Just got into South Carolina a little bit ago. Our trip started bright and early and was first soundtracked by Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. I remembered seeing this adorable video put together by some folks in NYC. It’s a tribute to the moves in the dance scene in the Breakfast Club done on a New [...]

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Snoop, like Springsteen, is one of those fantastic artists that have become classics but still kept up the quality of their live show. With the Boss it’s because he’s still got the energy of guys half his age, but with Snoop it’s all about his stage presence. When Snoop slowly paces the stage, I’m not [...]

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The Starlight Mints’ new album Change Remains is one that still don’t feel like I’ve fully grasped. In a discography full of funkystrange records, this might go down as their “weird one.” “Zoomba” is sweet and now you get another song to help make up your mind. Here’s “Paralyzed.” MP3: Starlight Mints – Paralyzed I [...]

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These United States are ready to share their third record with you. Not so unusual a fact until you realize — like I did today — that their debut album came out 18 months ago. I guess that makes the three LPs Irish triplets? But the newest, Everything Touches Everything is a sleaker and faster [...]

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John Oliver was just fantastic at Bonnaroo. The comedy tent audience is always a little generous to comedians (what with there being nary a sober soul in the house), but he didn’t need the leeway. He gently kidded with the Bonnaroo audience about the ridiculousness of the festival, the overwhelming power of American consumerism and [...]

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After he finished this set at Bonnaroo, Robyn Hitchcock grabbed a chair in the press tent and started jamming with whatever musicians found their way there. He played with some of the Katzenjammer girls, Abigail Washburn and the Late BP Helium throughout the day. Everyone gave them their space, but I just had to go [...]

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Okkervil River were absolutely fantastic. If they ever come anywhere near me, I’ll pay good money to get to sit down and enjoy an entire set of theirs. I got to hear a lot of my favorite songs off their fantastic last record The Stage Names, but didn’t get to stay for my favorite song [...]

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Another casualty of the festival. I had to leave Andrew Bird almost as soon as I got there in order to catch Okkervil River. I’d seen Andrew Bird probably ten times and Okkervil River only once, so I knew I had to make a sacrifice. Still, it was great to see Andrew playing the secondary [...]

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I’ve already posted this video once, but it was taken down shortly thereafter. However, it’s worth a repost because this is probably the best video I’ve seen all year for one of the best songs of last year. Strangely this video has not worked for me more times that it has. If you can’t get [...]

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