February wasn’t quite as impressive as January when it came to new songs, but it was still a memorable month. So kick back, get to downloading (buy Local Natives’ and Yeasayer’s new albums) and enjoy some of the songs that made February enjoyable. MP3: Lissie – Little Lovin Why you should care: because she could [...]

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MP3: Vetiver – You May Be Blue Though there’s about a 50/50 shot that I’ll be out of town, I’m still excited that Lexington snagged Vetiver to play an all ages show here in town. I really think this is going to be a pretty good spring for concerts. Vetiver w/Matt Duncan March 6 at [...]

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My March plans are looking preeetty full, but I’ve still managed to make some time to attend the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. And because all my area-specific contests seem to be focused on Lexington, I’m even more happy that I can give one to the Tennessee people. I’m giving away two tickets to [...]

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Can’t get enough Of Montreal? Live in Florida or the southern part of the US? You’re in luck! Those fabulous Athenians will be touring after Kevin gets back from hanging out in LA with Jon Brion and are hitting the deep south. Have fun, you crazy kids. Of Montreal tour dates April 6 – Oxford, [...]

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Hey Broken Social Scene! Why don’t you release more long-awaited, seriously sweet music during the six hour window where I was in the hospital! Yeah, thanks for that one, guys and girls. Oh well, this track is so sweet that I’m not even mad at their timing. And if I get to catch them live [...]

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Just a quick note to say that there’s a great quality bootleg of Bad Veins’ performance at the Knitting Factory up at NYC Taper. Even though I saw them in September, this bootleg makes me realize that it’s been way too long since I’ve attended one of their shows. Download Bad Vein’s set at the [...]

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WOXY has been giving a lot of love to Follow That Bird in the past few months, so I figured it was about time I checked them out. They’ve done a Lounge Act and were on that Casual Victim Pile compilation. MP3: Follow That Bird – The Ghosts That Wake You For some reason I [...]

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I don’t know which made me happier, that the Ben Sollee/Daniel Martin Moore show was excellent or that it was insanely well attended. I’m bad with estimations, but I’d say that somewhere around 70 120 people crammed into the front part of CD Central to watch Ben, Daniel and their band perform selections from Dear [...]

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Apparently my blatant love of the new Happy Hollows record has paid off. Their label just asked if I’d like to premiere this cover of the Church’s “Under the Milky Way.” Uh, duh (and thanks!) guys. MP3: The Happy Hollows – Under the Milky Way (The Church cover) And if you, like me, couldn’t place [...]

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