Benoît Pioulard, aka Oregon (via Michigan) multi-instrumentalist Thomas Meluch, is putting out his gorgeous sophomore Kranky release Temper in a couple weeks. Meluch has earlier self-released CD-Rs an...
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From the first announcement -- and through those weak sketches featuring her special friend Johnathan Rice and fellow Postal worker Ben Gibbard -- Jenny's been intent on keeping this an extended famil...
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Chrissie and the Pretenders got a warm intro from Mr. Letterman last night, moments before the band performed the rockabilly and ramshackle "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" from their just released (today!)...
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Ellen DeGeneres is now in the video premiering business, guys. So while you update your RSS readers to add her site to your feed, we'll supply the link to ellen.warnerbros.com (UPDATE: YouTube's got i...
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It appears as though Bradford Cox is into sharing free music again, despite the Microcastle and Virtual 7" No. 4 leakage. (By the way, who can blame the guy for being pissed?) Today at the Deerhunter ...
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In July Common released the two-track Announcement EP, which was really just that: an announcement that there was a new record on the way, of which Pharrell Williams figured to be a big part. The EP's...
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Memphis garage punker and Beck fan Jay Reatard stopped by the AOL studios to record some live clips and promote his Matador 7" singles series. Like many previously non-AOL-ready artists before him, he...
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Even with a live show constantly steering toward pomp and excess, and a year full of populist projects (see: fan-collaborative songwriting projects and Hootenannys and etc.), the video for "Troublemak...
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It would maybe be unfair to Ray LaMontagne if the last image you had of the man was making vaguely embarrassing pickup lines in Meg White's general direction (to recap: "Baby you're the bomb. Oh Jack ...
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Jason Molina's work as Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. (and etc.) has always been steeped in the American landscape -- look no further than Sojourner's "Texas 71" -- but interestingly, the singe...
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Last seen on Letterman's fire escape and in Anne Hathaway movies, TV On The Radio resurfaced overseas at BBC2's Later... with Jools Holland to perform Dear Science's "Golden Age" and "Dancing Choose."...
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In June, Paul McCartney offered up new material from the Fireman when he made Electric Arguments' mellow, psychedelic "Lifelong Passion" available to those who donated a minimum ofto help raise money ...
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Pennsylvania wasn't the only battleground state the Boss visited this weekend in service of his chosen candidate (he also hit Columbus, OH on Sunday), but it was particularly poetic seeing a massive c...
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I never expected to be write a single sentence about Letters To Cleo (I kinda confused them with Sixpence None The Richer, who I also never expected to...), but the band is back and back in the day, s...
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Crooked Fingers' Forfeit/Fortune is out tomorrow. When we posted "Phony Revoluations," I mentioned Eric Bachmann's pretty obvious shift from Archers' rambunctious indie rock to Crooked's darker, mascu...
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Both. But Whatever you think of the Killers, one thing is inarguable: Brandon Flowers despises conventional torso-wear. The band returned to Studio 8H looking trim and with plumage on their shoulder p...
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The new official release date of 808's & Heartbreak is 11/25. That comes straight from the mouth of Kanye onstage at Key Club in L.A. this weekend, which is an even more primary source than his blog c...
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Our last transmission from Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone was their cover of David Bowie's "Oh! You Pretty Things" from the Life Beyond Mars compilation. They have a remix album out next month. Revers...
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Surprise, harmonies are involved. The ascendant Sub Pop folk-makers came through NYC this weekend for the so many-eth time this weekend, playing two sold out nights at midtown's Manhattan Center Grand...
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Last week Amrit let you know that the Kaiser Chiefs, who taught us to never miss a beat, were playing "Spanish Metal," but not of the Haemorrhage sort. This week they play with Lily Allen on the bounc...
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