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set times for our Friday SXSW parties
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Friday, March 19th, 2010[click for larger image]
Our party with Mexican Summer Records kicks off at noon today (Friday March 19) at Klub Krucial, on 6th St. next to Emo’s. The day party is FREE and open to the public (NO RSVP or badge/wristband required), while the evening s…
Keep Reading » 0Dirty Projectors – “Dark Eyes” (Bob Dylan Cover)
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
Dirty Projectors stopped by Triple J’s Like A Version radio show in Australia today to do “Cannibal Resource” and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Dark Eyes.” The latter is the stark, spacious closer to Dylan’s 1985 album Empire Burlesque, recorded with just acoustic guitar and harmonica, so it leaves a lot of room for Projectors [...]
Keep Reading » 0[Contest] True Panther Sounds Vinyl Collection Giveaway
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
It’s a crazy week here in Austin, as anyone with a tendency to consume free alcohol when presented with it will tell you. I don’t mean to rub it in (to those who couldn’t make it) but if I am here’s something that will put a smile on any sad-sack face-…
Keep Reading » 0GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio :: SXSW edition
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Friday, March 19th, 2010Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week’s special SXSW-focused edition features music from the xx, Best Coast, Washed Out, the Morning Benders, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, and m…
Keep Reading » 0SXSW 2010: Wednesday In Photos
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Here’s a tip if you’re going to one of these industry festival type things: If IAMSOUND is having a party, you should attend that party. Just like this past CMJ, the L.A.-based imprint owned their night, pulling together an eclectic lineup that showcased the right bands, all having a moment: Scott already posted some video [...]
Keep Reading » 0Your Boyfriend T-Pain Knows What “Reverse Cowgirl” Means
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
And he can’t wait to tell you. Or to show you. So he named his song “Reverse Cowgirl” and then had cherries in glasses smashing against reflective surfaces in the video for it. Your boyfriend, he’s so subtle.
Keep Reading » 0SXSW 2010: Salome, Torche, High On Fire Smoke Up Austin
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Yesterday I saw 12 metal bands before High On Fire hopped onto the outdoor stage at the Mohawk sometime around midnight to make it a perfect baker’s dozen. A few of those were a lot of fun — Chicago’s upswinging Atlas Moth and their three-guitar tapestries (and beer-buzzed banter), frontwoman Grace Perry’s afternoon pit-initiating for [...]
Keep Reading » 0High Places – “The Longest Shadow” Video
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
When we brought you High Places vs. Mankind’s “On Giving Up,” Brandon said their second album would yield “their best, most complexly beautiful material to date,” and a commenter said the duo had gone from cute to sexy. Even without the video, “The Longest Shadow” many-textured percussion and glassy, echoed vocals would be pretty sexy. [...]
Keep Reading » 0Ke$ha Performed “Blah Blah Blah” On American Idol Last Night
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010Funny how the judges say things like, “Technically, that wasn’t perfect. You had some pitch problems,” then bring out this technically awful, overall awful, charisma-less woman to perform. Also, Ke$ha, stop trying to make “Jack” happen. It’s not going to happen.
Keep Reading » 0SXSW 2010: Underwater Peoples Ranch @ 13813 Carpenter Lane, Manchaca, TX
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
D.C.-based label Underwater Peoples hosted their official unofficial showcase at a rented “swingers’ retreat” in Manchack, a small rural community a short drive out of downtown Austin. Great people, free BBQ, and the very best (feat Ezra Koenig) reason to get off the beaten path (6th St) on SXSW Day 1. I was not able [...]
Keep Reading » 0David Byrne And St. Vincent Working Together
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010We know Byrne loves collaborating. But his next project, an album with St. Vincent, was somewhat inspired by the Dirty Projectors/Björk event in NYC, Byrne writes in his blog. The album has no “timetable” yet, but Byrne uses the post to talk about the project, as well as the pluses and minuses of collaborating in [...]
Keep Reading » 0SXSW 2010: Fool’s Gold – “Poseidon” Video (Live At Malverde)
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
When Stereogum first saw Fool’s Gold open for Cat Power a little over a year ago, Amrit noted the LA collective’s “love for benga (Kenya-based), juju (rooted in Nigeria), and the Congolese genre called soukous (mother of kwassa kwassa, maybe you’ve heard of it).” At last night’s packed IAMSOUND showcase, I was reminded most of [...]
Keep Reading » 2Learn Guitar From The Polyphonic Spree
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010Spree guitarist Cory Helms will visit your home (via webcam) and “… work on exactly what you want to work on,” whether that’s a lesson on songwriting, improvisation, or music theory, or helping you decide on a new guitar, sweet amp, or Big Muff distortion pedal. More at The Polyphonic Spree’s blog.
