Also heard this over the weekend on Sirius XMU. A small bit of traveling allowed me to listen to the radio a good bit, turning me onto some new bands. Pitchfork describes them as “pop-punk”- the “pop” part I understand, the “punk” part, not so much. Very catchy, upbeat, and lo-fi. Reminds me somewhat of […]

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Maybe, it’s just the dark New Order sequencers, but there’s something about this retro-synth song by Faunts that I am utterly enamored of. Been hearing it lately on Sirius XMU, and Pitchfork reviews the album today. Also, found a remix of this song over at The Music Slut. I’m a sucker for icy synths with […]

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I did not need to see Duffy riding a ten-speed.

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Word on the wire is that the Elke EP is finally finished. Who are Elke, you ask? Good question. I came across Elke back in September of ’08 on MySpace and promptly fell in love with their glorious hook-laden retro-infused bedroom synth-pop sound, particularly the catchy-as-all-get-out track “Till I’m Gone.” Not since Cut Copy’s Hearts […]

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This is a couple days old. Sorry. Man, I love(d) Pet Shop Boys in the ’80s, but I just don’t dig on medleys. Ever. Amusingly, this is the second “duet” we’ve posted this week. I think I prefer the Ellen/Lily one. I could have done without Mr. Flowers and Lady Gaga.

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Lily Allen performed on the Ellen DeGeneres show, making the usual promotional rounds for her new record, It’s Not Me, It’s You, which is all well and good. She perfomed “The Fear”, which I had just seen her play on Leno, so that wasn’t quite as exciting as her stint in the bathroom on Degeneres’ […]

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Well, first of all, ahahahahahahahahahaha. And, secondly, what a surprise that INXS would fire its gameshow winning replacement lead singer after its “comeback” album went down in flames of greed and embarrassment and grave-turning disrespect. One can almost feel sorry for JD Fortune’s, erm, misfortune. He just wanted to be famous in a band he […]

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