Cotton/Michael on right
Page France’s Michael Nau is recording and touring under the name the Cotton Jones Basket Ride. A limited-edition art-book EP entitled “The Archery” will be available for purchase on May 13. In addition to that, Nau is touring all through the coming months, including a stop in Lexington!
MP3: The Cotton Jones Basket Ride […]

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Here’s N.E.R.D. doing their new single “Everybody Nose” on Letterman. I’m liking this live take more than the studio version. Well, except for their backup “dancers.”

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If you frequently find yourself enjoying You Aint No Picasso, I think it’s safe to assume that you like pop music. And if you like pop music, I’d say that there’s a great chance that you’ll enjoy Brown Recluse Sings’ new song “Rotten Tangerines.” BRS are a fun, breezy pop outfit that sound like they […]

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I remember getting into Jim Guthrie’s material through a bunch of channels and having them all click at once. Someone sent me Now, More Than Ever (strongly suggested for pop-folk fans like myself), I was really digging Islands’ first record that he had a hand or two in the making of and, duh, I learned […]

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Yeah, the above photo isn’t really news. The Grizzlies and I snapped it at the MusicNOW festival in Cincinnati over a month ago. BUT the band have kept the theme running and have posted a series of photos showing Dan in the above shirt with the likes of Paul Simon, Patrick Stewart, Josh Groban and […]

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Chris over at Gorilla vs Bear just posted this MP3 for Ratatat’s new song “Shiller.” It’s a 7″ that I got in the mail the other day and immediately was depressed that my turntable was broken. Now through the magic of 0s and 1s I can hear it in all its glory! Oh happy day!
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Phosphorescent has taken to covering Nick Cave’s “Right Now I am A-Roaming” a lot lately. They Shoot Music Don’t They has a video of Matthew covering the tune solo while in Austria. And if you dig that video, the band posted an MP3 of the cover to their myspace. The cover’s great and sounds […]

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The PDX Pop Now! compilation is full of all sorts of exclusive goodness. You may remember Blitzen Trapper as releasing one of last year’s best records, recording one of my favorite Daytrotter sessions or their sweet performance at our Hot Freaks! SXSW party. But PDX is giving you something new from them: this unreleased track […]

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