Now we finally get to the fun part of the local section: giving away tickets to just about every local show I can. Up first is a fun one, Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s. I’ll keep this one simple — just reply with your full name and I’ll pick a winner on Thursday. [...]

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Blaqstarr just posted Blaqstarr the Mixtape over at his site. It’s got guest appearances by Mos Def, Diplo and more — but perhaps none more attention-grabbing than the fact that M.I.A’s on it. Not surprising, but always good to hear her progression. Snag the MP3 and listen to it while you go grab the full [...]

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I’ll be honest with you guys: I already thought thecontrollersphere was in stores. As an Of Montreal fan and a record store employee, you’d think that’d be crazy. But no. That’s how scatterbrained I am. But for those of you who still haven’t heard the weirdness and genius insanity left over from False Priest, here’s [...]

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I don’t normally get excited for those “stream 30 second clip” things that Amazon regularly does, but hey — this is My Morning Jacket. Hear a snippet from Circuital‘s “Holdin On To Black Metal,” the track that ?uestlove is loving. Stream a bit from “Holdin On To Black Metal” at Amazon

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The Gleeful Idiot (Photo by Coleman Guyon) Who needs the weekend? Two separate shows, both with supreme line-ups, are taking place early this week on Tuesday. Local pop-star, Idiot Glee will be playing with Prussia and Child Bite at Cosmic Charlie’s while The Tall Boys and Englishman throw down with Toy Soldier at Al’s Bar. [...]

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Ben Sollee’s opening for My Morning Jacket this Sunday, but he’s got his own show coming up soon. In May, Ben’s playing a show at the Kentucky Theater to support the Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop. It’s in celebration of “Bike Lexington Month” and a portion of the ticket sales will benefit the BSCBS. Ben [...]

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MP3: Portugal. The Man – Senseless (new; live) Since discovering Satanic Satanist in 2009 I’ve become a big Portugal. The Man fan. They must like me at least a little bit, too, since they asked if I’d be interested in giving away two tickets to each of their non-festival North American shows this spring. In [...]

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I have mixed feelings about posting unofficial videos. On one hand, the band they represent hasn’t really approved of their existence. However, lots of the bands I love are too small to ever get a real music video, so this is often as close as they can get with their first record. So with all [...]

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So far 2011 has been a great year for discovering bands. My first new love of the year was Yellow Ostrich’s The Mistress, which combines percussion and melody in a union better than any I’ve heard since Local Natives burst on the scene. So after a lot of foot-dragging, I finally go around to asking [...]

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