The phrase “classic rock” has bad connotations to some, but Portuagl. The Man know that classic rock shouldn’t be a dirty word. Here they are covering the Mott the Hoople (by way of Bowie) classic “All the Young Dudes.”

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Forget Portugal. The Man for a minute and focus on this other guy from Alaska who moved to Portland to sing in a pop band. Production supplied by Brent Knopf, formerly of Menomena. MP3: Lost Lander – Cold Feet I can’t really call this fully minimalist pop music, but it feels really spacious and beautiful. [...]

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At the intersection of Awesome and Impractical, there is this cool idea. This bike plays records as you ride along. The catch? You have to bike at a steady but leisurely 33 or 45 RPM.

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MP3: Dolfish – Digitized Love Letters I love doing giveaways. I love ‘em even more when it’s something rare or special. Today’s giveaway is just that. Here’s a test pressing of the new Dolfish EP on Afternoon Records. It’s great pop that reminds me of Fishboy, another YANP favorite. To enter to win a test [...]

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CANT’s video for “Believe” features a lot of clips of what could be (but isn’t) alien visitation. It seems like a lot of it is assembled from found clips.

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Bad band name alert! I’m sorry, but it’s true. However, if you let that stop you from checking out The Meanest Boys, you’re doing yourself a big disservice. MP3: The Meanest Boys – Strangest Things This definitely has a splash of the reverb-heavy lo-fi movement that’s popping up everywhere today. But unlike the majority of [...]

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I feel that just saying “Man Man has a great live show” does a disservice to the band. To me, that label often means that their album work is so-so at best. There are tons of bands that are great live (Gogol Bordello, Peelander-Z) that have a monotonous snoozefest for half of their records. But [...]

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When your song has a message (as with the immigration law theme of DJ Shadow’s “Border Crossing”), it’s pretty easy to piece together a video for it. Still, Shadow’s video for “Border Crossing” is stylized, raw and wonderful. Hopefully someone in power in Arizona is listening (not likely).

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Here’s the first video off Miracle Fortress’ Was I the Wave.

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