Tim DeLaughter just shared the second demo for the next Polyphonic Spree album. “Apart” has a little more in the way of production than “Blurry” (still nothing compared to a regular Spree album, though), lacing in fuzzy guitar chords and slight feedback. Tim says “I think once you hear more of these demos you’ll come [...]

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I didn’t know much about the Antlers going into their show. Scratch that, I knew only that they were on Frenchkiss records and Syd from Les Savy Fav (who, unless I’m mistaken pretty much runs FKR) has fantastic taste. Turns out that their label is a horrible jump-off point for the Antlers. I expected them [...]

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Photo from the Flaming Lips’ Pitchfork set. Photos and review coming later this week. Well, like I blogged just yesterday, the Flaming Lips have been playing some new material lately. And as if willed by the collective conscious of every attendee of their Pitchfork show, the studio versions of two songs they played at the [...]

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Man, just as I was leaving for work I saw that Chris posted a new demo by Tim DeLaughter of the Polyphonic Spree. It’s about as sparse as you can get — one voice and an acoustic guitar — which is a pretty big swap from the orchestral wonder of the Polyphonic Spree. But the [...]

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Thom Yorke debuted a new Radiohead song Sunday at the Latitude festival. “The Present Tense” is just Thom performing solo acoustically, but it gives a great look at the heart of the song. I’m not immediately grabbed by it in the same way that I was with “Supercollider”, but strangely I think it has the [...]

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What sad news to come home to. Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys) was diagnosed with a (“very treatable”) tumor in his left salivary gland and now the band has been forced to cancel shows and push back the release of their album Hot Sauce Committee. Yauch should be OK, but here’s hoping he [...]

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Oh man, I’ve been waiting to see Mystery Team for so long… and I’ll have to wait a little bit longer. But now there’s another trailer online to keep my love alive. The green band trailer has some clips we haven’t seen before and does a great job summarizing the plot: a team of now-grown [...]

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I wasn’t that familiar with Fucked Up’s music before Pitchfork, but decided to check them out because I had a few friends speak highly of their show — also I didn’t really have anything else to do. Even though I don’t think my experienced will translate into a lifelong enjoyment of the band, Fucked Up [...]

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It’s been a few months since I last had an occasion to post on Ivana XL… so naturally that means that she’s got another EP ready. I swear, once this girl learned how fun releasing EPs was, she just can’t seem to stop. I’m about halfway done with this EP (I’m writing this late night [...]

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