Ready for Summer? Apparently Summerville, South Carolina is a good place to start. Check out the retro summer sounds of The Explorers Club. “The band draws on the soul-satisfying vocal style made famous by the Beach Boys and the Association, and pairs it with arrangements patented by the likes of Phil Spector, the Left Banke […]

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Dwindling record sales of artists big and small doesn’t elicit a lot of sympathy from consumers these days. In an age when typing in your favorite artist into your favorite Bit Torrent engine is the de facto response to having to pay actual money for music, being in a band is more of a gamble […]

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Pas de chat! Ok, it was on BoingBoing, so I’m sure everyone’s seen it, but I couldn’t not post it.

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This is my favorite song off my favorite record of the year so far (Foals’ Antidotes). No matter what else I get my hands on, I keep coming back to (and consequently cannot stop listening to) this record. I know the post-punk/dance-punk flavor is wearing thin for many, but Foals just do it exactly right. […]

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I had the surreal pleasure of helping book Chris Knox at a Hot Dog stand in Columbia, SC way back in 1995. We picked him up at the airport, and he was wearing flip flops, short soccer shorts, and a tank top, which quickly let us know that he didn’t give a fuck- not in […]

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A new release on TEENBEAT? In 2008? From Bridget Cross and featuring Mark Robinson and Phil Krauth? WTF?! I’m not complaining or anything, but WTF?! Time to walk down the Teenbeat memory lane, I guess. (via) Maybe It’s Reno – Gravestones

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“The National as seen through the lens of Vincent Moon of La Blogotheque fame.” (via)

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