Emily Reo just sent over two tracks from her upcoming “Witch Mtn” EP. We’ve got the title track and “Blue Canoe” to enjoy today. You may want to download ‘em now and save them until the sun begins to set tonight. MP3: Emily Reo – Blue Canoe MP3: Emily Reo – Witch Mtn Emily Reo [...]

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The initial run of You Ain’t No Picasso tshirts flew out of my hands in just under a month. Minus the handful left at CD Central, they’re all currently keeping friends and longtime YANP readers from being arrested for indecency. So naturally that means that I’m itching to print up another batch of shirts. Visit [...]

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What timing! The Whigs just released this video for their Frank Black-ish song “Kill Me Carolyne” off their new record In the Dark. Perfect, since they’re playing Lexington tonight at Cosmic Charlie’s. Come check ‘em out tonight and I promise you won’t get shot in a thrilling airplane battle.

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While I was in LA* I got to hang out with some fine folks in some fine places. One of the most fun was killing a few hours with Frank from 230 Publicity and Seth from Polyvinyl, playing music off our iPods for one another. Seth played this song by Shugo Tokumaru that blew me [...]

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So it looks like we were all completely right about the 2010 Lollapalooza lineup. And yes, that means we were completely right about it being a fairly awesome lineup. It knocks out a fair amount of bands I’d like to see, but wouldn’t pay to see on their own (Soundgarden), groups I’m curious about how [...]

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I missed out on Justin Vernon of Bon Iver’s set at MusicNOW because I couldn’t get off work, but luckily someone recorded this cover he did of Sharon Van Etten’s “Love More.”

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I just found out that I’ll be making it out to Phoenix’s show in Louisville and that the band have slightly expanded their US tour dates. Add in to these the likelihood that they’re playing Lollapalooza and you’ve got a pretty generous US touring schedule! MP3: Phoenix – Lisztomania Phoenix Tour Dates April 17: The [...]

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If you didn’t know, I was hoping your internal voice would read the end of that headline with the same cadence as the song “North American Scum.” But I really can’t expect us to be on the same page all the time. But hopefully the same page we are all on is the page where [...]

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Last night I was all ready to settle in for some overdue sleep around 3am when I made the mistake of checking Myspace to see if there was any news to be gleaned from it. Turns out that was the wrong thing to do if I was looking to get to bed at a halfway [...]

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