January 2009
Music swims back to me →
Photo: Richard Burbridge
The night I came I danced a circle and was not afraid.
The Whitest Boy Alive - Keep a Secret Rules (Bubbles / 2009)
French Kicks - Also Ran Two…
My Old Kentucky Blog presents...Friendly Fires +... →
Remember to come out tonight to see Great Lake Swimmers, The Broderick and Lynsey Smith at Locals Only. $8 at the door.
On April 2nd at Radio Radio, My Old Kentucky Blog and NUVO…
Under The Radar : Artists and Albums To Look... →
We told you very early last year that Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned was like Neutral Milk Hotel crossed with Beriut. It must have been too early to get excited since it was probably a…
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Also some new fresh mixes from the SAY YES crew in London. The club is doing a night this Saturday with DJ Mooner from Germany that should be something special. Residents include
dum dum girls →
Remember that girls post from the other day? A number of commenters/emailers pointed out that L.A.’s Dum Dum Girls were a glaring oversight on my part, and after spending quite a bit…
Conan & Friends Part II : Themselves Promo Video →
Themselves (the project from doseone and Jeff “Jel” Logan) released another Conan & Friends promo video. Pretty hilarious…
Part III…
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Coachella 2009 Line-Up →
Coachella 2009 official…
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Win This! : A-Trak Running Man Vinyl 12 in. →
A-Trak & Nike released their Running Man collaboration mid-last year and we were there to share it with you. Serato has recently pressed a limited edition (1000 total) 12” vinyl picture…
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To celebrate their new hot 12” Ahlberg 30 for Brennan Green´s imprint Chinatown our friends in Runaway sent us their new bangin´ housemix. This is what Phonica said about…
Under The Radar : Artists and Albums To Look... →
I wasn’t sure how long it would take for the absence of vowels to invade band names, but beyond MSTRKRFT, the only one I’ve paid any attention to lately has been BLK JKS. That’s mainly…
Designer Drugs : Tonight at Talbott Street :... →
Philly’s Designer Drugs (electronic music duo Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson) will perform tonight at Talbott Street here in Indianapolis. Designer Drugs - ZOMBIES!
volt, chien espion →
pic: Wavves got no car got no money i got nothing nothing nothing at all Wavves - No Hope Kids
gvsb x sirius blog radio →
Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on the new Sirius XMU. This week’s episode features new music from Memory Cassette, Grizzly…
Pop Dee-Lite : Franz Ferdinand : Tonight: Franz... →
When I first heard Franz Ferdinand’s Lucid Dreams a few months ago, I was a bit nonplused. It was good. It was obviously Franz. But it didn’t blow me away. It wasn’t until I heard Ulysses…
Suspended Variation III →
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” Wednesday. Feeling Jazz.”
01. Ahmad Jamal - Autumn Leaves Ahmad’s Blues (1958)
02. Freddie Hubbard - Far Away Breaking Point (1964) …
season dreaming →
Check this post on Kanye’s blog, entitled “SOME DOPE SHIT FOR MY APARTMENT,” in which Kanye gets psyched about our Collected Animals/IM bros from Florida, Blind Man’s Colour. The duo…
New Song : Great Lake Swimmers + Indianapolis show... →
OK, so the weather is shite, but you still need to come out this Friday to Locals Only for Great Lake Swimmers and The Broderick. To entice you even more, they’ve made a new song…
New Video : Raphael Saadiq : 100 Yard Dash →
Raphael Saadiq’s The Way I See was criminally left off our Best of 2008/Senior Superlatives list (we’ve discovered more than a few we left off…that’s why I hate making lists). I think we put…
I'll feel better when the winter's gone... →
Nine inches of snow! Dang! That’s what I woke up to on top of my Jeep. I really need to clean out my garage. Apparently there is more on the way and it is even worse south of here? I’ll feel…
My Old Kentucky Blog presents...Ben Sollee +... →
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore kick off their upcoming tour together in Indianapolis, at Locals Only, on February 17th. We’re excited to bring these two talented Kentuckians up…
feist x grizzly bear →
One of the best songs from the upcoming Dark Was the Night charity comp, in which Feist dusts off an old Grizzly Bear tune. Ed Droste Twitters: ” Never thought one of the first songs I…
they aren’t british but whatever it’s still... →
1. Link: Damn Arms - Desination Pt I: Yacht-house.
2. Link: The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition.
3. Video: James Yorkston - Woozy With Cider.
4. This National Geographic article about…
you were in my dreams tonight →
From Murrieta, California’s Ancient Crux (via No Pain in Pop) comes one of my favorite things I’ve heard so far this young year. Family Time Records says of Ancient Crux’s new …
Animal Collective on The BBC →
I guess we could find a reason to talk about Animal Collective every day if we wanted to, but we’ll leave that up to our friends for the most part. We can thank IGIF for this one….
