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Grand and Gentle

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:24:07 +0100

” Post-rock: Grand and Gentle ”

01. Sigur Rós - Góðan daginn
Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (2008)
02. Explosions In The Sky - Look Into The Air
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Pitchfork.tv: Liz Phair: Guyville Redux (One Week Only)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:47:58 +0100

Pitchfork.tv: Liz Phair: Guyville Redux (One Week Only): We’re taking the holiday off (be safe with the fireworks, kids), but we’ll leave you with another feature film on Pitchfork.tv. If you’ve been paying any attention lately, you may have …

Rewind

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:52:30 +0100

Rewind:

Photo via We Are Soldiers We Have Guns

I’d never heard of Spanish site Buffet Libre before, but they’ve made a hell of a first impression with their enormous, 58-song ’80s covers and…

"a thing to do..."

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:08:11 +0100

"a thing to do...": “List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive.”

rumours (1977)

Well, this was fun. The following exercise was inspired by this post (which was inspired by this one),…

Pitchfork.tv: July 3: Stephen Malkmus / Xiu Xiu / Asobi Seksu / Free Blood

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:30:06 +0100

Pitchfork.tv: July 3: Stephen Malkmus / Xiu Xiu / Asobi Seksu / Free Blood: In one fortnight, we here at Pitchfork (and hopefully you, too, dear reader) will congregate in Chicago’s Union Park for the annual Pitchfork Music Festival. To get your appetite whetted for what…

nothing

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:36:57 +0100

nothing: “From the rocks and waves of the west coast of Sweden Tiedye explores and develops the sounds of dreaming disco, windblowing pop and gruyèresmelling rock.”

Sweden’s mysterious Tiedye…

Kneejerk RXN : Alejandro Escovedo : Real Animal

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:05 +0100

Kneejerk RXN : Alejandro Escovedo : Real Animal:

Alejandro Escovedo is a survivor in the truest sense of the word. He’s not only kept his head above the turbid waters of the music business for 30+ years, but also withstood a near-fatal…

Link

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:51 +0100

Link: Sweden´s biggest popstar Andreas Kleerup recently released his critically acclaimed debut album, Kleerup, and with guest vocals from Robyn, Titiyo, Lykke Li, Marit…

Video Premiere: Xiu Xiu: "Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:09:18 +0100

Video Premiere: Xiu Xiu: "Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)": Well here’s a creepy new video from Xiu Xiu’s Women as Lovers, a high-contrast black and white clip, directed by documentarian Courtney Fathom Sell. The cut follows two young dudes— one a…

New Music: Mogwai: "The Sun Smells Too Loud"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:09:18 +0100

New Music: Mogwai: "The Sun Smells Too Loud": Hey, it’s a track from Mogwai’s new album— you remember, that one called The Hawk is Howling that features this lovely picture of an animal that is neither a hawk nor howling? Well this…

Video: Lil Wayne: "A Milli"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:59:00 +0100

Video: Lil Wayne: "A Milli": It must be pretty time consuming to be Lil Wayne. Between creating hundreds of mixtape tracks, selling a million copies of his long-awaited Tha Carter III in its first week, penning this song…

new lil' wayne video: "a milli"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:05:49 +0100

new lil' wayne video: "a milli": This is almost remarkably similar to the scene when I saw Weezy in San Diego earlier this year, except in the video he’s rolling with less white girls, less Suge Knight, and no San Diego Chargers:

New Music: Nas: "Queens Get the Money" [Stream]

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:33 +0100

New Music: Nas: "Queens Get the Money" [Stream]: On his last LP, Nas killed hip-hop to clear ground for a glorious resurrection, starring himself as mortician-turned-messiah. “Hip-hop was aborted,” he raps on this new track from his…

In The Middle Of The Night

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:55:34 +0100

In The Middle Of The Night:

Photo by Frank Yang

While I’m the last person to look a gift stat holiday in the mouth, I don’t think I’m such a fan of those that drop in the middle of the week. Having Canada Day fall on…

Video: Times New Viking: "My Head" (Live at WFMU Studios)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:43:21 +0100

Video: Times New Viking: "My Head" (Live at WFMU Studios): An appropriately lo-fi WFMU in-studio video for this lo-fi monster jam off one of 2008’s first Best New Music inductees, Times New Viking’s Rip It Off. Bonus: you can actually see…

Pitchfork.tv: July 2: Clipse / CSS / The Go! Team / The Besnard Lakes

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:36:03 +0100

Pitchfork.tv: July 2: Clipse / CSS / The Go! Team / The Besnard Lakes: With the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival just over two weeks away, Pitchfork.tv today served up another one of last year’s highlights: Clipse and their Re-Up Gang associates Ab-Liva and Sandman…

Video: CSS: "Rat Is Dead (Rage)"

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:30:52 +0100

Video: CSS: "Rat Is Dead (Rage)": When it comes to CSS, the live setting is where it’s at. Wisely, this staged performance clip for Donkey’s previously Forkcasted first offering “Rat Is Dead (Rage)” gives the rambunctious…

Full Album Stream : 3OH!3 : Want

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:10 +0100

Full Album Stream : 3OH!3 : Want:

You know those albums that are so bad they are actually amazingly good? OK, really, they don’t exist, but I like to believe they do. It’s really more like when scenester/hipsters glorify bad…

New Song : Dr. Dog : The Ark

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:10 +0100

New Song : Dr. Dog : The Ark: Speaking of upcoming MOKB shows, Dr. Dog has released more new, free music from their upcoming album Fate - to be released July 22nd. If you buy the album on iTunes, you will receive two bonus…

New Song : Port O'Brien : Pigeonhole

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:51:33 +0100

New Song : Port O'Brien : Pigeonhole:

As i’ve said before, Port O’Brien will open for Bodies Of Water at their MOKB presents show at Locals Only on August 19th. The band continues to give their friends loads of new music…