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Pavement “AT&T” Stephen Malkmus, I’d like to thank you for everything....

Oct 2nd

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Bat For Lashes “Glass” Live on KCRW 2009 Nice performance, though it’s not the...

Oct 1st

“I don’t read much music criticism anymore, although I...”
— Player Piano Party: STARTER...

Sep 30th

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Charlotte Hatherley “Alexander” I’ve had a copy of Charlotte Hatherley’s...

Sep 30th

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U.S.E. “River Of Love” My review of U.S.E.’s long-awaited (at least by me!) second...

Sep 30th

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pterodactyls: Huey Lewis and the News “If This Is It” Downer song, sure, but it’s...

Sep 30th

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Belle & Sebastian “The Blues Are Still Blue” Live at the Reading Festival 8/25/2006...

Sep 30th

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of Montreal “A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger” Live in Durham, 10/7/2008 Hissing...

Sep 30th

of Montreal's Kevin Barnes interviews Daryl...

Sep 29th

“Lady Gaga’s aesthetic project is to act out celebrity as a...”
— Chris has some very thoughtful...

Sep 29th

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R.E.M. “Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)” Live on Livewire circa 1985 There’s a lot of...

Sep 29th

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Britney Spears “3” Chris: This turboslut Katy Perry thing she’s doing now is not...

Sep 29th

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The Dirty Projectors impress ?uestlove and the Roots at the offices of Late Night with Jimmy...

Sep 29th

“Moviemaker Brett Ratner lost his virginity to a paraplegic...”
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Sep 29th

Assets

Do major labels ever think that it’s really creepy and off-putting when they refer to the...

Sep 28th

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Animal Collective “Who Could Win A Rabbit?” Excellent fan-made video with silly dancing....

Sep 28th

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My first blurb in Pitchfork’s 00s albums list is up today, and it’s for Annie’s...

Sep 28th

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Guided By Voices “I Am A Scientist” Bob Pollard sums himself up rather well in this...

Sep 28th

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Basement Jaxx “Feelings Gone” Sam Sparro’s vocal performance here is just...

Sep 27th

“Let’s Play David Carradine!,” a...

Sep 25th

When Bands Throw Food At You

I am very excited about seeing Phoenix perform tomorrow night in Central Park. I know most people...

Sep 25th

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Animal Collective “Peacebone” This fan-made video is vastly superior to the official...

Sep 24th

The Fiery Furnaces Visit the Department of...

Sep 24th

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Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy “Kiss Me” In this clip Duffy performs his synth pop...

Sep 24th

Guess The Minor Celebrity!

All of these factoids are taken from a minor celebrity’s Wikipedia entry. Can you guess who it...

Sep 24th

“Being a fan of the X-books was like being a fan of a sports...”
— Tim O’Neil on brand...

Sep 24th

Huh. Crazy.

Sep 23rd

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks "Jagged...

DOWNLOAD IT! In all the excitement about next year’s Pavement reunion tour, it seems that a...

Sep 23rd

Some new additions to the popsicle stick graveyard across...

Sep 23rd

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Fever Ray “Seven” I hope that you do not have a pre-existing fear of barns, because if...

Sep 23rd

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The Beatles “I Am The Walrus” There aren’t any other songs in the world quite like...

Sep 22nd

Bea Arthur’s Subversive Sexuality

Sep 22nd

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Sep 22nd

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St. Vincent “Marrow” This is a brilliant video. I love the concept of taking those...

Sep 21st

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You know how they have that T-Pain autotune app for iPhones? I had a bit of fun with my...

Sep 21st

Let Me Inform You

No matter what anyone tells you, please believe me: The Informant! is not a good movie. It is at...

Sep 20th

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Funkadelic “Can You Get To That?” when you base your love on credit / and your loving...

Sep 18th

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Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks “Gardenia” “The torture of the Van Wyck Expressway...

Sep 18th

“Please be advised this tour is not a prelude to additional...”
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Sep 17th

Sep 17th

“Two friends of Eleanor’s, one who works for Google and one...”
— Matt Friedberger of The Fiery...

Sep 16th

“Putting that on a different level of trying to macro out my...”
— Trent Reznor of Nine Inch...

