MP3: Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars I was a little reluctant to get into Sleigh Bells, but once the bug bit, it bit hard. Treats is what I jammed through most of the packing and moving into my new apartment and what I keep playing over the speakers at work. It’s a really really fun [...]

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Do you guys like getting MP3 previews way in advance of an album or relatively shortly before its release? The reason I ask is because we’ve got three months until the rest of this Black Mountain record hits stores — and a quarter of a year seems like a really long time to have to [...]

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Levi’s has been getting bands to cover songs that inspired them to make music. The latest from that series is also the latest we’ve heard from the Shins in about two years. Maybe it’s absence that’s made my heart grow fonder, but the result sounds great to me. Head to Levi’s web site to download [...]

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Thanks to Optical Atlas for the heads-up on the new Elf Power record. Elf Power will hit stores Sept 14 via Orange Twin Records and features guest contributions from Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, and John Fernandes of The Olivia Tremor Control and Heather McIntosh of Circulatory System/Gnarls Barkley’s touring band/just about everybody fame. Oops! [...]

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Unfortunately I’ve been busier in the past two weeks with unfun stuff than I have at any point since I was a pre-pharmacy major during finals. As a result, this mix is a little late and a little short on graphics. But hey, the music’s still great even without the pictures. You Ain’t No Picasso’s [...]

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Man, here’s another one that I didn’t even know was on the horizon. Cotton Jones have snuck up on me with this new track “Glorylight and Christie,” which they premiered over at Paste the other day. Check it out, enjoy, etc. MP3: Cotton Jones – Glorylight and Christie It starts out as a Beach House-esque [...]

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Since I won’t be able to attend Bonnaroo this year, I’ve had to stop dreaming of sunny Tennessee and start looking to ol’ Chicago. Luckily Lollapalooza’s got a lineup that makes it all worth it and now we know who’s playing when. Check out Lollapalooza’s schedule Biggest conflicts?

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I didn’t know Madeline had a new record in the works, but she’s apparently far enough along to be showing off a couple finished songs. Here she is performing “Dead Moon” at a party for Slow Records. Sounds like she’s moving a little toward the Americana range, but that’s A-OK with me if she can [...]

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Enjoying that new Holy Fuck record but still itching for something in the same vein? Well check out Mahjongg’s new track, “Miami Knights,” pulled from their upcoming record The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger. Download “Miami Knights” over at XLR8R

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