If you haven’t started making your spring concert plans, I’d do so now (this is a good place to start). We’ve got a busy spring ahead of us and one of the best reasons is the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN! They’ve got a fantastic lineup including Joanna Newsom, St Vincent (both of which [...]

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Clem Snide are releasing their new album The Meat of Life this February on 429 Records. Unfortunately they’ve asked that I don’t offer any songs for download (but you can stream two at their Myspace). They did, however, say that I can have an exclusive download of this cover Eef recorded of Asia’s “Heat of [...]

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Giant thanks to the Atease member hardlylurkin for posting a recording of Radiohead’s Haitian benefit in LA. It’s not the most rewarding bootleg (ie: there’s only one new song), but it’s a good one for sure. ZIP: Radiohead live at the Music Box 1.14.10 (277mb) Track listing after the break.

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The Knife’s new record Tomorrow, In a Year is now available for streaming or digital purchase over at www.theknife.net. Check it out! MP3: The Knife – Colouring of Pigeons

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I was chatting with my good buddy Ross Compton the other day when he dropped a quick tip about a new band that would be stopping by Lexington in a couple weeks. So check out this new track and then come see them Feb 12 at Al’s Bar. MP3: Givers – Up, Up, Up If [...]

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Here’s the beautiful new video for Local Natives’ song “Airplanes.” I’ve made no bones about them being my favorite new band and this is just another in the long list of reasons why. And while you’re at it, be sure to check out the interview I did with Andy from Local Natives. He sheds a [...]

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Thanks to GvB for posting this video for Broken Bells’ new song “The High Road.” It’s such a good video that it’s making me think that I might have been just slightly mean to this track when I reviewed it. Still sounds like the Wallflowers to me, though. MP3: Broken Bells – The High Road [...]

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One of my New Years resolutions was to post about more and smaller bands. I feel like I’m doing pretty well on that part of the resolution, but figured that doing a month’s end compilation of some of my favorite tracks would be a good way to make it easier for you guys to share [...]

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Great news! We’ve finally got a release date and track listing for the Apples in Stereo’s upcoming record Travellers in Space in Time. It’s coming out April 20th via Yep Roc/Simian Records and goes a little something like this: Travellers in Space and Time track listing 1. The Code 2. Dream About the Future 3. [...]

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