God bless the internet. Within two hours of this cover happening, we’ve got a great video with nearly sparkling audio to replay over and over again. Here’s Of Montreal and Solange Knowles covering the Jackson 5′s “I Want You Back.” Super fun. MP3: Of Montreal + Solange – I Want You Back (Jackson 5) Big [...]

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Wouldn’t you know it. The minute I’m out on the town a new Justice single hits the web. Oh well, only half an hour late with this one. No info to go on other than I got this in an email from Ed Banger Records who said to share it with you fine people. UPDATE: [...]

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Though I’m a far cry from Joanna Newsom’s most dedicated fan, I have definitely warmed up to her over the past three years. And now, with the impending release of her triple album Have One On Me, it looks like I’ve got a good chance of having my fandom level upped yet again. I’ll be [...]

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I’ll admit to being suckered into giving Inlets a chance based on the guests he’s got on his upcoming record. But when you can talk Angel from the Dirty Projectors and Zach from Beirut into making an appearance on your album, clearly you must have something good going on — either that or you’re a [...]

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I’ve really been enjoying Woodpigeon’s new album Die Stadt Muzikanten over the past month. Now, as an additional treat, Cover Lay Down posted a collection of Woodpigeon covers, ranging from Pink Floyd, Bjork, Abba to the Magnetic Fields. It’s a great set of covers. MP3: Woodpigeon – Asleep and Dreaming (Magnetic Fields) There are some [...]

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Here’s some good quality video of the new Radiohead song “Lotus Flower” performed at last night’s Los Angeles Haiti benefit. It had previously made its debut during Thom’s solo LA set, but this is the first time it’s made its way into a Radiohead show. It’s a great track that’s just Thom and his electric [...]

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I was a little slow getting into Caribou, but once I did it didn’t take long to turn me into a full-fledged fan. Andorra bowled me over and seeing them live only cemented the process. Now we’ll find out if a third in the series will kill me. Caribou are releasing Swim April 20 on [...]

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The start of this year brought us the official confirmation that Honus Honus of Man Man and Nick Thorburn of Islands have teamed up as the “doom wop” group Mister Heavenly. The pair have been working together during time off from Man Man’s recording session for their upcoming record — which is yet another reason [...]

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I saw Pepper Rabbit’s name tossed around a bit in pre-SXSW planning and only recently connected that they were the same group Dave Rawkblog has been raving about. MP3: Pepper Rabbit – Red Wine Pepper Rabbit write haunted pop music. That’s really all there is. It’s soft melodies with occasionally some stirring trumpet or banjo [...]

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