Yep. Today is 808, well, 080808, but close enough. (links and stuff here and here.)

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I’m sure Eric will write more about the upcoming Cure tribute album debacle, but I wanted to share this Bat for Lashes cover of A Forest and I just happened upon an online copy of it this morn. Kismet. A Forest The Bat For Lashes cover reminded me of this old Ror Shak cover (see […]

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When an email with “Nelson/New video” as its subject landed in my inbox this morning, I was filled with dread. Nelson is reuniting? Why, God why? Then, after I clicked (fucking yes) “display all images” in Gmail, I saw a picture of a bunch of greasy, effete poseurs. Has Nelson, the wonder twin duo of […]

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My friend Bill passed this along after I told him about Wire on tour. I don’t normally read comments on Youtube, but the ones on DotDash (which is about driving, not trains, actually) make reference to great songs about trains, including this Magnetic Fields classic and any excuse to post Born on a Train is […]

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Gang of Four may have called it splits (again), but Wire’s still plugging along for all your post-punk art rock memory lane strolling this Fall. 10.5 – Montreal, QC @ Le National 10.6 – Ottawa, ON @ Barrymore’s 10.7 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place 10.8 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East 10.9 – New […]

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I’ve had a love/hate relationship with The Faint for the better part of a decade. Blank Wave Arcade was awesome. Danse Macabre, eh, not so much. And Wet from Birth had its moments (I must admit I played the mother eff out of “I Disappear”). So, it is with both trepidation and anticipation that I […]

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I am apparently going through a horrible phase because in addition to the Public remix of Katy Perry, the “So Gold” remix of Mariah Carey’s “One and Only”, Ladytron’s newest, and a variety of Ting Tings and Cut Copy remixes, I keep spinning the Lovelock track “Love Reaction.” I blame the summer heat. Of course […]

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