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Blog Post Archive
[mp3] the Growlers: “One Million Lovers”
I was going through songs I’d tagged on Shazam and realized that I’d never posted this great song from the Growlers! I’ve been hearing it pop up on WRFL ever since their new album Hung At Heart came out in January. “One Million Lovers” is a great track that sounds like a lost gem from [...]
Breakbot’s By Your Side out now // watch the video for “Baby I’m Yours”
Breakbot’s full length album By Your Side came out in the US this week. When I went to check it out today, I realized that it had one of the best electro-soul songs I’ve heard in a long time, “Baby, I’m Yours.” Yeah, it’s been out for about two years, but this is a great [...]
[stream] Swim Deep: “She Changes the Weather”
The weather’s finally good enough that I can confidently walk to work knowing that I won’t be freezing my toes off on the walk back home. As such, I need more songs like Swim Deep’s “She Changes the Weather.” It’s got a beautiful intro, relaxing verses and a catchy chorus. The song feels like someone [...]
Mavis Staples covers Funkadelic’s “Can You Get to That” for new LP
Mavis Staples is once again teaming with producer Jeff Tweedy on her upcoming album One True Vine. 2010?s You Are Not Alone was fantastic, so I’m excited to see this pairing return. Our first peek into the album comes from Pitchfork, who premiered this cover of Funkadelic’s classic track “Can You Get to That.”
Weekly Comedy Podcast Highlight: Comedy Bang Bang w/ Jon Hamm & Nick Kroll
Oh man, the competition for this week’s comedy podcast highlight was incredibly high. There were big, fun surprises in Nerd Poker, Parks & Rec’s Retta joined HDTGM to talk about Spice World, DC Pierson was on Professor Blastoff to talk about writing and Doug Loves Movies had an all-star NYC cast featuring Jim Gaffian, W [...]
Grizzly Bear @ Brown Theater 4.1.13
Before Grizzly Bear’s show at the Brown Theater, singer Ed Droste tweeted that Louisville should come out to the show because it was their first time bringing their new light show through the area. What he didn’t say was that it was that for those of us who hadn’t seen the band since Shield‘s release, [...]
[video] The Flaming Lips do “Look… the Sun is Rising” on Letterman
Last night the Flaming Lips took to Letterman to perform “Look… the Sun is Rising,” the first track off their upcoming record The Terror. It’s a pretty odd performance, but pretty much just because of of the weird set dressing. Wayne also took to Reddit for an AMA in which he teased a collaboration with [...]
Owen Pallett @ the Brown Theater 4.1.13
I’m weirdly pleased to begin this review with an apology. Even though I’ve seen Owen Pallett live since he stopped touring as a solo performer, I still wasn’t 100% sold on his move toward a trio performance. His show on Monday was not only an incredible performance, but I’m pretty confident that it was the [...]
[video] Deerhunter bring “Monomania” to Fallon
Deerhunter took to Jimmy Fallon’s show last night to premier the title track from their upcoming album Monomania (out May 7). The song’s classic Deerhoof, but there’s something that will immediately grab you as being different about the situation — lead singer Bradford Cox is wearing a black wig and has some bloodied finger wrapped [...]
Kurt Vile’s Walkin on a Pretty Daze now streaming at NPR
You can always count on Kurt Vile to release great records and you can count on NPR to stream great records in time for you to become obsessed with them by their street date. Kurt’s newest, Walkin on a Pretty Daze, is out Tuesday April 9, but you can stream the whole thing over and [...]
Weekly Comedy Podcast Highlight: Who Charted with Moshe Kasher
cdn.earwolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_9739.jpg This week’s highlight is a) a bit late b) a real treat. Who Charted brought back Moshe Kasher to talk about dubstep, Mila Kunis and getting in a war with an underage blogger. It’s good to have Howard and Kulap back in the studio after SXSW and to have them with a guest as [...]
[stream] The Thermals: “The Sunset”
Aww yeah! It’s been a little while since I had some good, solid rock in my regular rotation (I mean, FIDLAR are rock but they’re pretty stylized). Now that the Thermals are prepping us for their new album Desperate Ground (out April 16), we’re getting a lot of new stuff. “The Sunset” sounds like like [...]
[stream] Houndmouth: “On the Road”
Aw yes! Houndmouth’s debut album From the Hills Below the City is out June 4. That’s juuuuust close enough that they’ve decided to tease us with a great first track from the album, “On the Road.” It’s their timeless rootsy rock that I fell in love with on their debut EP. Color me very excited [...]
[video] the Minus 5: “Michael Nesmith”
Man, it’s been a little while since I thought about The Minus 5. When their self-titled album came out I was pretty obsessed with “With A Gun”. Well I don’t know what their near future plans are, but they just shared this new tribute to Michael Nesmith from the Monkees.
[stream] Casual Sex: “The Bastard Beat”
Here’s another new band that I’m stealing from The Peel. They compare Casual Sex to the Clash and I agree that’s a good starting-off point for this weird, fun group. “The Bastard Beat” is like a less structured, less produced version of your typical Clash-inspired bands. I definitely wouldn’t call it punk, but what fun [...]
[video] Black Angels play “Indigo Meadow”
I’ve been obsessing over the Black Angels’ new album Indigo Meadow ever since I got a promo copy. Lately I’ve been wondering how these new tracks are going to sound live, which prompted me to look up live videos of the new material. Here are the Angels playing the awesome title track at their NYE [...]
[stream] Jim Guthrie: “Static Clang”
I’m so excited for some new Jim Guthrie material. He’s a master of writing deeply-produced songs that never sound overwrought. “Static Clang” is a great example of that: it’s got layers that build from from the initial looping of his backing vocals into a perfect background for this lazy folk-pop hit. You can relax your [...]
Win a Matt Duncan Soft Times LP on “fortune teller” vinyl!
The kind guy behind Soul Step Records has set aside one of the copies of Matt Duncan’s new Soft Times LP on fortune teller vinyl. These are limited to 100 copies, so you’re going to get 1% of all the copies in existence. They’re sold out and they’re as beautiful as they are limited. (the [...]
Weekly Comedy Podcast Highlight: Doug Loves Movies w/Chris Hardwick & Paul F Tompkins
Photo via PFT’s Instagram I didn’t do quite as much comedy podcast listening this week because I’ve been focusing on some story-oriented ones. But there was one that absolutely knocked it out of the park this week: Doug Loves Movies. Doug Benson instituted a new policy on his show: Leonard Maltin Game winners are invited [...]
Sigur Ros announce new album Kveikur, share new video
Sigur Ros will be releasing Kveikur on June 18. Based on this new track “Brennisteinn,” they’re headed in a new direction with a lot of room for them to open up. It’s a lot darker than most of their stuff; the production is much more fuzzed-out and rock based. I’m excited to see what the [...]