Were you as disappointed in the last Band of Horses record as I was? This post is for you. MP3: Desert Noises – Highway Cars It’s almost unbelievable how close Desert Noises are to sounded exactly like Band of Horses instrumentals with Fleet Foxes vocals. I kind of feel like someone is going to email [...]

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MP3: Denver – Los Adolescentes It’s the jackpot, guys: a great song and a great video by a band I’ve never heard of in my life. It’s a electro-pop masterpiece that’s as energetic and alive as you could ask for. I marked this NSFW because I’m pretty sure a few of these scenes would raise [...]

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As always, I’m super excited to be giving away tickets to a great show in our neighborhood. This time around it’s Real Estate at Cosmic Charlie’s. But since it’s a show that pretty much everyone I know is looking forward to attending, I thought I’d make it a little harder this time… To enter to [...]

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Thanks to Cover Me for finding this gem. On the last night of their tour together, Blitzen Trapper and Dawes covered Dylan’s classic “Man In Me. ”

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Thanks to yvynyl for the heads-up on this jangly pop gem. Manor’s debut album is set to be released in 2012. Manor: “Rhodesia”

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Attempt’s “In Your Dreams” 7″ is out now on Hop Hop. MP3: ATTEMPT – In Your Dreams While spending the last billion (that might be a bit high) years in some of Lexington’s more insane bands — Hair Police, for starters — Trevor wrote and recorded a lot of pop songs that didn’t really have [...]

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As always, let me know if you have plans to see a show not listed. It’s possible some slipped past my radar! Now go out there and see some live music! Wednesday night: Littlest Birds w/Englishman [Facebook event] This seems to have little-to-no competition for best show of Wednesday night. Englishman is always solid and [...]

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Jim James, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore just announced a Kentuckians for the Commonwealth benefit show at the Brown Theater in December. I really enjoyed their show at the Lexington Opera House last year, so this is a great opportunity to catch that show if you missed it the first time. Jim James, Ben [...]

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I liked the first track we heard from Boris’ upcoming record New Album, but this really equalizes the scales. MP3: Boris – Flare Honestly if all of Boris’ work sounded like this, I’d probably be happy never listening to them again. This sounds less like the Japanese acid metal gods we’ve come to enjoy and [...]

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