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lower-case synth-odyssey

(Art is by the excellent Gordan Shark.) It’s like getting really, really close up to a Roy Lichtenstein painting – smudging your face up against the glass and crossing and uncrossing your eyes, focusing on a cluster of dots at a time and rocking your head back and forth to approximate some sort of internal zoom... Read the full post »

SOME STUFFS: Boyfrndz reveal their “Natures” two months early

Boyfrndz have a new, self released 5-song EP on its way called Natures, and you are able to hear the first song from it called “Water Weight” (10.2mg), no pills needed in order to retain the sound. The EP is a production collaboration between the band and keyboardist Ikey Owens, and together they bring forth [...]

SOME STUFFS: A Grave With No Name get out of the rain for new album

It has taken a year for A Grave With No Name to put together a new album, but now it is a reality. Lefse Records will be releasing Whirlpool on July 2nd. For this album, the duo have stepped out of their bedroom dome and recorded this new one at a proper studio, Holy Mountain [...]

When The Sky Fills With Falling Stars

5 days agoMusic / Rock & Pop : Fluxblog

Laura Mvula “Make Me Lovely” “Make Me Lovely” is one of those rare, special songs that is both marvelously ambitious and seemingly effortless in its construction. There’s a lot of things coming together here – mannered neo-soul, nuanced orchestration, a touch of jazz, a melodic sensibility somewhere between ’70s Paul McCartney and prime Stevie Wonder. [...]

Daily Downloads (Amanda Palmer, Gogol Bordello, and more)

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Amanda Palmer: free and legal (name your price) Live with Amanda Palmer album...

/Filmcast Ep. 227 – The Great Gatsby (GUEST: Joanna Robinson from Pajiba)

Dave, Devindra, and Joanna from Pajiba discuss the brilliance of Upstream Color, the unevenness of Baz Luhrmann’s filmography, and how The Mindy Project found its groove. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Show More Summary

Screeching Tyres, Gunshots, Ejaculating Fire Hydrants

The debut Fantomas album – Patton’s first major release since leaving Faith No More – was intended as a literal musical transcription of a comic book, one which the listener is not privy to, but instead has to decode in the stampeding drums, electric-shock guitar-bursts and gibbered vocals – all postmodern ‘KAPOW’s and ‘KERRUNCH!’s Delirium... Read the full post »

Dude Skywalker update

Latest news from the Miami dudes of Dude Skywalker are that they made this new release together with Nightdrive Miami and Fordistas XII. The release that is out for free is this new Dude Skywalker tune "Feel Good" that a bunch of other South Florida people have remixed also. Show More Summary

Massively Speaking Episode 248: Duped!

Sometimes it's all about the little details in MMOs: How a character moves. How to create billions in gold due to a duping exploit. What goodies the collector's edition will include. Why losing 1.3 million subscribers is "no biggie."...Show More Summary

Shark? – “California Grrls” Video (Stereogum Premiere)

NYC garage quartet Shark? seem to inhabit a world where primarily everyone dons a poor quality Ronalde Reagan (I assume this is Reagan. Just a janky, janky Reagan) mask in their normal lives. They wear a Reagan mask when they’re at band practice, making out, and stealing people’s purses. It’s the right display of Shark?’s [...]

Station Agents Episode 21: We're Finally All On Team Jim

6 days agoFilm / Film Reviews : Pajiba

Hey folks! Josh, Joanna and Dustin are back to gush and groan about the state of television. If you're spoilerphobic, please make use of the show notes we've included at the bottom of this page to help you navigate spoilers....

A Cast of Kings S3E07 – The Bear and the Maiden Fair

Joanna and Dave discuss the seventh episode of season 3 of Game of Thrones, “The Bear and the Maiden Fair.” Thanks to our sponsor for this week, Adam Borden. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at acastofkings@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at gameofthronespodcast.com. If [...]

AICN COMICS PODCAST: BATMAN & RED HOOD! CHIN MUSIC! THOR! ARCHER & ARMSTRONG! & MORE!

@ SPOILER ALERT: AICN COMICS POPTARDS PODCAST @ Ambush Bug here. The below hour-plus long conversation took place between myself, Optimous Douche, Matt Adler, and our host Johnny Destructo of PoptardsGo.com as we talked about THOR-GOD...Show More Summary

Daft Punk – Lose Yourself To Dance (Ft. Pharrell Williams)

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Nile Rodgers, Chic Song: Daft Punk - Lose Yourself To Dance (Ft. Pharrell Williams) [download here] What's so good? Yesterday, the Internet won. We all were utterly flabbergasted when we caught wind of the leaked full stream of Daft Punk’s newest album, Random Access Memories. Show More Summary

Dreams They Complement My Life

6 days agoMusic / Rock & Pop : Fluxblog

R.E.M. “Get Up” (Live in Greensboro, SC, 1989) A lot of songs that implore the listener to “do something” with their lives can seem awfully smug and self-satisfied, but R.E.M.’s “Get Up” side-steps that trap by making it clear from the start that the singer is addressing himself as much as the audience. The lyrics [...]

TV Recap: Mad Men Season 6 Episode 7

The Overthinkers recap "Man with A Plan," Mad Men Season 6 Episode 7. TV Recap: Mad Men Season 6 Episode 7 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

TV Recap: Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 7

The Overthinkers recap Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 7, "The Bear and the Maiden Fair." TV Recap: Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 7 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

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