If there’s one label that deserves kudos for their commitment to the albums that would otherwise fall through the cracks, it’s Light in the Attic. This time they’re releasing Betty Davis’ out of print album Nasty Gal as well as her never-before released record Is It Love or Desire. MP3: Betty Davis – Is It [...]

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Vampire Weekend just posted their new song “Horchata” on their website. It comes to us from their new album Contra, which will be released this coming January. It’s a pretty simple track with xylophone and percussion-heavy pre-chorus. MP3: Vampire Weekend – Horchata Check out Vampire Weekend’s tour dates after the break.

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I missed Phoenix at Bonnaroo, but at the time I didn’t really know what I was missing. I’d heard a bit off their new album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and of course had heard a handful of their previous hits that I’d picked up through osmosis. So I wasn’t really that sad at the time, more [...]

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I don’t really know who Holly Miranda is, but she does a good enough job covering Pink Floyd’s “Breathe” (backed by the Antlers) that I’ll have to check her out. Head over to NYC Taper to download an MP3 of Holly and the Antlers covering Pink Floyd’s “Breathe / Time / Breathe reprise” section from [...]

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No big surprise, but apparently Thom Yorke used that LA supergroup show to play four new songs. Only one, “Open the Floodgates,” has ever been heard before, so it’s quite a treat. MP3: Thom Yorke – Judge, Jury, & Executioner (live, new) MP3: Thom Yorke – Lotus Flower (live, new) MP3: Thom Yorke – Open [...]

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Method Man and Redman were completely unlike what I was expecting. Having seen a few Wu Tang members and even more rappers, I expected them to fall somewhere on the more lethargic side. Not sure why, but their goofy demeanor in films certainly didn’t inspire confidence in me that they’d be a wild and fun [...]

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Monolith was a big show for Bad Veins. They’d just been signed to Dangerbird and released a new record and had yet to really make a big national appearance. Now they’re touring nationally and making appearances at big festivals. And for a lot of people, this is going to be their first glimpse at a [...]

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These United States just got a sweet video for the title track off their new album Everything Touches Everything. There are scarecrows, corn, backing vocals provided by crows and even a corn version of the band. I won’t ruin the surprise too much, but it’s a pretty accurate portrayal of the band members. MP3: These [...]

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Looks like full video of that Grizzly Bear + Victoria Legrand song “Slow Life” has finally surfaced. Here’s a video of them performing the full song live in Columbia, Missouri. Sounds just as great as that 80 second snippet made it seem.

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