Sep 16th

Vicky: I've told you about my friend that went into the stripping trade, right? She called herself "Berkeley Stanford."
Matthew: "The Stripping Trade."
That's a song from the Decemberists' forthcoming raunchy club record.
Vicky: "Sixteen Military Wives" appears again, but with wildly different lyrics.
Matthew: Yes, it's Colin Meloy fucking his way through war widows, each one kinkier than the last.

Sep 16th

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pterodactyls: Meteorologist Andrew WK does the weather for a Tulsa FOX affiliate. Rock and roll may...

Sep 16th

Jay Leno Scolds Kanye West, Plays The "What...

Sep 15th

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Wild Beasts “Assembly” Hayden Thorpe has one of the most bewildering voices in...

Sep 15th

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Little Dragon “Feather” My review of this song is up on Pitchfork today. I’ll get...

Sep 15th

David Byrne’s Perfect City

Sep 15th

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U2  “Your Blue Room” Live in Chicago 9/13/2009 This is the very first time U2 have...

Sep 15th

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R.E.M. “Me In Honey” Live at Rock Am Ring 3/6/2005 Almost inevitably, we all fuck up....

Sep 14th

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This is a promo video for my friend Abby McDonald’s new book The Popularity Rules. If...

Sep 14th

Lindsay Robertson, best in the biz.

Sep 14th

James Rabbit "Songs Of Comfort, Songs I...

DOWNLOAD IT! Few things fluster me as much as thinking about how there should be a significant cult...

Sep 11th

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Tom Scharpling, Philly Boy Roy, and John Hodgman at the Gathering of the FOT on Tuesday night. (via...

Sep 11th

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Paramore “Long Distance Call” Live in London 9/7/2009 Paramore, you just became a lot...

Sep 10th

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Tom Jones “She’s A Lady” Live in 1974 I like watching Jones perform. His body...

Sep 10th

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Ikea Heights is a melodrama shot entirely in the Burbank California Ikea Store without the store...

Sep 10th

“White Albums come when you surrender to inspiration:...”
— Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The...

Sep 10th

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James Rabbit “Monsoon” Live in Santa Cruz 7/7/2009  Tyler Martin, you are a...

Sep 10th

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Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid” Live on Fuse circa 1998 Actually, I know that I am...

Sep 9th

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Pusswhip Banggang “Don’t Call Me Uncle” Live at FYFFest 2009 1) I would love very...

Sep 8th

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Hole “Doll Parts” Live on Later with Jools Holland circa 1995 I’ve known this song...

Sep 8th

“I was 22 or 23 when I made a decision not to be actively...”
— Stephen Colbert in the new...

Sep 6th

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Hole “Softer, Softest” Live in Berlin, 1995  First she berates the audience,...

Sep 6th

Dan is talking about this.

Sep 6th

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St. Vincent “Marrow” Live on Jimmy Kimmel, 9/1/2009 Another brilliant performance. Note...

Sep 4th

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dyfl: Beyonce “Get Me Bodied” NINE. FOUR. EIGHT. ONE. B-DAY. It is also this fabulous...

Sep 4th

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Au Revoir Simone “Shadows” Live in London, 2009 Happy birthday to Heather, one of the...

Sep 4th

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Liz Phair “Perfect World” “Hermione wants to be cool, tall, vulnerable, and...

Sep 3rd

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R.E.M. “How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us” Live in Paris, 1999 The...

Sep 3rd

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Raekwon “Incarcerated Scarfaces” Stone faced, cold eyes, stiff limbs. The tiniest bits...

Sep 3rd

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of Montreal “The Past Is A Grotesque Animal” Pretty good fan-made video! My only...

Sep 2nd

FLUXCAST Season 2 #3

fluxcast: DOWNLOAD IT! As per usual, the tracklisting appears in the “lyrics” section of the...

Sep 2nd

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The Elephants “Take It!” Nice sepia tone! I don’t feel like I see very much of...

Sep 2nd

As I went to bed last night, I had this thought pop into my...

Sep 2nd

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The Breeders “Shocker In Gloomtown” The GBV version is nowhere to be found despite being...

Sep 1st

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Dirty Projectors “Cannibal Resource” Live on Letterman 8/31/2009 I’m glad that the...

Sep 1st

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Echo and the Bunnymen “The Killing Moon” Live on the Tube, 1984 I like that they tried...

Sep 1st

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The xx “Basic Space” The funny thing is that you’d think that youth is something...

Sep 1st

“In that sense Inglourious Basterds may be the punkest movie...”
— Sean T. Collins, excerpted...

Sep 1st