I’ll be honest; I had originally intended to arrive at Buster’s just before Strangers Family Band ended. But, just like all the other days, Sunday was running a bit behind schedule. So when I showed up around 8:30, it was still over a half an hour until SFB would take the stage and about an [...]

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The Tripwire posted this MP3 of White Hinterland covering Arthur Russell’s “Lucky Cloud.” Unfortunately I’ve never heard the original, but this cover is quite nice! MP3: White Hinterland – Lucky Cloud (Arthur Russell cover)

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I’m sure those of you who are Man Man fans are already jumping with joy that we get to see them ON HALLOWEEN in Lexington, but I thought I’d take a minute to show you why a great thing just got better. This is the poster that Cricket Press whipped up for the occasion. This [...]

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Hey hey hey! Another ticket giveaway today! This time around I’m giving away a pair of tickets to go see the Features play this Friday at Buster’s. I won’t be able to go to the show due to commitment to a friend’s birthday party (part of which includes Where the Wild Things Are!), but I’d [...]

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While I’ve never seen an episode of it, all my Youtubing has indicated that Yo Gabba Gabba is doing a wonderful job introducing kids to music. They’ve had MGMT, Of Montreal and a ton of other great groups on there. Now they can add The Apples in Stereo to that list, now that they had [...]

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In a surprise move, Mark Oliver Everett’s group Eels is going to be releasing their new album End Times January 18 of next year — just six months after Hombre Lobo came out. I was a little let down with Hombre Lobo, but I think I’ll take to this one a little better. It was [...]

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The first great discovery of Boomslang was Disappears, who I caught while waiting around for the Black Angels (spoiler alert: I didn’t get to see them). I forgot to keep notes on my phone during their set, but if I had, it would probably have read “AWESOME BAND. VERY LOUD.” So yeah, I was pretty [...]

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I’ve been loving Local Natives for a while now, but this is arguably the best time to get excited. We’re finally starting to hear finished, studio versions of songs off their upcoming record Gorilla Manor (out in 2010). MOKB shared this new song by the LA group and it sounds great. MP3: Local Natives – [...]

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I’ve been looking forward to hearing Chris Taylor’s side project CANT since news of it was first announced — and today’s the day! Here’s the song “Ghosts” MP3: CANT – Ghosts So it turns out that everyone in Grizzly Bear is wildly talented. Who knew?? You can grab this on a 7″ by heading here [...]

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