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The middle segment is especially fascinating. →
March 2010
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WatchI’ve listened to this 1:30 EP teaser about 50 times today. I can’t wait to hear the rest when it drops, FOR FREE, on their Web site.
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WatchWow. Can’t wait for Vessel. How ‘bout you?
July 2009
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WatchMourning the death of auto-tune. Thanks, Jigga!
Aww HELL YES! Summertime = Time for some Kells.
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June 2009
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"What are they singing about...?" →
Hear Camera Obscura talk about each song from their new record. Charming, informative.
A Reading of the Equation →
Check out my friends Marisol and Eugene’s new Space. And then thank them for creating the first great indiepop summer jam of 2009. I’ll be the first: thanks, Marisol and Eugene!
Wonderfully irreverant indie-pop nihilism from an...
April 2009
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"Alright kids, I have a confession..." →
My new confession, 8 years later, is that I still cannot stop listening to this “flawless record.” I can’t say that it keeps getting better, but it certainly stays fresh to my ear drums. And if it were to be released in the climate of The Vivian Girls and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, it would be the biggest hit of the summer.
March 2009
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Connie Converse →
In Japan they have this phenomenon of men who disappear from the world, leaving no trace of their prior existence. It’s considered a more honorable way of dealing with your failure, whether it be real or imaginary. Well, this woman, possibly the first ever singer-songwriter, did so in the mid-70s after an attempt to make it as a musician. The above link is to the remarkable story behind...
January 2009
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Wherein Milk gets cockteased... →
Before I even saw Milk, I declared that it would win Best Picture. It really was predestined, with Hollywood feeling the geographically-oriented guilt over Prop 8. I’d love to see Milk win best picture, Sean Penn win best actor, but I really don’t think it’s going to happen. If not only because Mr. Penn has a history of being a bit too much of a contrarian these days, kicking...
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I made you a muxtape... →
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The new Xiu Xiu record is brilliant. Too bad I... →
January 2008
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Courtney Love and Baudelaire. Together at long...
My Bloody Valentine - Slow
Oh well, you know its up to you Sugar think what we could do Can I have a question Ill make you smile, smile, smile, smile, smile Sugar sugar youre up to my lips Licking over everything I miss And I got no reason Just a slow, slow, slow, slow, suck Feeling bad, feeling good Feeling like I never could Lick, lick, lick and suck, suck, suck I want it slow, slow, slow, slow Sugar sugar youre up to my...