As I just pointed out a few days ago, Miles Kurosky’s new LP The Desert of Shallow Effects is hitting stores March 7. Now here’s our second chance to hear one of his new songs. It sounds so much like Beulah that I think a tiny part of me is crying right now. SXSW can’t [...]

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Of course it’s not a standup comedy set, but it’s a reason for me to get excited nonetheless. Steve Martin, one of my favorite human beings in the world, has just been confirmed for Bonnaroo. This interview with Steep Canyon Rangers, revealed that they’ll be playing Bonnaroo 2010 along with Steve Martin. If you haven’t [...]

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Somehow Seabear’s new album almost slipped by me. I mean, it’s not out yet, but I still had no idea it was even on the horizon. I really loved their last record and from the looks of “Lion Face Boy,” this one should be about as good. MP3: Seabear – Lion Face Boy If you [...]

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Will Pavement headline Pitchfork this year? The Louisville Courier-Journal sure seems to think so. In an interview with Louisville’s/Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich, the CJ dropped this interesting bit about the show Pavement are likely to play closest to Lville: “Chicago’s Pitchfork Festival will likely be the closest; the only non-festival U.S. dates announced so far are [...]

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If you head over to DirtyProjectors.net, you can order a 7″ of the Dirty Projectors’ song “Ascending Melody” (b/w “Emblem of the World”). And as if dropping this little present on us wasn’t nice enough, you can also download both songs for free at the same site. Here’s the b-side, “Emblem of the World.” MP3: [...]

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Though I was first introduced to them in 2003, it took a long time for me to be bitten by the My Morning Jacket bug. It wasn’t until I saw them at 2008′s Bonnaroo Music Festival that I really understood what all the madness was about. But now that I’m solidly one of the converted, [...]

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Image via Fact Magazine NYC post-punk band Swans announced this weekend that they’ll be reforming and recording a new album. First thing’s first, though; they’ll be selling some limited edition CDs through Young God Records in order to offset the cost of recording and releasing a new record. Live footage of them in 1987 after [...]

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The Morning Benders just tossed up this track from their new album Big Echo. And if you need another reason to check it out, the record is produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear. MP3: The Morning Benders – Promises From the sound of “Promises,” it seems that Big Echo is going to be a [...]

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If there’s one band that makes me feel connected to rock and roll of ages gone, it’s the Whigs. They’re completely a force of nature who have no other point to their shows other than to rock out. I haven’t seen a full show of theirs since mid-2008, so I’m pretty excited that they’re coming [...]

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