Via the always interesting Pop N Cherries comes word of Reading’s Happy Robots Records and their new compilation BotPop. Preview the album @ LastFM.

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I’ve been successfully resisting the allure of Matt & Kim for months now, but this video is freakin everywhere and I accidentally watched it and now I can’t get it out of my head. It’s all Tug’s fault.

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I was reading Paste’s interview with K. Barnes the other day on the train and considered posting a link to the article but never got around to it. Fortunately, I came across this post on QuarterLifeParty and well, they did the work for me. Thanks, guys! (check out those lyrics, btw.) I kinda prefer the […]

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Everyone seems to be posting this new video for the Lykke Li track Breaking It Up, so I figured we might as well join in.  Any excuse to share Lykke Li in a storm or something like that.  Yeah, my obsession with Sweden is unnatural.  I’m seeking counseling.  Sadly I missed the Lykke Li show […]

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Duran Duran’s John Taylor jumps into the political fray with a cheesy PSA-style message urging Americans to vote Obama, surprise, surprise. He tries to rhyme his message over the (bad ass) bassline to "Girls on Film (Night Version)", and it’s all fairly awkward and condescending. The comments on YouTube are hysterical, not in the funny […]

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Yes, it’s weird not to be able to pick up and go see any show at the spur of the moment like I used to. But at least YouTube is there to remind me what I missed, even with all its shitty camera phone recordings. Having to miss Polvo’s reunion shows this past spring hurt […]

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I wasn’t much of a Cold War Kids fan until I saw them at Bonnaroo in 2007, where I truly began to appreciate the insanity of Nathan Willett’s voice, which is even more powerfully possessed live than it comes across on record. It’s a polarizing instrument to be sure, almost indescribably weird. You certainly won’t […]

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