Just got sent this video for Family of the Year’s song “Stupidland.” I knew within 10 seconds of hitting PLAY that I would wind up posting this one. It’s got a great jangle-pop sound like Edward Sharpe or Kite Flying Society and it’s a beautifully creative stop motion video.

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Bradford Cox just posted this album of demos over at his blog. It includes covers of Kurt Vile and Bob Dylan as well as nine other new tracks. Downlaod Bedroom Databank vol 1

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Thanks to Matt for pointing us to this live cover of Junip and Sharon Van Etten doing U2′s “With Or Without You.” Girl’s got a great voice — there’s no use denying it. MP3: Sharon Van Etten and Junip – With Or Without You (U2 cover)

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Pascal Pinon is two twin 16-year-olds from Iceland with a great ear for melody. Apparently the album was actually recorded when they were 14 — let the Smoosh/Pascal Pinon war begin! MP3: Pascal Pinon – New Beginning Pascal Pinon on Myspace

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I’ll admit that Sufjan’s latest tour setup has me thinking along these lines, but there’s still something cool about seeing him do his kooky dance on Fallon. Plus the songs are still gems, so that goes a long way toward smoothing things over.

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Malachai are putting out their new record Return to the Ugly Side on Domino early next year. And while we’ll have to wait until February 22 to get our hands on it, we can get our first listen to it today. Domino’s web site has a download of the first single “Rainbows” available at the [...]

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I’m not normally a fan of remixes, but when I dig both the source material and the person remixing it’s a different story. Today WOOM posted a link to the remixes of Muu’s Way. There are some good ones in there, including ones by Greg Saunier of Deerhoof and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu. WOOM [...]

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After struggling with The Daily Show and Comedy Central’s web sites for about 20 minutes, I finally gave up and pulled this off Youtube. Viacom, get your stuff together. Anyway, here’s Jay-Z taking part in a great interview with Jon Stewart about growing up with hip hop. There’s also a great moment when Jon Stewart [...]

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Someone put together this site to play through All Day while displaying the samples as they pop up in the album. View All Day’s samples

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