Keep Reading » 0Hot Chip – “I Feel Better” Video
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Hot Chip made some of my favorite videos of the last decade, because they’ve got great taste in directors and they do both conceptual and humorous really well. And when your singer’s voice is as fragile and tender as Alexis Taylor’s, the humor stops everything from getting too precious. “I Feel Better,” directed by UK [...]
Keep Reading » 0GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio :: SXSW edition
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week’s special SXSW-focused edition features music from the xx, Best Coast, Washed Out, the Morning Benders, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, and m…
Keep Reading » 0[MP3] Chew Lips: “Slick” +”Eight”
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One band from overseas I’m looking forward to catching at SXSW this week, Chew Lips, have filled the void in my ears craving cheery electro-pop with their debut LP Unicorn. Maybe it’s the coming of spring and the sunshine that puts a bounce in your st…
Keep Reading » 0[Video] LP33 SXSW Streaming Media
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
I’ve recently been turned on to and am really enjoying the music interface LP33 has created, they’re on the up and up with some really neat things planned. It’s hard to classify the type of website they run and even harder to realize the amount of pot…
Keep Reading » 0[Contest] Win Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach Deluxe CD/DVD + Poster
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Since we’ll be missing in action for a few days while we kick it at SXSW, we thought we’d leave those who couldn’t make the trek with something that might soften the blow a little bit. Over the next few days we’ll be hosting a number of giveaways — f…
Keep Reading » 0j dilla :: safety dance
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010mp3:
j dilla :: safety dance
Dilla flips “The Safety Dance.” Taken from J Dilla: Donut Shop, out in May on Stones Throw.
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Keep Reading » 0two thousand and ten injuries
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Love is All’s Two Thousand And Ten Injuries is out next week on Polyvinyl, and the label has hooked us up with a couple LPs to give away on the release date. One winner gets a copy of the record on limited white vinyl (edition of 500) + this new Love i…
Keep Reading » 0Full Stream of Young Man’s Boy
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Head to Young Man’s blog and listen to the full seven tracks from Young Man’s excellent debut Boy, it’ll be the best thirty minutes of music you’ve heard in a while. That’s an IGIF guarantee. For example…[MP3] Young Man – Just a Growin’Previously: Hy…
Keep Reading » 0Music Alliance Pact :: March 2010
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Once more, here is March’s edition of the Music Alliance Pact. For those of you who don’t know about MAP, it’s a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. …
Keep Reading » 0miracles club x FUR
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Monday, March 15th, 2010“Clears Throat,” the recent “mutant tapeloop disco” jam from Denton’s FUR, gets reworked by Portland psych-house duo Miracles Club:
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FUR :: clears throat (Miracles Club remix)
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Keep Reading » 0[MP3] new Idiot Glee: “Happy Day”
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
A lot has been brewing in the camp of Idiot Glee since IGIF premiered his sound to the interwebs in November. James Friley, the man behind the band, has put together a short EP, embarked on small tours, recorded a session at Daytrotter, and is current…
Keep Reading » 0subliminal message
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Monday, March 15th, 2010mp3:
Happy Birthday :: Subliminal Message
From Happy Birthday’s self-titled debut, out tomorrow on Sub Pop. Catch Happy Birthday on Wednesday in Austin with Harlem, the Magic Kids, and more at the free True Panther / Harlem / GvsB presented Victims of…
Keep Reading » 0[Video] Inlets: “Bright Orange Air”
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
I featured “Bright Orange Air” last month and can’t wait so share some more material from the upcoming Inlets album titled Inter Arbiter. Until then, we’ve got a new video for the lead single that combines good music with a animation style looking lik…
Keep Reading » 0crafts for a cause
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Monday, March 15th, 2010Little Joy’s Binki Shapiro emailed us over the weekend to let us know that her charity benefit auction goes live today. The auction, which will raise funds for “rebuilding and maintaining long term sustainability in Haiti,” includes lots of cool one-of…
Keep Reading » 0bring a date…
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Monday, March 15th, 2010[flyer by a. savage // click for larger image]
Before we head down to Austin for SXSW, we’re teaming up with our NTX bros Weekly Tape Deck and the great Fergus & Geronimo to present this SXSW warm-up tonight + tomorrow night at Mable Peabody’s in Den…
Keep Reading » 0[Video] Holiday Shores: “Edge of Our Lives” (Live)
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Counting down the days until departure for Austin, I’m sending myself on a refresher/hype-inducing live video crash course. One of the perks of assembling your own lineup is getting all the bands you love, many of which you’ve yet to see yourself, in …
Keep Reading » 0dead sun
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Friday, March 12th, 2010Liquid Vega’s excellent new “ghost disco” single “Dead Sun” is extended into a hypnotic, darkly seductive late-night club jam on this “semi-trance” mix by Sweden’s Museum of Bellas Artes. Look for Liquid Vega’s Dead Sun single April 19 on Force Majeure…
Keep Reading » 0OUT PAST CURFEW
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Friday, March 12th, 2010Video by Zahid Jiwa. Catch Rangers at SXSW here, here, and here. Suburban Tours is out now on Olde English Spelling Bee.
