Even after all these months, Foals still garners the top spot in my playlist. I can’t get sick of this record no matter how many times I listen to it, especially “Red Sox Pugie.” And, evidently, I’m guilty of spreading the disease. “Olympic Airways” betrays the band’s latent Cure obsession, even if the video is […]

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I mentioned the Boy+Girl remix of the Young Lovers‘ track Talking in French the other day but I neglected to mention the band themselves, who have a non-unique sound, but they manage to pull it off, at least on the track Talking in French. Check it out on MySpace.

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Wild Beasts – Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants. Dir: OneInThree from OneInThree on Vimeo. Freaky. The Droste Effect was pioneered by Escher. It’s all mathematical and shit. Enjoy. Or Puke.

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I still love Sweden, but lately another Scandinavian state has been cropping up pretty regularly in my daily surf.  From blogs like Copenhagenize and Copenhagen Cycle Chic to recent mentions on BigStereo and DiscoDust of the Danish band, Small, Denmark is quickly becoming a focal point for my obsessions.  Small’s Comic Girl and Sunshine Lover […]

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Solange Knowles (the not famous Knowles sister) shows her contempt for having to lower herself to sit through a perky morning chat show by smugly trying to embarrass the host after misappropriating an off-air introduction. Sadly, Solange is so irretrievably illiterate that the best line she can muster is beyond incomprehensible: “Please don’t talk me […]

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Damon Albarn performing Strange News from Another Star, sans Blur, for John Peel, via.

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When I was in second grade, “Rocket Ride” by Kiss was my hands-down, absolute most favorite song. It was released as a 45RPM single in 1977 on Casablanca Records, but I didn’t discover it until about 1982 when a neighbor gave it to me because I liked the Casablanca logo. I would listen to it […]

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