A customer at CD Central asked me to identify a CD with a weird cover the other day. Turns out that it was Danger Mouse & Jemini’s album Ghetto Pop Life, which I’d always meant to hear but had never gotten around to it. Turns out that it’s just as great as I’d hoped. DM’s [...]

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Wow. I didn’t plan for today to be “great ticket giveaway day” but it seems to have turned out that way. This time I’m going to be giving away a Boomslang fest weekend pass to two YANP readers. Now, I don’t want these to go to just anyone. I want these tickets to go to [...]

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Last minute awesome contest alert! I’ve got to get a winner to the label by this afternoon, so we’re going to have a Twitter contest (sorry Amish readers). First person to log onto Twitter and @reply me with your full name and email address. My username is @mattpicasso. Get to it!

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Oh look. At Ease just made my day. Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien just said that they’ll likely be recording an album this winter for a 2010 release. There’s a lot of questions left to answer (physical release? what will it sound like? why did Thom just say you weren’t going to record an album?) and Ed [...]

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I missed it last night, but thankfully the Audio Perv snagged video of the Avett Brothers performing “Laundry Room” on the Late Late show with Craig Ferguson. I’ve only had a chance to listen to the new album twice, but it’s slowly growing on me — not quite as quickly as their others, though. Still, [...]

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I normally don’t normally do big preview guides for festivals or concerts, but I feel like this time is pretty special. Boomslang is a three-day festival taking place this weekend in Lexington, KY that ranges over several venues all across town. The logistics of the festival are deceptively easy, so I figured I’d get my [...]

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It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen Bishop Allen, but it’s really only been since March. But for their fans in Kentucky, it’s probably been a little bit longer than it has for me. That’s why it’s such great news that they’re going to stop by Kentucky on their latest round of [...]

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Well, I feel quite bad that such a bad thing had to happen to bring it about, but I’m excited for this event. Shellac is going to play a benefit concert for Jason Noble of the Shipping News, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Jason Noble Benefit featuring Shellac and Shannon Wright Saturday, November 21, [...]

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Janelle Monae recorded this new song for the Kia Soul Collective. The crazy part is that it might be the best song I’ve heard from her yet. It’s a crazy soul-swing song that belongs on any Halloween mix you make this year. It’s spooky, but it’ll also make you want to dance. MP3: Janelle Monae [...]

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