Cults were joined by rapper Freddie Gibbs last night to perform a live remix of “Bad Things” at Webster Hall. This reminds me of the time that Pitchfork was all abuzz at the idea that Grizzly Bear and Clipse might join Girl Talk on stage to provide the live mashup vocals for his “Knife” remix [...]

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Cults did a great cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows” Friday in Philadelphia. The fact that I still haven’t seen this band live yet nags at me every time I post on them live. It’s great footage like that that makes me realize how much I’ve missed out. Fingers crossed that I can improve upon [...]

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If it’s December, then you know it’s Mixmas time at You Ain’t No Picasso! Each year I get a bunch of my favorite bands to contribute themed mixes and share their thoughts about each of the tracks MP3: Guards – Sail It Slow Richie actually did this Mixmas for LAST year’s collection. But like the [...]

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#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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Boing Boing always throws me for a loop when they premiere music stuff. It’s so odd getting music news from your nerdy/tech/oddities source. But they did just that with this video for Cults’ “Go Outside.” Director Isaiah Seret had this to say To tell the story of Cults’ hauntingly beautiful track, “Go Outside”, I was [...]

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It could be because their lineup is the latest gift we’ve unwrapped, but Lollapalooza is looking like it might take the 2011 festival crown. I’m going to need a week or so to mull it over, but this looks fantastic. There’s so many acts I’ve never seen before (DFA1979, Ratatat, Lykke Li) and a lot [...]

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Whoa. “Abducted” jumped out of nowhere into a position as one of my favorite Cults tracks. Incredible to know that for all the great ones we’ve heard so far, they still have fantastic ones left for later. This is off Cults’ Record Store Day 7″ for “Abducted.” They’ve got a Europe-only one for “You Know [...]

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