I didn’t have the highest of hopes for my birthday-twin Phil Selway’s new solo album, but it looks like it’s going to be awesome. Seriously, this new track “By Some Miracle” is what I hoped and prayed the new Midlake would sound like. Head over to www.philipselway.com and grab this fantastic track. Download “By Some [...]

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Friends Records just hit me up to see if I’d be into posting another Sri Aurobindo track. Considering how much I loved the first one I posted, is it any surprise that I said yes? That album’s tons of fun. MP3: Sri Aurobindo – My Luv Is Stoned It’s got a riff not unlike “Soul [...]

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MP3: Janelle Monae – Let’s Go Crazy (live Prince cover) Uhhh. Way awesome. Janelle Monae covered Princes’ “Let’s Go Crazy” at the BET awards. I’m way into Janelle Monae and this only furthers that love. When they cut to a shot of the Purple One in the audience, he doesn’t look overly flattered, but I [...]

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Remember when I got so excited about those two new My Morning Jacket songs and one of them turned out to be a new one by Carl Broemel? Well, here’s our second taste off his upcoming record All Birds Say, out Aug 31 on ATO. MP3: Carl Broemel – Heaven Knows Not a huge departure [...]

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Here’s a great video of Florence and the Machine doing their new song “Heavy in Your Arms” off the Twilight soundtrack, leading into a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain.” Love it.

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I’ve spent the past month or so pushing Kanye’s “Power” onto anyone who hadn’t yet heard it. It’s pretty much exactly what Kanye needed to return with, and I’m happy to pay off his luck/hard work/talent with my attention. [via MWP]

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The Morris Book Shop just shot me an email about their 2nd anniversary party on Saturday, July 31. They’ve got a great lineup of local talent and will be having a 20% off sale. Morris Book Shop 2nd Anniversary Robert Schneider – 1pm Coralee and the Townies – 4pm 7/31 408 Southland Drive Lexington, KY

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Sharon Van Etten just shared this new demo over at Emusic. You’ll need an account to download the track, but you can stream it all you want without one. Download “Save Yourself” from emusic.com

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I finally got around to ripping this track from that awesome video of gibberish-English. Enjoy it. I’m off to a wedding! MP3: Adriano Celentano – Prisencolinensinainciusol

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