Robert Howell is a philosophy professor at SMU, author and proud new father of a boy called Julian. He also digs good tunes. Streamable playlist via Rdio. 1. Grizzly Bear, Shields (Warp) 2. Sharon Van Etten, Tramp (Jagjaguwar) 3. Father John Misty, Fear Fun (Sub Pop) 4. Spiritualized, Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum) 5. […]

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I love everything this band touches. “Cherry” is on the forthcoming After Dark 2 triple LP from Italians Do It Better. The retro production reminds me of the “Drive” OST, which makes sense since Chromatics had a song on it, but the feel of this song in particular evokes that opening piece by Kavinski. This […]

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Kids Songs With Cat Power from Cat Power Having witnessed many, many of Cat Power’s on-stage meltdowns this is amazingly funny. [via K]

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Yoko Ono’s cover (I’m not sure you can tell, but those are very loose quotation marks) of Kart Perry’s “Fireworks” is not going to be topped any time soon. Enjoy! [via @heywardsims]

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Photo swiped from Stereogum because it is awesome. Also, the file name is “Macvana.” I’m not sure what to make of the news that “Nirvana” will reunite tonight with Paul McCartney for the Hurricane Sandy Benefit. Are Dave Grohl and Kist Novaselic just taking the piss for hype’s sake? Or is Sir Paul going to […]

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Frank Ocean teases the crowd at the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in New York with about a minute of Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees” from its second LP The Bends. I realize this was all over the internet yesterday, but I just now listened to it. I wish he had been given more attention from the […]

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I love how Iceage is referred to as straight up “punk” as opposed to “post-punk” in most references. I assume it’s due to the rowdiness and wild reputation of its live shows more so than the dark, minimalistic music it produces. But any band that steals its name and sense of sonics from Joy Division’s […]

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