Are there any “I’m f*cking great at rapping!” shirts yet? Call me when we have that sorted out so I can buy one.

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After my post on COOLRUNNINGS new 7-inch, someone at that label emailed me to let me know about their next release: DZ Deathrays. MP3: DZ Deathrays – Gebbie Street There will be a handful of you out there who will hate DZ Deathrays for trying to sound like Death from Above 1979. Decent point. However, [...]

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Here’s a new video for the song “All the Time,” by audio/visual artist Street Gnar (a current Brooklynite with strong ties to Lex). You can catch him at a Boomslang daytime showcase in Lexington on Saturday, September 24 at Bar Lexington – this will be an 18+ event, also featuring TY SEGALL, PUJOL, WOODSMAN, DELICATE [...]

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Little Scream, one of my favorite discoveries of the year, recorded a Take Away Show with the guys at La Blogotheque. Obviously Take Away Shows are beautiful and obviously Little Scream’s music is sublime, so you can understand why I’m not going to spend a lot of time trying to convince you to watch this [...]

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I picked up on Iceland’s 1860 while browsing reddit the other day. So yeah, I can now argue that time spent on reddit is still time spent working. MP3: 1860 – Snæfellsnes 1860 are another one of these young bands who seem to have a great mind for simple arrangements. There’s a real clean sound [...]

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Yellow Ostrich trotted out their first official music video today when they put “WHALE” on Youtube. In it, Yellow Ostrich songwriter Alex Schaaf walks, runs and swims his way through a heavily wooded area. Check out Yellow Ostrich’s tour schedule after the break.

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Just got an email with this new track from Spirit Animal. It’s gentle and beautiful, but also has a really enjoyable beat. You can order the seven-inch at Spirit Animal’s web site, download the MP3 via the widget below and watch the video that accompanies it. Spirit Animal: “I’m Around”

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A while back, I posted demos for two new COOLRUNNINGS songs, “Rusk” and “Fool Moon.” Now those songs have been tweaked, completed and pressed to wax. Their experimental pop sounds good when streaming, so I can only imagine how great it’d be to hear it on vinyl. Speaking of which, someone needs to put Dracula [...]

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Hank Williams III released four albums last week and I’m only now getting around to checking them out. I’ve never really listened to Hank the Third before, but if you put out four records in a week ranging from doom metal to folk, yeah, I’ll have a listen. “Fading Moon” off the Ghost to a [...]

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