Just got an email from the Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Maia who decided to post this years-old video that he made with Panda Bear. Since this is a previously released song (“A Musician and a Filmmaker”) I’m not sure how deep their collaboration goes, but it’s a nice enough work for you art lovers and Animal [...]

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Asobi Seksu are putting out their next LP Fluorescence Feb 15 on Polyvinyl Records. We’ve got the first single and it sounds amazing, you guys. I highly suggest you pick this one up and join me in the countdown to Feb 15. MP3: Asobi Seksu – Trails Shoegaze with beautiful female vocals over it — [...]

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I’m not sure what I’m going to do for New Year’s Eve, but I’m sure of what my suggestion for you to do is: check out These United States, Idiot Glee and Coralee at Cosmic Charlie’s! These United States w/ Coralee & the Townies, Idiot Glee Friday, December 31st @ Cosmic Charlie’s Lexington, KY MP3: [...]

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American Songwriter just alerted me to a project that’s definitely worth some attention. The frontmen for Deer Tick, Dawes and Delta Spirit have banded together to form a new group, Middle Brother. They’re putting out a self-titled album March 1st on Partisan Records. Tracklist after the break.

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If it’s December at You Ain’t No Picasso then it’s time for Mixmas. Every year I use the holiday season as an excuse to get some of my favorite musicians to contribute a mix centered around a theme of their choosing. They share some of their favorites and we get a little peak into their [...]

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It seems that my favorite Kentucky musicians always seem to have a thing for Christmas covers. Last year it was Daniel Martin Moore, this year Idiot Glee has stepped up to the plate. MP3: Idiot Glee – White Christmas This cover of “White Christmas” comes to us from the Moshi Moshi Christmas EP. Thanks, Moshi [...]

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What a great choice to soundtrack these exceptional videos. The New York Times had Owen Pallett put together some compositions to score the short videos they made with the 14 actors they thought defined 2010. Watch the videos, hear the music here

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Polyvinyl was nice enough to ask me if I wanted to premier this Deerhoof remix of an upcoming Shugo Tokumaru song. Of course guys, I’m not crazy. So here’s Deerhoof (presumably Greg Saunier) remixing Japanese pop genius Shugo Tokumaru. MP3: Shugo Tokumaru – Rum Hee (Deerhoof remix) Both Shugo and Deerhoof have recently signed to [...]

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If it’s December at You Ain’t No Picasso then it’s time for Mixmas. Every year I use the holiday season as an excuse to get some of my favorite musicians to contribute a mix centered around a theme of their choosing. They share some of their favorites and we get a little peak into their [...]

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