Someone just uploaded a nice video of Colin Meloy singing at a benefit for the Oregon League of Conservation Voters. It’s short, but just a little bit heartwarming. Thanks for spreading Christmas cheer and working for a good cause, Colin!

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Well, today was the first that we’ve had to hear something from the James Mercer/Danger Mouse collaboration Broken Bells. They just put up a free MP3 of “the High Road” on their site. The only problem is that it’s not even half the sum of its parts. MP3: Broken Bells – The High Road It’s [...]

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I’ve got a busy weekend of Christmas preparations ahead, so I figured I’d take a minute to unwind by sharing Belle & Sebastian’s Peel Christmas Party bootleg. It’s easily one of my favorite bootlegs I’ve come across, and one that’ll always leave me smiling in December. It includes nine Christmas covers (including ones by James [...]

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Not sure if I’ll have a moment to put together a Christmas mix this year for either personal or YANP purposes, but this song will have to make it on there if I do. I’m fairly sure it’s an original tune, composed by pop group Bears. It sounds fairly close to the Boy Least Likely [...]

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If it’s December at You Ain’t No Picasso, then it’s time for Mixmas! Every year I like to turn YANP over to some of my favorite bands to showcase some of their favorite songs through a themed mix. They pick a theme, five songs that fit the theme and then share a little about why [...]

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I missed the majority of Bill Callahan’s set, mostly because I wasn’t in the most outgoing mood — being that I’d been told a few hours prior that I was going to need a kidney biopsy the next day. Nothing like a medical procedure to put a damper on your desire to go out. But [...]

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Looks like Owen Pallett will no longer be performing under the name “Final Fantasy.” In an attempt to make everything simpler for the citizens of the world, he’ll just be going by his birth name from now on. Here’s his explanation: Friends, I began playing solo violin shows in 2004. Although it was essentially a [...]

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I said it on twitter and I’ll say it here: if this had come out this year, I’d pick it for song of the year. Boing Boing posted this video of a song written by an Italian composer in a gibberish language that is his imitation of what he thought English sounded like. It’s a [...]

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If it’s December at You Ain’t No Picasso, then it’s time for Mixmas! Every year I like to turn YANP over to some of my favorite bands to showcase some of their favorite songs through a themed mix. They pick a theme, five songs that fit the theme and then share a little about why [...]

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