I managed to catch all of the Thermal’s set at Pitchfork (no small feat for someone covering the whole festival on their own) and had some of the most fun I’ve had at a show all year. It was a near-perfect combination of songs off their fantastic new record Now We Can See, hits off [...]

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It’s time again for another installment of My First Time, the series where I ask some of my favorite bands to share stories about their musical “firsts.” Everything from the first song they ever wrote to the response they got when they first played their songs for their family. It’s all here. Because after all, [...]

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Yup, the rumor is now official. Girl Talk will be playing the University of Kentucky Student Center Grand Ballroom on August 27. Tickets are $10 with a UK ID, no word on what they’ll run for the non-Wildcats out there. Two things: UKSAB, way to not book something completely lame for once; and Grand Ballroom [...]

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It must be mindblowingly, unfathomably strange to be a young band in 2009. Thanks to the internet, regular Joes can have a niche hit song a few weeks after it’s recorded. Now sometimes that catapults people with debatable talent into a position they shouldn’t be, resulting in horrible shows, meltdowns or any number of other [...]

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I can’t remember if this is the new song they played when I saw them at SXSW, but that’s not really surprising. This is a little more sunny and glossy than I usually like my Echo and the Bunnymen songs to be, but it’s fun so I’ll let it slide. Stream “Do You Know Who [...]

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Seems like a match made in electronic heaven, right? Jamie Lidell’s soulful wails overtop of Simian Mobile Disco’s beats. Thankfully the finished product lives up to at least most of the hype. This track is off SMD’s upcoming Temporary Pleasure LP and available to stream right now. Stream “Off the Map” on Jamie Lidell’s Myspace

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I have no idea if this is a photo from a Fishboy show or what, but you have to admit the look on Eric’s face is pretty awesome. Apologies for not using a press photo, but I’ve gotten enough mileage out of the one they have to warrant this. Fishboy! I’ll admit that I was [...]

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It seems like a lifetime ago, but I first posted on Sea Wolf over three years ago. Since then they’ve released their debut album, released an EP and toured the world. Now LP2 is finally ready for me/us to obsess over, nitpick and (hopefully) enjoy. The first track for our consumption, “Stanislaus,” can be streamed [...]

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In the time since they played our SXSW event, Blitzen Trapper have grown to be one of the most respected young bands out there. And with two widely-released, even wider-respected albums under their belt, why shouldn’t they be? Wild Mountain Nation is fantastic and Furr just might be even better. Luckily for Blitzen Trapper they’ve [...]

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