Local design wizards Cricket Press just put out a great new book compiling all their work into one convenient spot. Not only is it a completely beautiful addition to anything you already own, but they were nice enough to ask me to write the intro! Unfortunately that left me a little tuckered out, so I [...]

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And the line-ups get more all-starier! For the next installment of his record club, Beck corralled Wilco, Feist and Jamie Lidell to do a cover of Skip Spence’s album OAR. This might be the most solid-sounding recording to come out of the record club recordings, but that could just be because Wilco are one of [...]

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Thanks to Backseat Sandbar for posting this information on the upcoming Jim James/Daniel Martin Moore benefit show. Jim James w/Daniel Martin Moore December 6, 2009 21c Hotel (Atrium Gallery) 6pm-8:30pm $25/$30 The show will raise money for Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. I’m not sure if I can get up to Louisville for this, but I’ve [...]

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On Tuesday my co-worker found a promo DVD of an Ike & Tina show from 1971 buried away in a shelf of the record store. We popped it in and shortly thereafter had our minds blown for the next hour. Their performance packs more of a punch than 95% of concerts I’ve seen. Everyone has [...]

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Anyone who’s lived more than a dozen or so years has to be an expert on something. Sometimes it’s just making the perfect cake, playing a favorite video game or celebrity impersonations — but it’s something. So occasionally I like to turn YANP over to a favorite musician who lets us in on an area [...]

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I’ve been hearing about Sesame Street everywhere this week, what with this marking their 40th anniversary and all. Finding this, however, had nothing to do with any of the nostalgia. I was doing some random wikipediaing and realized I’d never looked up any Gene Krupa or Buddy Rich stuff on youtube. Ten minutes later I [...]

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Solange (right) performing with Chairlift at Bonnaroo We’ve been hearing a bit about this cover Solange did of the Dirty Projector’s song “Stillness is the Move” for so long now that it seemed like we’d never actually get to hear it. Well, today it was finally made public on Pitchfork. It’s beautiful and it’s free. [...]

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Thanks to Saraya for pointing out that Bill Callahan will be playing a show in Lexington this December! I just missed Karl Blau at Al’s bar, so this should make up for that a little bit. Bill Callahan live at Cosmic Charlies Monday, December 7th. $8 Check out the video for Bill Callahan’s Black Cab [...]

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I’ve been halfheartedly interested in Kick-Ass ever since /Film started covering it, but this new trailer gives me a reason to actually care. It’s like Superbad taking place in the Dark Knight universe. They’re real people, real awkward and have no powers whatsoever. Also Nicholas Cage is there. Please give me a reason to like [...]

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