Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms

82% – “Damn Good Record.”
Ok, so you’ve heard it, I’ve heard it; it’s been all over the blogosphere lately.  The hip thing for the past 3-6 months has been chillwave.  You know what I mean, hopefully: indie pop music of the more “laid-back” …

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The Funniest Man In America: Neil Hamburger

I don’t really remember how we found out about this guy, but it’s (kinda) true what they say – that he’s “the funniest man in america” – actually, right now I don’t agree with that at all but if I did this would be my proof:

He has a few records out …

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Unseen Nirvana Footage From 1992

Checkout this clip of Nirvana performing “School” at the 1992 Reading Festival – I guess it was recently made available for fans and comes from the CD+DVD Nirvana Live At Reading which hits stores November 17th. (CD only version arriving on November 3rd.) …

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Sunday Mixtape is back!

Mixwit has been dead for some time now, and today I spent like 3 hours trying to make it work on my server – unfortunately, it was to no avail. Enter 8tracks.com. Mixes can only be 8 songs long, they play in random order, and don’t look like tapes at all, but …

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Sublime Reunion (Again) – at Smokeout 2009

Bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh are hitting the stage as Sublime, just like they did in February – only, now everyone knows about it so FANS will actually get to go. The show is part of Cypress Hill’s Smokeout, and while Sublime might get the most …

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Best Interview Ever: Ian Svenonius Interviews Steve Albini on Soft Focus

“I’m really high on life right now, but it’s ok cause I can quit whenever I want.” This is just genius quote #1 out of the other 341290834128947 that make up the 30 minutes of Season 3 Episode 3 of Soft Focus. The blurb on the site about the TV show simply says …

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3 Songs I Kinda Love (By 3 Artists I Really Don’t)

Let me preface by saying I have not heard any songs by any of these artists except for the ones posted below. I kinda feel like the rest of them will probably suck, so at the risk of losing esteem for the presented tracks, I think I’ll choose to remain ignorant.

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The Box Tops, The Buckinghams, and Jefferson Airplane

Yes I know it’s Sunday, so what? Since I haven’t been vibing on any music lately, except for Shellac (obviously), and I can only post the same 5 Shellac songs so many times before someone’ll throw a brick at my head until I can’t lift it anymore, I had to come …

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Sneak Peek: Shakira on Soundcheck – September 28th

Even though I’d say the readers of this blog are probably not interested in Shakira, the REMIX FAIL post got shit tons of traffic so some of you MUST be interested. Shakira stopped by Soundcheck a couple weeks ago and performed 3 tracks from her new release, …

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M.A.U. = Portugese Goodness

Just got a stellar new track from the fellas in M.A.U., otherwise known as Man and Unable.  These gents are an electro-house duo from Portugal — unless they’re playing live, in which case they tack on another two members — and are yet another reason why the …

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Gussy Could Be Your Life

They say that “All you really need to know for now is that Gussy is Josh Gussy and Minna Gussy, and they make music together.” But I say you need to know some other stuff, too. For starters, they’re like, good. And that’s pretty rare isn’t it? GOOD unsigned …

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SIN FANG BOUS MAKES NORTH AMERICAN TOURING DEBUT WITH MÚM

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At the beginning there was an atmosphere of breaking up. Whereas on the one hand face and body of his band Seabear (whose debut was released on Morr Music in August 2007) gained their outlines more clearly, there remained a deliberately left open game with …

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Brand New Release Daisy & Daisy Session Videos

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Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single “At The Bottom.” The album, which promises to be another boundry breaking assault, is the follow-up to The Devil and God are …

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Monsters of Folk Make Me Remember Why I Loved Fevers and Mirrors

In the spirit of super groups (see previous post), the weapon brings you Monsters of Folk. The name would be fitting if the band consisted of Will Oldham, Jeff Mangum, and Samuel Beam, but it doesn’t. Members Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James, and Mike Mogis are …

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Monsters of Folk Make Me Remember Why I Loved Fevers and Mirrors

In the spirit of super groups (see previous post), the weapon brings you Monsters of Folk. The name would be fitting if the band consisted of Will Oldham, Jeff Mangum, and Samuel Beam, but it doesn’t. Members Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James, and Mike Mogis are …

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Thursday 10.08.09: MR. GREEN ALL STARS (HR – Bad Brains, ROCKY GEORGE – Suicidal Tendencies, NORWOOD FISHER – Fishbone, THE SCIENTIST) @ echoplex

This is a fucking super group if I’ve ever heard of one. The band consists of HR from Bad Brains, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone on bass, Rocky George of Suicidal Tendencies on guitar, and DH Peligro of Dead Kennedys on drums. I’m serious. I know. You HAVE to see this. …

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The Raveonettes – Chelsea Sessions Clip and Last Dance MP3

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Early last week, The Raveonettes unveiled an ode to overdosing and/or love called “Last Dance,” the first proper single from the Danish noir-rocker’s October 6th Vice release, In And Out Of Control. I have qualms with the …

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Manchester Orchestra Tour Dates with Silversun Pickups and Brand New

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Columbia Records and Favorite Gentlemen are excited to announce that Manchester Orchestra will be touring with Brand New in the fall. The Atlanta natives have been touring around the world non-stop since the release of their second full-length, Mean …

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FYF Fest 2009 Photos

So thanks to Fever Dragon, Fantastic Weapon was able to secure press passes to FYF Fest at the last second – unfortunately, I was …

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FYF Fest 2009 Photos

So thanks to Fever Dragon, Fantastic Weapon was able to secure press passes to FYF Fest at the last second – unfortunately, I was …

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