Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 begins today in Chicago, IL. I made it here in great time, so I should be there when the gates open. Time permitting, I’ll be doing updates this weekend with lots of photos. UPDATE: Neko says she plans on hitting the stage with GBV. Awesome news!

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Thanks to Cover Me for the video of St Vincent taking on Tom Waits’ “Big Black Mariah.” As he points out, it’s a bit funny since she not long ago covered the band Big Black.

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Spotify has landed in America! I’m excited to try it out, but unfortunately you’ve got to wait on an invite. But perhaps no one is as excited as Ted Leo, who seems to have an ingenious plan…

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NME has an interview with Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley in which he states that Rilo Kiley won’t be getting together after this latest round of solo-project hiatus. It’s a bummer, but the real crime is that NME called the band a “Country-pop band” even after Under the Blacklight came out. Time to put The [...]

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Let’s all give a big “welcome back!” to Mates of State. They’re releasing their new album Mountaintops on Sept 13 and have seen fit to debut a new song and video at the same time! You can stream the video for “Maracas” above while waiting for the MP3 to hit your inbox via the widget [...]

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Boing Boing always throws me for a loop when they premiere music stuff. It’s so odd getting music news from your nerdy/tech/oddities source. But they did just that with this video for Cults’ “Go Outside.” Director Isaiah Seret had this to say To tell the story of Cults’ hauntingly beautiful track, “Go Outside”, I was [...]

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Lexingtonians The Bucthers have a new 7″ up for preorder at Hop Hop. They were kind enough to send over the first track for you to sample. Enjoy! MP3: The Butchers – What’s Up Dude

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For a limited time, that is. If you hurry over to Nick’s bandcamp page, you can name your price for his new LP I Am An Attic. If you pay $10 or more, you’ll be treated to a bonus six-song EP. Download Nick Diamonds’ I Am An Attic

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The Muppets tribute album featuring Andrew Bird, Weezer and MMJ is out Aug 23. Here’s our first (best?) cut from the album. Stream it at Spin

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