost and then run down to the Dame to see the Rosebuds. Lost starts at 8pm and [...]

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I’m going to do a fun experiment at this show. Wolf Eyes are playing at a skate shop about one block from my house in early June. Towards the end of their set, I’m going to leave the venue, take out my ear plugs and walk back to my house and see how far along [...]

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The Mamas and the Papas’ song “Creeque Alley” is one of my favorite ’60s pop songs. It’s a great (true) story with a melody that clings tight to your brain until you’re able to bump it out with something even more powerful. And that’s not even to mention the harmonies that you’re likely to overlook [...]

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D’oh! Forgot to hit “publish” on this yesterday. Sorry. Patrick from the Poison Control Center just emailed me to let me know that he and his wife started a video production group. They recorded this video with One for the Team of their song “Best Supporting Actress.”

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While I was admiring former Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen’s redesign of his music/tech blogPampelmoose, I noticed that he posted a previously-unheard song by his new group Faux Hoax. Comprised of Dave Allen, Danny Seim from Menomena and a few friends, Faux Hoax (pronounced “Folks”) has a new 7″ on Polyvinyl for their song [...]

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Last night my friend Ty texted me to ask if I was watching SNL. Apparently it was one of the best in a long time — but that’s kind of to be expected when Justin Timberlake hosts. The big hit, for him, was reuse of the now-classic “Dick in a Box” characters for mother’s day. [...]

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