September 2010
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August 2010
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Sufjan Stevens-All Delighted People EP →
Rarely does an EP emerge that is more than four of five tracks, much less eight, but that’s exactly what Sufjan Stevens’ All Delighted People EP is, and it’s hot off the presses. Enjoy!
1. All Delighted People (Original)
2. Enchanting Ghost
3. Heirloom
4. From the Mouth of Gabriel
5. The Owl and the Tanager
6. All Delighted People (Classic Rock Version)
7. Arnika
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July 2010
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Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
They invented LOVE all right, and they still can’t make the right plastic or metal or whatever to hold it all in, so I just keep leaking (insert water sounds), all over everything (insert everything), Dripping and splashing/making music, gives me an ear infection, now my equilibrium fucked, so I’m holding onto the railing the whole way down, and I’m asking for your shoulder on...
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Vampire Weekend-Giving Up The Gun
Not exactly hot off of the presses anymore, but I still really enjoy the video for Vampire Weekend’s ‘Giving Up The Gun’, their first video from their latest album, Contra.
[mp3] Vampire Weekend-Giving Up The Gun
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Shoegaze
Apparently the name for the ‘shoegaze’ genre comes from a journalist who coined the term after noticing that the guitar player from a particular shoegaze band was so preoccupied with his effects board, that he spent nearly the entire show looking at his feet.
That’s something that I learned today.
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June 2010
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New Bon Iver →
Bon Iver-Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) [John Pine Cover]
With no word yet on a sophomore LP from Justin Vernon and the boys from Bon Iver, the latest release from the band is a contribution to Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: The Songs of John Pine.
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The Tallest Man on Earth-King of Spain
When I saw The Tallest Man on Earth open for Bon Iver in Philadelphia, the only song of his that I wasn’t familiar with was ‘King of Spain’, and upon seeing it performed from the front row, it quickly became one of my favorites.
{via Pitchfork}
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Possible Radiohead LP This Year?
According to a BBC 6 interview with Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien, the band is closing in on the finish line for their follow up to In Rainbows, which was released in 2007. O’Brien went on to say that with any luck, the album could be released this year. This album will be Radiohead’s eighth studio album, and you can listen to the entire interview here.
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