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N.C.’s Annuals on why they chose a Bob Ross painting for their new LP’s cover art:
“The way that Bob made his paintings, and the way he paints in particular, is pretty similar to the way that our band makes a record. Bob Ross starts his paintings with simple little smudges and blotches...
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Local Minneapolis group and Ian Anderson project One for the Team celebrate their sophomore album, Build It Up, out today on The Militia Group. Stream tracks at their MySpace. Here’s a live one from their recent stop in my old stomping grounds… One of the Team has all-ages and 21+ CD release...
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Reunited pop/rock group Sixpence None The Richer is prepping for first Christmas album, The Dawn of Grace, to be released Oct. 14th, but they’re sharing “Angels We Have Heard on High” now.
Because you know, it’s 10 p.m. in Minneapolis right now, and it’s still 80 degrees...
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Psyche-indie pop band Sunny Day Sets Fire, whom we first told you about last February, teamed up with 10 different directors to create a series of 10 brand new videos in anticipation of the July 8 release of their debut LP, Summer Palace.
Each video showcases the director’s interpretation of a...
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You may already be familiar with Podington Bear, a solo artist who releases a new song every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in podcast form. In 2007 he set out to create three songs a week for a year.
Along the way he ended up licensing tracks to Rocketboom, This American Life and Paul Frank. It’s...
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Eau Claire, WI-based band The Daredevil Christopher Wright worked with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) to put together their full-length debut album, In Deference to a Broken Back, which has not yet been released.
BUT, the trio will record a Daytrotter session next week, so hurry up and love this band up before...
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Seattle indie rock band Feral Children are giving away free downloads of their Feral Children EP in anticipation of the July 8 release of their debut album, Second to the Last Frontier (Sarathan Records). Produced by Scott Colburn, the mastermind who recorded Animal Collective’s Strawberry Jam...
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This is the video for the first single, “Guitars Need a Sinner’s Touch,” and here’s an mp3 of the best song on the album:
Computer vs. Banjo : “Give Up on Ghosts” (mp3)
More about the album here.
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If you haven’t noticed, I’m really getting into music videos again. During college I pretty much overdosed on music videos for a good couple years. That was followed by a period of intentionally avoiding music videos for probably five years. Now I can’t get enough of them.
Tilly &...
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I just listened to Sinkane’s swirling psych freakout “Autobahn” off his new album, Color Voice (Emergency Umbrella), and I’m still corkscrewing my ears in disbelief. The Columbus, OH native’s solo project shows his penchant for drums, which is no surprise since he’s...
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Mashup wizards The Hood Internet made me an instant fan with The Hood Internet vs Lykke Li, which you can still download for free here. Today the collaborative duo announced the release of their latest full conceptual mixtape, The Hood Internet vs. Chicago, set for FREE digital release next Tuesday,...
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Norah Jones’ secret punk band side project, El Madmo, put out their full-length debut last week.
From the press release: Born of social ineptitude and an ageless belief in trick-or-treatery, EL MADMO offers escape, justice, karmic postulation, and that feeling you get when you know something that...
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Members of my all-time favorite Raleigh band — Annuals — and their friends announced the national launch of their Terpsikhore label this week. As an organized collective (the best way to go, really), Terpsikhore has revealed its first set of releases for 2008 from Sunfold and What Laura Says...
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Michael Nau, formerly of Page France, will be pushing back the release of his debut full-length as The Cotton Jones Basket Ride in favor of an EP series to be released through Quite Scientific Records. The album, Paranoid Cocoon, was initially slated for a spring release but will now be replaced with...
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San Diego’s Calico Horse tapped musical genius Pall Jenkins of Blackheart Procession to produce their forthcoming release, Mirror, out June 24 on Banter Records.
Here’s the single off that album and also lead singer Emily Neveu’s gorgeous cover of Radiohead’s “Idioteque...