I’ve decided I’m going to start featuring Cover Song Train Wrecks. This is just hilariously bad.

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Odd. (via)

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Amusing clip of David Byrne on Colbert. *update* The Comedy Central embed sucks. Here’s the official Colbert Nation link. (via)

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Interpol bassist, Carlos Dengler, will premier his debut film at the Anonymous Gallery in New York City beginning April 17th. The installation will run through May 5th. Dengler produced, stars in, and composed the original score for My Friends Told Me About You. Dengler teamed up with producer Todd Eckler, who co-produced Anton Corbijn’s Joy […]

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Listening to the iPod on shuffle in the car always packs a few unexpected surprises, and yesterday proved no exception, as The Natural History popped up and I had to turn the randomizer off to let the album play out. Great stuff. I had forgotten how much I dug this band’s 2003 LP, Beat Beat […]

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I just happened to be listening to NPR last night and caught an interview with Ben Kweller and was sort of taken aback how much his speaking voice sounds like his singing voice. Most people sound nothing like themselves when they sing, but Kweller’s sort of laid-back, eternally youthful, stoner cadence is unmistakable. NPR has […]

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Robert Smith’s ALL CAPS clarification regarding his opinion on Radiohead’s “idiot business model” for In Rainbows is a defensive, slightly bitter, rambling, and typo-filled reiteration of how mysterious icons of yore should probably avoiding “blogging”, as it sort of sucks the air out of the fantasy balloon. Does anyone really care what the author of […]

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