#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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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: Idiot Glee – Trouble at the Dancehall Lexington is full of incredibly nice people. Even among such [...]

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Idiot Glee just posted a new Christmas EP over at his Bandcamp. James clearly has a love of Christmas, given that he put out a similar EP last Christmas. MP3: Idiot Glee – Sleigh Ride Check out the above track, then head over to Bandcamp to download the whole thing. Download Reindeer’s Time at Idiot [...]

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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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Get yo’ live music fix in this Saturday with two tubular shows happening in wonderful Lex, KY. Hop Hopers Attempt and The Butchers will the rock the eff out of CD Central in the late afternoon. Locals Idiot Glee, Jovontaes, Arcane Rifles and ATL crew The N.E.C. will bring more of the same later in [...]

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Idiot Glee’s show on Thursday opening for Deerhunter was probably the best show I’ve seen him perform. He’s done more fun, friendly shows in the past, but this one was a great set for the occasion. His set was less stop-and-start pop songy and more of a flowing, connected set than I’ve ever seen him [...]

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If you still haven’t seen The Butchers, this would be an excellent time to do so. They are releasing six tracks on Hop Hop Records and playing a show at Al’s to set it off. The release/show is at Al’s Bar on August 5 at 9:30p.m. Also playing will be Lexington’s heavy, heavy Rat King [...]

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You’ve heard me talk about him a lot over the past few years, but now you can see what it’s like when I talk to James Friley, the man behind Idiot Glee. The review’s a bit old, so excuse the references to how the album is “going to come out” — it’s already out — [...]

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MP3: Idiot Glee – Trouble At the Dancehall The Hop Hop Records dudes are such nice guys. They’ve offered up this Idiot Glee prize pack containing a cassette, the “Don’t Go Out Tonight” 7″, a shirt, and vinyl and CD copies of Paddywhack. Pretty great prize pack for longtime Idiot Glee fans or people looking [...]

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