I’ve spent the past couple days packing up books, records and everything else I own in preparation for our move this weekend. While doing that I’ve also been converting the last of my CD collection to digital backups. This has led me to no small number of old favorites that I haven’t heard in a [...]

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I’d heard Kopecky Family Band’s “Heartbeat” before (in fact, I wrote about the video last November), but it wasn’t until I heard all of Kids Raising Kids that I realized this was a band I was going to love for a good long while. “Heartbeat” is a standout track for sure, but the whole album [...]

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I was going through songs I’d tagged on Shazam and realized that I’d never posted this great song from the Growlers! I’ve been hearing it pop up on WRFL ever since their new album Hung At Heart came out in January. “One Million Lovers” is a great track that sounds like a lost gem from [...]

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Photo from Monolith 2009 MP3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito (Suck Your Blood) (live at SXSW) Last night Yeah Yeah Yeahs debuted the title track to their upcoming album, Mosquito, at NPR’s showcase at Stubbs. It leans harder toward the rock side of the YYYs, but is still enough of a dance track for their [...]

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One of the best things about SXSW is that bands love to trot out new material. Whether it’s a song they’ve already recorded and will be releasing soon or a song they wrote on the way to the festival, you can bet it’s going to get played there. After all, why not play your new [...]

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I picked up this Tyagaraja track from NPR’s SXSW mix. Just because I’m not going this year doesn’t mean I can’t prepare myself for a spring of great music. MP3: Tyagaraja – We Will Meet Again This comes from Tyagaraja’s album As Is, a title which hints at the minimal production used on this track. [...]

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Last year I saw Futurebirds put on three great shows at three great festivals (SXSW, Forecastle, Boomslang). Looks like this year I’ll get to see them release a great album. Baba Yaga is out 4/16. MP3: Futurebirds – Virginia Slims

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I didn’t realize that They Might Be Giants’ upcoming album Nanobots was so close on the horizon. It’s out next Tuesday, March 5, but you can catch a preview of it now. MP3: They Might Be Giants – You’re On Fire Is there a more TMBG-style lyric than “You must’ve got one of them combustable [...]

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The Boy Least Likely To shared this new song from their upcoming album The Great Perhaps over the weekend. Their new album is out April 21, so expect some more little teases like this over the next couple of months. MP3: The Boy Least Likely To – I Keep Falling In Love With You Again [...]

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