Just a quick reminder that One for the Team are playing a YANP-sponsored show in Lexington tonight at Al’s Bar! Unfortunately LYLAS got snowed in and can’t make it, but we’ve replaced them with the new local group Welcome, Strangers. So come out and enjoy some great pop music! One for the Team – Every [...]

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I love it when great music comes together with a great cause. Of course, I’d prefer it that the problem requiring the great cause didn’t exist, but this is second best. The Polyphonic Spree and the Take Away Show are teaming up with non-profit organization Invisible Children to film a concert/interview series about the war [...]

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After hearing Stephin Merritt’s interesting cover of Chris Knox, I was worried that he might have lost his previously golden touch with covers. I mean, this is the guy responsible for that awesome “If I Were a Rich Man” cover. Seems like it was just a minor bump, though, since this Peter Gabriel cover is [...]

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Thanks to Muzzle of Bees for pointing me to this cover on Twitter. This is a great video of St Vincent covering my favorite National song at Brooklyn Vegan’s Haitian Benefit. As if we needed more proof that Annie is a Godsend…

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Photo by MBR MP3: Seedy Seeds – Drive Me to the Center Cincinnati’s the Seedy Seeds are coming to Lexington tonight to hit up the Green Lantern. They’ve been getting a lot of buzz around the OH/KY/IN area, but I’ve still yet to see them. Ironically I’ll probably miss them tonight because I’ll be a [...]

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If you didn’t know, I’ve had an intern for a couple months now. Mostly she’s transcribed and set up interviews, but I’m starting to try to give her more stuff to do. Part of her 2010 assignment is to head up the giveaways department around here. We’re starting off a little light, but we’ve got [...]

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I received an email just a minute ago with a number and instructions to leave a message for Wayne. Now, I was pretty sure that meant Wayne Coyne, but was REALLY hoping it might go to Lil Wayne. Turns out my gut reaction was right. The Flaming Lips have set up a hotline soliciting stories [...]

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We’ve known for a while that My Morning Jacket would be playing at the New Orleans Jazzfest, but fans just got confirmation that there will be a short tour stretching all over the southeast to accompany that date. And what’s even more awesome is that they’ll be bringing along the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to [...]

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One for the Team are playing a YANP-sponsored show this Sunday in Lexington at Al’s Bar. To celebrate, they let me pick one song off their upcoming release Ghosts to premiere. What nice guys! I went with “Every Little Thing,” a great little pop number that sounds like it’s going to be quite the rocker [...]

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