Friday, July 03, 2009
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It's not easy to forget the Noisettes's stunning Shingai Shoniwa, with her sculptural hair, perfect expresso skin, 50's movie star eyes, that glamorous fringed 20's white dress, and, of course, her voice in their new video for "Never Forget You". At once a soulful reincarnation of decades gone past with a fierce modern intonation carrying hints of Santigold or the enthusiasm of the similarly British (and similarly named) pop outfit the Pipettes, the Noisettes dance in sultry blues and jazz influenced pop that linger. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Friday, July 03, 2009
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Justin Townes Earle's new video for "Midnight at the Movies", the title track off his second album, is exactly what its name promises: sepia and dust, light filtering across the screen, a vintage styled movie theater filled with gold trims and dried roses, petals lining the stage as Earle turns the seemingly most stripped acoustic story into a sadness tinged feature, honest Americana that captures details like the frayed petals with a bleak, inspired ease. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Friday, July 03, 2009
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Happy Third of July everyone! We hope you are all enjoying your day off and are preparing for a celebration of great proportions for Independence Day. May your tables be full and your fireworks bright. For the occasion we have yet another mixtape for you. This is the 21st in the series and let me tell you it is a doozy. We've got brand new songs from Mew, Noah and the Whale, Bibio and much more. Again you must listen to this one all the way through because the last song is really something special. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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Riverboat Gamblers remind me of all the best parts of punk rock growing up. The old timers love to lecture about how we missed Sid Vicious, Joe Strummer, and even Ian McKay. But after punk rock was mostly over being angry and political, and before it gave itself over to the Twilight-looking, melodramatic screamo tendencies of Gerard Way and his morose imitators, there was a brief window when, believe it or not, punk rock was all about fun. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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The fabled summer sun, the open road, gas prices that are less than astronomicalit all adds up to the temptation of a road trip. Anni Rossi's new video for "The West Coast" captures that allure perfectly, in hushed golden tones, with slow motion snapshot scenes of looming trucks and the murmur of a distant ocean. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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Picture your Sunday: a late start, an extravagant brunch, your Sunday's best clothes, and a trip to the Williamsburg waterfront for dodgeball, a giant slip 'n' slide, and seeing artists like The Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, Simian Mobile Disco, Dan Deacon, Trail of Dead and many, many more, all for free. Wait, what? . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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Let's all stop with the history lessons and stand in awe; Wilco (The Album) requires none of Wilco's former achievements to stand on both of its' legs. Even after adjusting their sound ever so slightly, probably due to the ever-changing line-up, Wilco still sounds like the force of domination it's been since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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The brittle, unashamedly nineties joyride (think the best of Weezer, Pavement, Modest Mouse, and...er...Pavement all filing on to the same stage at once) that is NYC outfit Cymbals Eat Guitars' forte got the live treatment this past Sunday evening, churning the basement bandbox that is the Cake Shop in to a sweaty, delirious mess of screeching vocals, gnarly guitar riffs, and ship shape drum and bass. Why are their mountains? It's a question the band's superbly slapdash performance answered as it unfurled over the course of the evening. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Remember your seventh birthday party? You were eating cake with all your friends, when out of the depths of the arcade stumbles a giant animatronic robot (who vaguely resembles Bret from Flight of the Conchords) who drops lightning-fast raps over the tune of Mozart's "Sonata in A Major." Oh wait, maybe I'm thinking of Busdriver's video for "Me Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpset)," the first single off his upcoming album Jhelli Beam. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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A lot of noise has been going around about Wavves' Barcelona meltdown, but really, was anyone surprised? Take a hyped up hipster off the blogs and put him in front of a giant festival crowd, and disaster is bound to strike. Wavves plays offhand lo-fi noise pop that's best suited for crackly headphones and basement parties, and his new video for "No Hope Kids" shows him doing what he does best. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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With that tried and true coupling of dreamy synths and floaty vocals, Rubies create song after quietly pretty song and make it seem effortless. Think either along the lines of School of Seven Bells, Feist, Chairlift, the Whitest Boy Alive (most of which they've collaborated or toured with) or of a school dance in the 1970s as seen through the lavender-tinted lenses of nostalgia. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Upon first listen, We Were Promised Jetpacks - brimming with heavy guitars and emotions in a familiar indie rock accented drawl - are musical twins to bands such as The National and The Twilight Sad. But maybe it's their Scottish background that lends These Four Walls authenticity and an intense desperation in their songs that bleed beyond the strong but predictable song structures. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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