New Song : Black Lips : Short Fuse →
In some circles Black Lips might qualify for an “Under The Radar” feature, but not in our world. 200 Million Thousand will be released February 24th through Die…
Fresh Session : Princeton on The Laundromatinee →
Princeton now has the distinct honor and privilege of being the first band to ever play my living room. Left with no spaces to host the session, I took one for the team and…
Sylk : lubrifiant vaginal à la sève de l’arbre de... →
pic: LastNightsParty Les Filles de S.Y.L.K sont Australiennes, et elles repondent a nos questions, a la cool entre copines, probablement en pyjama a l’heure qu’il est. Elles sont…
oh shit. gang gang →
This rules: [via earl boykins] *******************
Scarlett Johansson covers Jeff Buckley →
Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits cover album was divisive, to say the least. Either you loved it or hated based on comments on this blog and throughout the internet. She is back with…
Today's MOKB/SIRIUS Blog Radio Show Playlist :... →
Today is My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. Tune in at 12pm EST and again at Midnight EST! Bon Iver - Blood Bank Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Am…
follow the golden fox →
The Golden Filter will make their North American live debut this Friday, January 30, at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge. Friction NYC is presenting the show, and they’ve hooked us…
New Video : Lykke Li : Tonight →
Lykke Li has a new video for her song Tonight, one of the bonus tracks that appears on the U.S. version of her Youth Novels album. The video was directed by Christian Haag and filmed in…
Spirit Spine →
The future of the indie music world post-Person Pitch/Merriweather Post Pavilion? We might just be seeing/hearing it in young (freshman at IU) Bloomington, Indiana-based Spirit Spine….
Over 50 Giant-Sized Posters... →
If only…
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there's a light →
shirley ann lee No idea how Numero Group continues to dig up this kind of gold on such a consistent basis, but the upcoming Downriver Revival comp — the first installment in the…
Ricky Ryan - www.mobfestival.com.br – January 2009 →
Another very special series from a one of a kind talent.
New Song : The Wrens →
The Wrens continue to share new material after their extremely long hiatus. This week they shared a new mp3 with Magnet. The band is apparently recording new material in bassist Kevin…
toi, la musique et moi →
Tu sais bien que nous n’irons jamais en Belgique ensemble, j’ai déjà tout prévu pour t’abandonner à la frontière, les deux camions bennes de chaque côté, les cagoules et tenues camouflages, la…
New Songs : The Broderick + MOKB Presents this... →
This Friday night at Locals Only, MOKB & Standard Recording Co. welcoming Great Lake Swimmers and The Broderick. $6 in advance at BrownPaperTickets.com and $8 at the door. RSVP…
st. vincent on shoot the player →
Annie Clark talks about old people, tries to explain Luby’s humor to some Australians, and plays a lovely piano version of “Marry Me” for Shoot the Player at a place called the Famous…
pear palm oak →
Image: Robert Boynes.
The way things work is by admitting or opening away.
This is the simplest form of current: Blue moving through blue; blue through purple; the objects of…
New Video : CFCF : Crystal Mines →
We started playing this song last week on our SIRIUS XM weekly and just can’t get enough. Montreal’s Michael Silver aka CFCF has been building that nice slow burn online for the last six…
New Video : The Killers : Spaceman + Indianapolis... →
The Killers will play The Murat on May 1st, 2009. I’ll be prepping in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, but maybe you want to go. They also just released their new video for Spaceman where it…
New Video : The Ting Tings : That's Not My Name →
You remember when we were so high on The Ting Tings? It seems like a long time ago now, but it was all because of this song. Our enthusiasm waned as time went on, more was released and they…
Travels : The Hot Summer →
Travels is Mona Elliott and Anar Badalov. Anar was formerly one half of Metal Hearts. Mona is the former lead of Victory at Sea. The two groups toured Europe together couple years back and…
ça monte trop je reste la moi. →
pic: LastNightsParty A eclater des bouteilles pour le plaisir d’eclater des bouteilles on se fait mal aux mains. Yussuf Jerusalem - The End Of Tomorrow
un seau de sciure de bois et une bonne respiration →
pic: LastNightsParty Vous l’aurez compris, il est temps de ranger les cocktails et de revenir a la biere, de mettre des chaussures avec du vrai cuir, il est presque meme temps de maigrir. …
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Time for another smashing party over at Fabric and the lineup is amazing as always. Download the Tim Paris mix below and don´t miss out this coming Saturday. Also, check the…
Welcome to Alflolol →
Thus time draws forward each and everything Little by little into the midst of men, And reason uplifts it to the shores of light.
- Lucretius, Beginning of Civilization.
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well known pleasures →
ex-Ghosthustler frontman Alan Palomo sent over the latest retro-futuristic gem from his new project VEGA. This is the second track to emerge from VEGA’s forthcoming debut EP, coming…