I was pretty bummed that I missed Le Switch at our Hot Freaks! SXSW party this year. It’s kind of inexcusable, except that missing good bands at the musical buffet of SXSW is, uh, kind of unavoidable. But still, the room was a bit too packed to get in, so I didn’t get to catch […]

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MP3: The Saturday Knights - 45
I’ve been meaning to post on the Saturday Knights for a long time now. Well, the excuse I needed to jump start myself just plopped in my lap. The Saturday Knights are giving away their debut album Mingle for FREE on their label’s site.
Download Mingle for free.
The Saturday […]

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Aquarium Drunkard just premiered this great new tune by the Broken West. It comes to us from their new record Now or Heaven, which sounds like it must be a fantastic one indeed.
MP3: The Broken West - Auctioneer
I’m going to go ahead and say that this sounds like a sexier version of the National. […]

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Justin from Fishboy sent in this video of The Music Tapes doing “Television Tells Us” at Popfest. They’re going to be doing a tour soon with lots of affiliated E6 members (Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control, etc), so consider this a preview.
Check below for a new song off the upcoming record.

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Well that was fast. Here’s the full download of My Morning Jacket’s hometown show at Louisville’s Waterfront Park. It’s over three hours long and really good.
ZIP: My Morning Jacket at Louisville’s Waterfront Park 8.16.08
Thanks to The Steam Engine for alerting me to the existence of this bootleg.

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I hate to pimp promotions companies, but Production Simple are just about the only thing keeping Kentucky from becoming a desolate wasteland of empty music venues. They’re putting on the Girl Talk, Vampire Weekend and Pinback shows (as well as that last My Morning Jacket show) and now they’re bringing in The Hold Steady and […]

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Thanks to Chris for this new White Denim song from their upcoming album Exposion.
MP3: White Denim - Sitting
This is a pretty different White Denim than I’m used to hearing. It sounds like the Cold War Kids with a little bit of the Who thrown in. But whatever they’ve got bubbling around in their heads, […]

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I bought Intelligence’s Deuteronomy a long time ago but just now uploaded it to my computer. In a way, it’s a weird present to myself to have waited so long — I kind of forgot how great these songs are.
MP3: Intelligence - Dating Cops
And as a fun treat, here’s their crab-filled video!
Inteligence: “Dating Cops”

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