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Keep Reading » 0mp3: new Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti | “Round and Round”
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Friday, March 12th, 2010As previously reported, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti recently signed with 4AD for the release of their next full-length, due sometime this spring. On lead single “Round and Round,” a newly focused/evolved Ariel Pink conjures the kind of genuine nostal…
Keep Reading » 0[Video] Beach House: Un Soirée de Poche
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Beach House stopped by Blogoheque’s latest live music series creation, Soirée de Poche, to record the first five songs from their latest album Teen Dream. You can skip forward by clicking the white markers to the song of your choice.
Keep Reading » 0frankie rose covers arthur russell
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010Ex-Vivian Girl/Crystal Stilt and current Dum Dum Girl Frankie Rose and her new band the Outs recently upped a number of awesome new jams to their myspace page, including a nice cover of Arthur Russell’s “You Can Make Me Feel Bad,” as well as new songs …
Keep Reading » 0[MP3] Aloe Blacc: “I Need A Dollar”
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Aloe Blacc has had an interesting career, starting out as MC for indie hip-hop group Emanon some 15 years ago and bouncing all over the independent scene earning the nickname “indie R. Kelly”. Thankfully Blacc doesn’t mess around with teenagers or cra…
Keep Reading » 0phaseone x nite jewel
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010mp3:
nite jewel :: want you back (phaseone remix)
Taken from Phaseone’s excellent new mix, The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote.
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Keep Reading » 0[MP3] new ARMS: “Heat & Hot Water”
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
When the Harlem Shakes died, guitarist Todd Goldstein rose like a phoenix from the ashes with his solo project ARMS serving as the sole beneficiary from the band’s break-up. What was just a passionate hobby receiving spare time, now came to the foref…
Keep Reading » 0sunspots
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010[photo]
One of the groups we’re most psyched about seeing next week at SXSW is Austin’s own thoroughly bewitching girl-gang, SLEEP ? OVER. We mentioned their dark and beautiful “Your World is Night” a while back, and gorgeous new jam “Sunspots” is a…
Keep Reading » 0GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week’s episode features new music from Neon Indian, Cults, Harlem, Erykah Badu, Madlib, Pure Ecstasy, Miracles Club, Zola Jesus, the Bitters, …
Keep Reading » 0true panther, harlem + gorilla vs. bear present :: victims of sonic attack! sxsw 2010
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010We’re helping to present this tight little last-minute unofficial SXSW kickoff party, put together by our friend Dean from the great True Panther, and the boys from Harlem. It goes down Wednesday, March 17 at Charlie’s in downtown Austin. Free/No RVSP …
Keep Reading » 0[MP3] new Here We Go Magic: “Collector”
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
If you had the pleasure of seeing Here We Go Magic on tour last year (whether at SXSW or as Grizzly Bear’s opener) there’s a good chance you’ll recognize their latest single and the first officially released track from the upcoming Pigeons LP. There’s …
Keep Reading » 0[Hypeworthy] Foxes In Fiction
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Over the past five years, I’ve stumbled upon my fair share of exciting/new music in some pretty strange ways. From typical outlets like MySpace and Facebook, to emails with eccentric attachments and packages full of things ranging from lottery tickets…
Keep Reading » 0new jj :: “I Know”
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Listen to “I Know,” the vinyl-only bonus track from jj’s new jj nº 3 LP, out now on Secretly Canadian:
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Keep Reading » 0[Video] Washed Out: “Track #7″
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
If you haven’t heard the new Washed Out track yet, it’s probably because you aren’t an eager beaver when it comes to the internet or, like me, haven’t seen them in concert yet. “Track #7″ is from a tour only CD-R and is a short instrumental jam that i…
Keep Reading » 0mp3: new Neon Indian | “Sleep Paralysist”
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Here’s the new free single from TX’s own Neon Indian, courtesy of Green Label Sound. Co-produced by Palomo + Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear:
mp3:
Neon Indian :: Sleep Paralysist
[via greenlabelsound.com]
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Keep Reading » 0mp3: new Harlem | “Gay Human Bones”
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010The second track to surface from Harlem’s awesome Hippies LP, out April 6 on Matador:
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Harlem :: Gay Human Bones
[via matador]
Catch Harlem at Aquarium Drunkard’s pre-SXSW party this Saturday night.
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Keep Reading » 0voices
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Acephale Records hooked us up with this premiere of their latest release, a new limited 7″ single from Austin, TX’s Pure Ecstasy. We’ve been fans of “Voices” since seeing Your Truly’s recording of the band’s reverb-heavy San Francisco performance, and …
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