For those million or so of us LCD Soundsystem fans who couldn’t make it to their final show in MSG, this news is going to feel so sweet. A fan asked James on Facebook about an official release for the recording and he answered in the extreme positive. Fantastic news. Thanks to CoS for the [...]

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Sleeper Agent from Bowling Green are out on tour with their neighbors Cage the Elephant. After hearing this track, I know we need to bring them to Lexington for a great rock show. Seriously, fellow Kentuckians, if you aren’t proud of our state by now then I give up. MP3: Sleeper Agent – Get It [...]

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Grails: “Almost Grew My Hair” Grails/Softcheque/Nathan Salsburg at Zanzabar in Louisville Tuesday, April 19 $5 | 21+ | 9 p.m. Though their albums have been filed into the metal playbox at WRFL in the past, Grails doesn’t fit easily into any category – I guess you could describe their sound as psychedelic post rock with [...]

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We finally got a second song from Man Man’s upcoming Life Fantastic (out 5/10). This time it’s the title track, a delightfully dreadful song about finding a corpse at what was previously a relaxing picnic. MP3: Man Man – Life Fantastic Underneath the southing violins, there’s the jazzy noir ballet of Honus’ vocals that plays [...]

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Whoa. “Abducted” jumped out of nowhere into a position as one of my favorite Cults tracks. Incredible to know that for all the great ones we’ve heard so far, they still have fantastic ones left for later. This is off Cults’ Record Store Day 7″ for “Abducted.” They’ve got a Europe-only one for “You Know [...]

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The day is upon us. It’s time for our first listen to a studio version of anything from My Morning Jacket’s Circuital. I got an advance peek at this since that exclusive 12″ has already showed up at CD Central. Don’t forget that MMJ will be playing Lexington on Sunday April 17. Tickets are still [...]

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“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun. It might be cliché to start a piece of writing about the Drive-By Truckers with a moment from the American South’s favorite novelist. Yes, DBT is certainly a band obsessed with the past – both literal and imagined – yet [...]

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We’ve known that the Handsome Furs had enough new songs ready to imply that we’d have a new record in 2011, but it’s good to hear all that confirmed. The Furs’ new album Sound Kapital will be released June 28 on Sub Pop. Here’s a widget to stream/download the new song “What About Us.” Tour [...]

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MP3: Yellow Ostrich – Daughter (live) I’ll give you a second to get the Pearl Jam song out of your head. Ready? OK. Though Yellow Ostrich’s The Mistress has only been out physically for a short while, it was actually finished and released online last year. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that they been [...]

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